terraform data_error ai_generated true

Error: No matching resource found or data source returned no results

ID: terraform/tf-data-source-not-found

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85%Fix Rate
87%Confidence
75Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

A data source query returned no results because the referenced resource does not exist or filters are too restrictive.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Verify the resource exists and the data source filter values are correct 
    Check the cloud console or CLI that the resource exists in the same region/account, and that filter values match exactly

    Sources: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/data-sources

  2. 82% success Create the resource with a Terraform resource block instead of referencing it as a data source 
    If the resource should be managed by Terraform, convert data block to a resource block

    Sources: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/data-sources

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Add a depends_on to make the data source wait 75% fail

    If the resource simply does not exist, waiting will not help; depends_on cannot create missing resources

  2. Use try() to ignore the missing data source error 80% fail

    try() cannot suppress provider-level errors from data sources, only expression evaluation errors

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