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# Offboarded users should not have active access

> Checks that offboarded employees no longer have active Aiven access.

## What this check does

DSALTA matches each user with active Aiven access to your People directory by email. If a matched person is offboarded (terminated or in offboarding) but still has active access, the check flags it as a serious issue.

<Note>
  This check also runs on 112 other integrations — see [Offboarded users should not have active access](/tests/offboarded-users-should-not-have-active-access) for the full list.
</Note>

<Info>
  Aiven's own **inactive** state is respected: a user Aiven reports as inactive is synced as **Inactive** and is not counted as retaining access, even if their People record is offboarded.
</Info>

|               |                                                         |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Severity**  | High                                                    |
| **Category**  | `access`                                                |
| **Data used** | Aiven Access page users, People page offboarding status |

**Passes when:** No offboarded employee retains active Aiven access.

## Why this matters

Offboarded employees must not retain access to the organization's managed data infrastructure.

## How to fix

**Remove offboarded users from Aiven**

1. Sign in to the [Aiven Console](https://console.aiven.io) as an organization admin.
2. Open **Admin → Users** and find each offboarded employee.
3. Click **Actions → Remove** beside their entry and confirm — this also removes them from all groups and projects.
4. If the person was managed through your identity provider, remove them there as well, or the next SCIM sync may recreate them.
5. In **DSALTA**, go to **People** and confirm each of those employees is marked terminated with an end date.

Once resolved, DSALTA records a **200** (compliant) result on this test's **Source Data** tab at the next scheduled run.

## Frequently asked questions

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  <Accordion title="How often does this check run?">
    Once a day, at 02:00 America/New\_York, while the integration is connected. A run is skipped entirely if the integration is not in a **connected** state, or if the test has been deactivated.

    To see a fix reflected sooner, open the test from **Compliance → Tests** and click **Run** in the **Run Test** row. You need Full Access to run a test on demand.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What does the status actually tell me?">
    The **Status** column answers "did the check run?", not "did I pass". **Completed** means DSALTA reached your system and finished evaluating — a check that ran and *found a problem* is still Completed.

    To see what it found, open the test and read the result code on the **Source Data** tab. **200** means nothing to fix; **204** means the check did not apply to your environment; **207** means it ran and found a compliance gap you need to act on. See [Understanding test results](/guides/compliance/test-results).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The check shows Failed. Does that mean I am non-compliant?">
    Usually not. On an integration-powered check, **Failed** means DSALTA was *blocked* and could not evaluate it — result code **403** (a missing permission) or **428** (a setting DSALTA still needs from you). Code **500** means the run failed on DSALTA's side.

    A genuine compliance gap does not turn the list red — it runs to completion and shows **207**.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What if this check does not apply to us?">
    Deactivate it: open the test from **Compliance → Tests**, then use the **⋮** menu at the top right of the panel and choose **Deactivate Test**. It applies immediately, with no confirmation step.

    Write your justification in the **Comments** tab **before** you deactivate. Once deactivated, every other tab is grayed out, so Comments is the only place an auditor can read why — see [Test detail](/guides/compliance/test-detail).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does DSALTA change my configuration?">
    No. DSALTA only reads. It never creates, modifies, or deletes resources, and every remediation step is performed by your team directly in the third-party product.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>