#524 Job Resource is_active enforced as true on creation + docs (#562)

* Job Resource is_active enforced as true on creation + docs

* changie

Author: victorasu

.changes/unreleased/Changes-20251120-150929.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Changes
+body: Job is_active field enforced to be true on resource creation
+time: 2025-11-20T15:09:29.039013+02:00

docs/resources/job.md

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ An example can be found [in this GitHub issue](https://github.com/dbt-labs/terra
 - `errors_on_lint_failure` (Boolean) Whether the CI job should fail when a lint error is found. Only used when `run_lint` is set to `true`. Defaults to `true`.
 - `force_node_selection` (Boolean) Whether to force node selection (SAO - Select All Optimizations) for the job. If `dbt_version` is not set to `latest-fusion`, this must be set to `true` when specified.
 - `generate_docs` (Boolean) Flag for whether the job should generate documentation
-- `is_active` (Boolean) Should always be set to true as setting it to false is the same as creating a job in a deleted state. To create/keep a job in a 'deactivated' state, check  the `triggers` config.
+- `is_active` (Boolean) Should always be set to true as setting it to false is the same as creating a job in a deleted state. To create/keep a job in a 'deactivated' state, check  the `triggers` config. Setting it to false essentially deletes the job. On resource creation, this field is enforced to be true.
 - `job_completion_trigger_condition` (Block List) Which other job should trigger this job when it finishes, and on which conditions (sometimes referred as 'job chaining'). (see [below for nested schema](#nestedblock--job_completion_trigger_condition))
 - `job_type` (String) Can be used to enforce the job type betwen `ci`, `merge` and `scheduled`. Without this value the job type is inferred from the triggers configured
 - `num_threads` (Number) Number of threads to use in the job

pkg/framework/objects/job/resource.go

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (j *jobResource) Create(ctx context.Context, req resource.CreateRequest, re
 		dbtVersion = &dbtVersionValue
 	}
 
-	isActive := plan.IsActive.ValueBool()
+	isActive := true // when being created, the job should be active by default
 	triggers := map[string]any{
 		"github_webhook":       plan.Triggers.GithubWebhook.ValueBool(),
 		"git_provider_webhook": plan.Triggers.GitProviderWebhook.ValueBool(),

pkg/framework/objects/job/schema.go

@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func (j *jobResource) Schema(
 				Optional:    true,
 				Computed:    true,
 				Default:     booldefault.StaticBool(true),
-				Description: "Should always be set to true as setting it to false is the same as creating a job in a deleted state. To create/keep a job in a 'deactivated' state, check  the `triggers` config.",
+				Description: "Should always be set to true as setting it to false is the same as creating a job in a deleted state. To create/keep a job in a 'deactivated' state, check  the `triggers` config. Setting it to false essentially deletes the job. On resource creation, this field is enforced to be true.",
 			},
 			"triggers": resource_schema.SingleNestedAttribute{
 				Required: true,