## TL;DR
Map every app where the user can hold a license or account, add explicit deprovision steps for each missing app, order them before IdP deactivation, and add a verification pass that lists remaining access after the workflow runs.

```text
how to fix offboarding workflow that skips app deprovisioning
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## Use this when
- Offboarded users retain access to some apps.
- The workflow covers the IdP but not the app portfolio.
- New apps keep appearing outside the workflow.

## Not for this skill when
- The IdP deprovision itself fails. Fix that first.
- The workflow is fine but a connector is broken. Fix the connector.
- The goal is license optimization for active users. That is a different program.

## Steps
1. Inventory the departing user's app assignments across the portfolio. Verify: the list is complete.
2. Add missing deprovision actions to the workflow for each app. Verify: every app has a step.
3. Order app deprovisioning before IdP deactivation. Verify: the order is correct in the workflow definition.
4. Add a post-run check that queries each app for remaining access. Verify: the check runs and reports.
5. Test on one user. Verify: zero remaining access across all apps.

## Variant phrasings
### offboarding skips apps
The short phrasing.
### incomplete deprovision
The state-first search.
### workflow missing steps
The cause-first phrasing.

Compatibility: Any lifecycle management or offboarding workflow platform.

## Why it happens
Workflows only cover the apps someone remembered to add. New apps join the portfolio constantly and never get added, so coverage rots over time.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- Apps without APIs need a manual step with a ticket; do not pretend they are automated.
- Apps where deprovision means license removal rather than account deletion; define the semantics per app.
- The verification pass needing read access to every app; provision it.
- Shadow IT apps nobody inventoried; the inventory step is the real fix.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_zs2iCFc5mfHBv_r4dupAbw

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