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Remove-AzRoleDefinition displays incorrect confirmation message with unformatted placeholder and empty GUID #29075

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Description

Remove-AzRoleDefinition displays incorrect confirmation message and target when using -WhatIf or -Confirm:

  1. The action description shows an unformatted placeholder '{0}' instead of the actual value
  2. When using -Name parameter, the target shows empty GUID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 instead of the role name

Expected behavior:

  • -Id should show: Performing the operation "Removing role definition by id" on target "<guid>"
  • -Name should show: Performing the operation "Removing role definition by name" on target "<name>"

Actual behavior:

  • Both show: Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "<guid-or-empty-guid>"

Bug Summary Table

Command Buggy Output
Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Id $(New-Guid) -Confirm Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "4090e780-c302-45f9-ad9b-6b53f4832e7e"
Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Name abc -Confirm Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Id $(New-Guid) -WhatIf Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "5c889b20-ba53-4bd5-bae7-f36ff3259502"
Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Name abc -WhatIf Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"

Issue script & Debug output

PS> $DebugPreference='Continue'

# Bug with -Name parameter (shows empty GUID)
PS> Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Name abc -WhatIf
What if: Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000".

# Bug with -Id parameter (shows unformatted placeholder)
PS> Remove-AzRoleDefinition -Id $(New-Guid) -WhatIf
What if: Performing the operation "Are you sure you want to remove role definition with id '{0}'." on target "3248f3b0-b7c7-4114-b0f9-c04873e3d5df".

Environment data

PS> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.3
OS                             Darwin 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Module versions

PS> Get-Module Az*

Name         Version
----         -------
Az.Accounts  5.3.2
Az.Resources 9.0.0

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N/A - This is a display issue, not an error.

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