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  1. Grouper
  2. GRP-4352

loader should add before remove

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      We're looking to provide a seamless transition from "current summer student, future fall student" to "past summer student, current fall student" on the term changeover boundary. A simplified scenario is below, with (A), (B), and (C) standing in for Group UUIDs.

      Before fall semester start, a student might be members of the following groups; (C) is a populated by the loader, looking for Current groups:

      (A) Current Summer Students in L&S
      (B) Future Fall Students in L&S
      (C) All Current Students [via (A)]

      To reduce processing churn, we pause processing in Grouper and run a script after midnight on the first day of fall semester to rename the groups, which results in these memberships for the user:

      (A) Past Summer Students in L&S
      (B) Current Fall Students in L&S
      (C) All Current Students [via (A)]

      When we turn the loader back on, because deletes happen first, (A) is removed from (C) before (B) is added, so the user loses all the memberships / eligibility granted to All Current Students. These m

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            chris.hyzer@at.internet2.edu Chris Hyzer (upenn.edu)
            chris.hyzer@at.internet2.edu Chris Hyzer (upenn.edu)
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