GitHub state drifts from what is really deployed

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GitHub issueshashicorp/terraform · kamadakoheiOct 5

Use resource identity to detect two state entries tracking the same remote object

### TL;DR State can silently hold two addresses bound to one remote object. When that happens, `terraform plan` shows a routine-looking `destroy` that actually targets live infrastructure, with no hint that the object is also tracked elsewhere. An earlier ID-based duplicate...

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GitHub issueshashicorp/terraform · StuT-UKBSep 11

New 'terraform_data' 'store' object causes unwanted replacements

### Terraform Version ### Terraform Configuration Files Minimal reproducer. Configuration "deployed" using Terraform < 1.16: `main.tf`: Initial deployment: ### Debug Output It is clear what happens without debug/trace log. ### Expected Behavior Plan should indicate no changes...

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GitHub issueshashicorp/terraform · NilsilsAug 28

Replacement planned as ["delete","create"] is applied create-before-destroy, and the destroy never runs

...or `terraform_data.r2`) for the same reason. The missed destroy itself is not flaky: it happened in all 20 runs, and in all 20 runs of the `hashicorp/local` variant below. `terraform_data` manages nothing, so nothing is lost there. With a provider that manages real objects the...

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3 posts from 3 people in 1 place, about 1 a week over 39 days. Mostly on hashicorp/terraform. Tools named alongside: Terraform, AWS.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "iac-drift" rule about GitHub. First post Aug 28, 2026, latest Oct 5, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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