terraform system_error ai_generated partial

Error: Plugin did not respond: plugin process exited unexpectedly: signal: segmentation fault (core dumped)

ID: terraform/terraform-provider-plugin-crash

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75%Fix Rate
80%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-06-20First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
Terraform v1.5 active — — —
Terraform v1.6 active — — —
Terraform v1.7 active — — —
AWS Provider v4.67+ active — — —
AzureRM Provider v3.0+ active — — —

Root Cause

The provider plugin crashed due to a memory access violation or internal bug, often caused by invalid input or resource state corruption.

generic

中文

提供程序插件因内存访问违规或内部错误而崩溃，通常由无效输入或资源状态损坏引起。

Official Documentation

https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/debugging

Workarounds

  1. 70% success Update the provider to the latest version by running 'terraform init -upgrade' and then retry the operation. 
    Update the provider to the latest version by running 'terraform init -upgrade' and then retry the operation.
  2. 65% success If the crash is related to a specific resource, remove that resource from configuration temporarily, apply the rest, then re-add it to isolate the issue. 
    If the crash is related to a specific resource, remove that resource from configuration temporarily, apply the rest, then re-add it to isolate the issue.
  3. 50% success Enable provider debug logging by setting 'TF_LOG=debug' and 'TF_LOG_PATH=./terraform.log', then reproduce the crash and inspect the log for clues. 
    Enable provider debug logging by setting 'TF_LOG=debug' and 'TF_LOG_PATH=./terraform.log', then reproduce the crash and inspect the log for clues.

中文步骤

  1. Update the provider to the latest version by running 'terraform init -upgrade' and then retry the operation.
  2. If the crash is related to a specific resource, remove that resource from configuration temporarily, apply the rest, then re-add it to isolate the issue.
  3. Enable provider debug logging by setting 'TF_LOG=debug' and 'TF_LOG_PATH=./terraform.log', then reproduce the crash and inspect the log for clues.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 90% fail

    The crash is deterministic given the same input; rerunning without fixing the underlying issue will reproduce the crash.

  2. 70% fail

    The crash is often provider-specific; updating Terraform alone does not fix provider bugs.

  3. 80% fail

    Reinstalling the same provider version does not resolve the crash if the bug is in that version.