Add parameter to hide outputs on plan/apply; e.g. `--suppressOutputs`

[JohnLBevan]

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.11.0
on windows_amd64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azuread v3.1.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm v4.21.1

Use Cases

When running terraform plan / terraform apply a list of changes is displayed followed by a useful summary line showing how many resources are impacted, then by Changes to Outputs: which can be quite verbose for some modules. This makes the plan harder to read, and a lot of the time you don't care about those details. Having a flag to optionally supress this would thus improve the user experience.

Others have asked for similar; e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76631023/do-not-print-outputs-on-terraform-apply

Attempted Solutions

Not attempted

Proposal

Provide a parameter (e.g. suppressOutputs) which can be set when running plan/apply (e.g. terraform plan --suppressOutputs) to prevent the Changes to Outputs section from being displayed.

References

• Silence refresh output from plans and applies #27214.
• Quiet mode #29061

[crw]

Thanks for this feature request! If you are viewing this issue and would like to indicate your interest, please use the 👍 reaction on the issue description to upvote this issue. We also welcome additional use case descriptions. Thanks again!

Similar to #29061, #27214.

[lucioreisgh]

@crw I would like to work on this one if thats ok, I will also tackle #29061 and #27214

[crw]

Hi @lucioreisgh, please see https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md. You are welcome to propose a solution, however to be perfectly honest, this is not an easy issue to start off with -- there is a lot of nuance both in the user experience design and in the implementation. That said, you can give it an effort and if the team has time, we can review your design proposal. Thanks!