Resolution:
The IC client debug log will show the falling:

13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.CLIENT.IDENTF
Y
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.DSP.UP
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.DSP.DOWN
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: Registering subject _INBOX.5
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: connected to RV server IC_POC_01 worker 0 program 0
13:46:55 14259 t014 icrpc: call rpc=100001 prog=000.001 IC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATE_U
SER
13:46:55 14259 t016 icrpc: call rpc=110002 prog=-2147483.647 IC_DISPATCHER_ASSIG
N_WORKER
13:46:55 14259 t016 icrpc: okay rpc=110002 time=000.000 IC_DISPATCHER_ASSIGN_WOR
KER
13:46:55 14259 t016 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.CLIENT.IDENTF
Y
13:46:55 14259 t016 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.DSP.UP
13:46:55 14259 t016 iclib: Registering subject _IC.CLI.IC_POC_01.1.DSP.DOWN
13:46:55 14259 t016 iclib: Registering subject _INBOX.6
13:46:55 14259 t016 iclib: connected to RV server IC_POC_01 worker 0 program 0
13:46:55 14259 t016 icrpc: call rpc=100001 prog=000.000 IC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATE_U
SER
13:46:55 14259 t014 icrpc: okay rpc=100001 time=000.114 IC_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATE_U
SER
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: authenticated user RicRuleAgent (02000012068E7BE10A4E
000500000002)
13:46:55 14259 t014 iclib: session initialize 3bbc58 RicRuleAgent@IC_POC_01 host
=

The key is nothing happens after the authentication.  This was caused by the customer removing the line in rv-cfg.pro of ":-reconsult('ic_custom').        % custom logging and date code InConcert".  This was fixed by putting that line back in.  The customer was then told to add in ic_custom.pro ":-reconsult('XXXX_Custom.pro' on line 12 of ic_custom.pro.

IcRules comes up but then does no work.