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Terraform drift / unexpected plan changes
Plan wants to recreate resources or state differs from reality.
Reviewed: ·Tested on: Kubernetes 1.29, Terraform 1.8, Ubuntu 22.04
Symptoms
- forces replacement
- drift detected
- resource changed outside terraform
1Compare state vs plan
terraform plan -detailed-exitcode
terraform state list
terraform state show <resource>2Refresh or import
terraform refresh
# Import manual change:
terraform import <resource_type>.<name> <id>
# Or align code to reality before apply