That is how Puppet works. Introspect the current state, compare with the desired state, fix as needed. It mostly works, but in reality it will never reach the point of introspecting literally all of the current state. So there are always ways to subtly break things without the tool noticing. (E.g., a file object that ensures the correct path, contents, ownership, and mode, but doesn’t check xattrs or ACL. [That’s hypothetical, not how the actual Puppet file module works.])
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That is how Puppet works. Introspect the current state, compare with the desired state, fix as needed. It mostly works, but in reality it will never reach the point of introspecting literally all of the current state. So there are always ways to subtly break things without the tool noticing. (E.g., a file object that ensures the correct path, contents, ownership, and mode, but doesn’t check xattrs or ACL. [That’s hypothetical, not how the actual Puppet file module works.])