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Question:
Access request policy not being invoked in AuthZForce PDP

Description:
Ive created this policy in the Domain of the AuthZForce PDP:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<PolicySet
xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"
PolicySetId="P1"
Version="1.0"
PolicyCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:policy-combining-algorithm:deny-overrides">
<Description>Reject if the Date is July PolicySet</Description>
<Target />
<Policy PolicyId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:date-in:july:policy" RuleCombiningAlgId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:rule-combining-algorithm:deny-overrides" Version="01">
<Description>Reject if the Date is July Policy</Description>
<Target />
<Rule RuleId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:date-in:july:rule" Effect="Deny">
<Condition>
<Apply FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:function:any-of">
<Function FunctionId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:function:date-is-in" />
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2017-07-01</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-02</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-03</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-04</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-05</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-06</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-07</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-08</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-09</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-10</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-11</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-12</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-13</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-14</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-15</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-16</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-17</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-18</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-19</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-20</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-21</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-22</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-23</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-24</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-25</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-26</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-27</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-28</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-29</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-30</AttributeValue>
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2002-07-31</AttributeValue>
<AttributeDesignator AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:date-in:july:current-date"
DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date"
MustBePresent="true"
Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject"/>
</Apply>
</Condition>
</Rule>
</Policy>
</PolicySet>

and the response is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ns2="http://authzforce.github.io/rest-api-model/xmlns/authz/5" xmlns:ns3="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17" xmlns:ns4="http://authzforce.github.io/pap-dao-flat-file/xmlns/properties/3.6" xmlns:ns5="http://authzforce.github.io/core/xmlns/pdp/5.0" rel="item" href="P1/1.0" title="Policy 'P1' v1.0"/>

So I know that the policy is defined in the PDP.

However, when I run this request against the PDP domain, The policy is not evaluated, only the default allow-all:

<Request xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17"
CombinedDecision="false" ReturnPolicyIdList="true">
<Attributes Category="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject">
<Attribute IncludeInResult="false"
AttributeId="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:date-in:july:current-date">
<AttributeValue DataType="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2017-07-01</AttributeValue>
</Attribute>
</Attributes>
</Request>

response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ns3:Response xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ns2="http://authzforce.github.io/rest-api-model/xmlns/authz/5" xmlns:ns3="urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:core:schema:wd-17" xmlns:ns4="http://authzforce.github.io/pap-dao-flat-file/xmlns/properties/3.6" xmlns:ns5="http://authzforce.github.io/core/xmlns/pdp/5.0">
<ns3:Result>
<ns3:Decision>Permit</ns3:Decision>
<ns3:PolicyIdentifierList>
<ns3:PolicyIdReference Version="0.1.0">permit-all</ns3:PolicyIdReference>
<ns3:PolicySetIdReference Version="0.1.0">root</ns3:PolicySetIdReference>
</ns3:PolicyIdentifierList>
</ns3:Result>
</ns3:Response>

why is this?