add information to policy structure page regarding usage of requestContext.identity

hribeiro-msft · web-flow · commit ec2e732664eb · 2026-02-20T09:37:08.000Z
Add information to policy blade regarding one of the caveats of using the function requestContext().identity.
diff --git a/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-policy-rule.md b/articles/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure-policy-rule.md
@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ The following functions are only available in policy rules:
       }
     ```
 
+> [!WARNING]
+> When using the requestContext().identity function the policy engine will mark the policy as not applicable for scans. Meaning that no compliance will be visible but effects like deny/DeployIfNotExists/Modify will still be applied.
+
 - `policy()`
   - Returns the following information about the policy that is being evaluated. Properties can be accessed from the returned object (example: `[policy().assignmentId]`).
 

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`@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ The following functions are only available in policy rules:`
`664`	`664`	`}`
`665`	`665`	```
`666`	`666`
	`667`	`+> [!WARNING]`
	`668`	`+> When using the requestContext().identity function the policy engine will mark the policy as not applicable for scans. Meaning that no compliance will be visible but effects like deny/DeployIfNotExists/Modify will still be applied.`
	`669`	`+`
`667`	`670`	- `policy()`
`668`	`671`	- Returns the following information about the policy that is being evaluated. Properties can be accessed from the returned object (example: `[policy().assignmentId]`).
`669`	`672`