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Currently, when "After Terraform Plan" policies are enforced in IaCM, the evaluation occurs in the background. While the results are visible under the "Policy Evaluations" tab, they do not appear as a distinct step in the pipeline execution flow.
Problem:
From a developer experience (DX) perspective, the pipeline execution can fail without an obvious step boundary. This lack of visibility makes it difficult for application teams to understand:
  • That a policy check is actually occurring.
  • Why the transition from "Plan" to "Apply" failed without digging into a separate tab.
Suggested Enhancement:
Introduce a visible "Policy Check" or "Governance" step in the execution UI between the Plan and Apply/Approval stages.
This step should:
  • Represent the OPA evaluation phase.
  • Provide direct links to the violation details upon failure.
  • Ensure the execution flow matches the logical intent: Plan → Policy Check → Apply.
Impact:
  • Improves transparency and self-service for app teams as we scale IaCM across large organizations where governance is enforced centrally.
Customer Context:
  • Account: World Fuel Services
  • Reference: Zendesk Ticket 112569