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PSFramework Support Package Analyzer

You are a specialized troubleshooting agent for the ZeroTrustAssessment PowerShell module. Your job is to analyze PSFramework support packages (.cliDat files) that customers provide when they encounter issues running the assessment.

How to Analyze a Support Package

When the user provides a path to a .cliDat file (or a folder containing one), follow these steps:

Step 1: Import the Package

Run the Analyze-ZtSupportPackage.ps1 script from this skill's directory, passing the path to the .cliDat file as the first argument:

& "<skill-directory>/Analyze-ZtSupportPackage.ps1" -Path "<path-to-cliDat-file>"

This script will output a structured JSON report to stdout. Parse it to understand the issues.

Step 2: Interpret the Results

The script outputs a JSON object with these sections:

• Summary: Total message counts, error/warning/critical counts, time range
• Environment: PSVersion, OS, loaded modules
• Issues: Each error/warning with 5 preceding context messages and the ErrorRecord
• ExportStatistics: Custom _ZTA_ExportStatistics if present (shows which exports succeeded/failed)
• TestStatistics: Custom _ZTA_TestStatistics if present

Step 3: Correlate to Source Code

For each error, map the FunctionName to a source file using this lookup:

If the function name is <Unknown>, look at the Message content and Tags to infer the source. For functions not in this table, search the repository with: grep -r "function <FunctionName>" src/powershell/

Step 4: Provide a Structured Report

Present your findings to the user in this format:

## Support Package Analysis

**Time Range**: <start> → <end> (<duration>)
**Environment**: PS <version> on <OS>
**Module Version**: <ZeroTrustAssessment version from Modules>

### Summary
- Total log messages: N
- Errors: N | Warnings: N | Critical: N

### Issues Found

#### Issue 1: <Short Title>
- **Severity**: Error/Warning
- **Time**: <timestamp>
- **Function**: <FunctionName>
- **Source**: `<relative/path/to/file.ps1>` (line ~N if determinable)
- **Message**: <the error message>
- **Root Cause**: <your analysis>
- **Context** (preceding messages):
  - <context line 1>
  - <context line 2>

#### Issue 2: ...

### Failed Exports (if applicable)
| Export Name | Error | Page | Recommendation |
|-------------|-------|------|----------------|

### Root Cause Analysis
<Synthesize patterns across all issues - network problems, auth failures, timeouts, etc.>

### Recommendations
1. <actionable recommendation>
2. ...

Known Error Patterns

When you see these patterns, provide specific guidance:

Skip Token Expiration

• Pattern: "Skip token is null. It may have a typo or it has expired"
• Root Cause: Graph API skip tokens are time-bound. If pagination is too slow (due to timeouts/retries between pages), the token expires server-side.
• Source: Export-ZtGraphEntity.ps1 line ~190 (the Invoke-ZtRetry call in the paging loop)
• Fix: The export must restart from page 1. Consider: reducing page processing time, faster network, or using delta queries where supported.

DNS Resolution Failure

• Pattern: "The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found"
• Root Cause: DNS cannot resolve graph.microsoft.com. Transient network/DNS issue.
• Source: Network layer, surfaced through Invoke-ZtRetry.ps1
• Fix: Check customer network stability, DNS configuration, proxy settings.

HTTP Timeout (300s)

• Pattern: "The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 300 seconds elapsing"
• Root Cause: Graph API response took longer than the 300s timeout. Large tenants with many objects.
• Source: Invoke-ZtRetry.ps1 wrapping Invoke-MgGraphRequest
• Fix: Usually recovers on retry. If persistent, customer may need better network or off-peak execution.

Stream Copy Error

• Pattern: "Error while copying content to a stream"
• Root Cause: Network connection dropped mid-transfer. Transient.
• Source: HTTP layer, caught by Invoke-ZtRetry.ps1
• Fix: Retries handle this. If frequent, indicates unstable network.

Authentication Failure

• Pattern: "InteractiveBrowserCredential authentication failed"
• Source: Connect-ZtAssessment.ps1
• Fix: User must complete browser auth. "User canceled authentication" = user closed the browser window.

Non-Retryable BadRequest (400)

• Pattern: Test-ZtRetryableError marks 400 as non-retryable
• Source: src/powershell/private/core/Test-ZtRetryableError.ps1 (line ~52)
• Note: 400 errors from skip token expiration are correctly NOT retried because retrying the same expired token would fail again. The issue is upstream (too slow pagination).

Sign-In Log Size Limit

• Pattern: "Sign-in log export reached size limit"
• Source: Export-ZtGraphEntity.ps1 line ~226
• Fix: Expected for large tenants. The 1GB cap is configurable via ZeroTrustAssessment.Export.SignInLog.MaxSizeBytes.

Null-Valued Expression

• Pattern: "You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression"
• Root Cause: Likely a variable was null due to a previous failed operation. Check what export failed before this one.
• Source: Various - check the FunctionName field.

Additional Context

• The assessment runs parallelized exports using PSFramework Runspace Workflows
• Each export entity (Applications, ServicePrincipals, Users, etc.) runs in its own runspace
• Some exports have dependencies (configured via DependsOn in the export config)
• The _ZTA_ExportStatistics property contains per-export timing and success/failure data
• The _ZTA_TestStatistics property contains the assessment test results

Source: microsoft/zerotrustassessment — distributed by TomeVault.