Hi all, I am trying to update an identity attribute through a source rule. When I am make an update to this source rule through DEBUG page and run a refresh with “Refresh Identity Attributes” checked, the attribute is not updated as per the updated code. It is like the rule is not called. I even …

Hello Rishav Ghosh. Since Refresh identity attributes is selected, needsRefresh should only affect the run if Refresh only identities marked as needing refresh during aggregation is also selected. Otherwise, it should not prevent the identity from being processed. ( SailPoint Documentation ) As @neel…

@rishavghoshacc We have seen cases where you need to do a save on the object where you are calling the rule to allow changes done in the rule.. so in this case, you may need to do a save on ObjectConfig after saving the rule. Please try this and let us know the result.

[image] Neelmadhav Panda: fter saving the rule. Please try th @neel193 I delete the source mapping and added it back with the rule. Ran the refresh. It still does not update the identity attribute as per the updated code. Does it have something to do with the needsrefresh tag?

Are you running refresh with “Refresh identity attributes” option selected?

@neel193 Yes I am running refresh with “Refresh identity attributes” option selected

I still suspect it is happening due to rule caching. Could you please try restarting your server after making the changes and then run the rule? If it doesn’t work, we might want to look into you Identity.xml to understand if you have configured it properly or not.

In my case, Editing & Saving the Identity Attribute worked. Ex) Change its display name MyAttribute → MyAttribute1 → MyAttribute

Refresh task does not update Identity attribute

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neel193 (Neelmadhav Panda) July 28, 2026, 9:38am 7

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Refresh task does not update Identity attribute

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