A prior patch to sanity testing allowed an empty
permissionInfo struct to get added to the slice
instead of being dropped, if permissions only
contained the "owner" value. This cascaded
to a failed test.
Also includes some other minor cleanup.
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#### Does this PR need a docs update or release note?
- [x] ⛔ No
#### Type of change
- [x] 🐛 Bugfix
- [x] 🤖 Supportability/Tests
#### Issue(s)
* #3081
#### Test Plan
- [x] 💚 E2E