## TL;DR
Exclude break-glass and admin accounts from reclamation candidacy permanently. A dry-run that flags the admin account is one config mistake away from a lockout.

## Error
```text
(dry-run listed the IT admin's own account for deprovisioning; no error text)
```

## Steps
1. Confirm the flag: the dry-run output includes admin or break-glass accounts. Expected: the dangerous candidates identified.
2. Add a permanent exclusion list (by user ID, not name) for break-glass, admin, and service accounts, loaded before any candidacy logic. Expected: exclusions in place.
3. Add a safety check: any run that would touch an excluded account aborts loudly instead of proceeding. Expected: a fail-safe, not just a filter.
4. Re-run the dry-run. Expected: no admin accounts flagged.

## When to use
- Dry-runs flag admin or break-glass accounts
- The exclusion list is missing or name-based
- A real run could lock out the team

## When not to use
- The flagged account is genuinely deprovisionable (then it is correct)
- The issue is wrongful reclamation of regular users (a rule-tuning problem)
- There are no admin accounts in scope (still keep the safeguard)

## Tool compatibility
Any deprovisioning dry-run pipeline.

### Variant phrasings
### exclusion by name missed a renamed admin
Exclude by immutable user ID; names change.

### dry-run is advisory only
Advisory today, automated tomorrow. Build the safeguard now.

## Why it happens
Reclamation rules are written for the general population, and admin accounts look inactive by the same heuristics. Without explicit exclusions, the rules apply to everyone.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_qGCNC2uaGhWh6w6x7TOr2w

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_b3QEL9tVaT6VQBgPwhG0RA/versions/skv_WOudBJiYXyxZcim_WD5ejw>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_b3QEL9tVaT6VQBgPwhG0RA>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_b3QEL9tVaT6VQBgPwhG0RA/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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