Delete group alias upon group deletion

vault/identity_store_group_aliases_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,58 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/logical"
 )
 
+func TestIdentityStore_GroupAliasDeletionOnGroupDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	var resp *logical.Response
+	var err error
+
+	i, accessor, _ := testIdentityStoreWithGithubAuth(t)
+
+	resp, err = i.HandleRequest(context.Background(), &logical.Request{
+		Path:      "group",
+		Operation: logical.UpdateOperation,
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"type": "external",
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil || (resp != nil && resp.IsError()) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: resp: %#v\nerr: %v\n", resp, err)
+	}
+	groupID := resp.Data["id"].(string)
+
+	resp, err = i.HandleRequest(context.Background(), &logical.Request{
+		Path:      "group-alias",
+		Operation: logical.UpdateOperation,
+		Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"name":           "testgroupalias",
+			"mount_accessor": accessor,
+			"canonical_id":   groupID,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil || (resp != nil && resp.IsError()) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: resp: %#v\nerr: %v\n", resp, err)
+	}
+	groupAliasID := resp.Data["id"].(string)
+
+	resp, err = i.HandleRequest(context.Background(), &logical.Request{
+		Path:      "group/id/" + groupID,
+		Operation: logical.DeleteOperation,
+	})
+	if err != nil || (resp != nil && resp.IsError()) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: resp: %#v\nerr: %v", resp, err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err = i.HandleRequest(context.Background(), &logical.Request{
+		Path:      "group-alias/id/" + groupAliasID,
+		Operation: logical.ReadOperation,
+	})
+	if err != nil || (resp != nil && resp.IsError()) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: resp: %#v\nerr: %v", resp, err)
+	}
+	if resp != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a nil response")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIdentityStore_GroupAliases_CRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	var resp *logical.Response
 	var err error

vault/identity_store_util.go

@@ -1664,18 +1664,26 @@ func (i *IdentityStore) deleteGroupByID(groupID string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// If there is no entity for the ID, do nothing
+	// If there is no group for the ID, do nothing
 	if group == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// Delete group alias from memdb
+	if group.Type == groupTypeExternal && group.Alias != nil {
+		err = i.MemDBDeleteAliasByIDInTxn(txn, group.Alias.ID, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Delete the group using the same transaction
 	err = i.MemDBDeleteGroupByIDInTxn(txn, group.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Delete the entity from storage
+	// Delete the group from storage
 	err = i.groupPacker.DeleteItem(group.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

website/source/docs/enterprise/identity/index.html.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ multiple entities as its members. A group can also have subgroups. Policies set
 on the group is granted to all members of the group. During request time, when
 the token's entity ID is being evaluated for the policies that it has access
 to; along with the policies on the entity itself, policies that are inherited
-due to group memberships are be granted.
+due to group memberships are also granted.
 
 ### Group Hierarchical Permissions