Unable to set annotation to empty

[pv2b]

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Terraform Version

Terraform v1.4.6
on windows_amd64

• provider registry.terraform.io/ciscodevnet/aci v2.16.0

APIC version and APIC Platform

• V 6.0(7e) on-prem

Affected Resource(s)

• aci_attachable_access_entity_profile

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aci = {
      source = "CiscoDevNet/aci"
      version = "2.16.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "aci" {
  username = "REDACTED"
  password = "REDACTED"
  url      = "https://REDACTED/"
  insecure = true
}

resource "aci_attachable_access_entity_profile" "annotation_repro" {
    name                    = "aaep-annotation-test"
    annotation = ""
}

Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

The aci_attachable_access_entity_profile object should be created with an empty annotation.

Actual Behavior

The aci_attachable_access_entity_profile object is created with the annotation "orchestrator:terraform".

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply
2. Look at the object in the MIT and notice that the annotation is there

Important Factoids

References

[pv2b]

Workaround: Set annotation = "dummy" to get rid of the warning in the APIC GUI

[akinross]

Hi @pv2b,

Unfortunately this is a limitation with SDKv2 which we cannot resolve and is present in all resources that have not been migrated to terraform plugin framework. We are currently working on migrating resources to plugin framework. This is described in the migration guide, which also addresses the behaviour you are experiencing: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/CiscoDevNet/aci/latest/docs/guides/migration#allowing-empty-input-for-attributes

See related issues: #806 which contains a link to netascode/terraform-aci-nac-aci#39

Furthermore I am not sure what you mean with get rid of the warning in the APIC GUI? Do you mean the icon that indicates that object is configured by terraform?