Prepare for Terraform 1.16 (rc) release

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This PR prepares the repository for the Terraform 1.16 (rc) release.\n\nMoved v1.16.x (beta) to v1.16.x (rc)

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Errors in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/block/module.mdx

• [404] https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/netrc | Error (cached)

Errors in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/block/stack/tfdeploy/identity_token.mdx

• [ERROR] https://app.terraform.xn--io-02t/ | Network error: Connection failed. Check network connectivity and firewall settings (error sending request for url (https://app.terraform.xn--io-02t/)): Connection failed. Check network connectivity and firewall settings

Errors in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/uuidv5.mdx

• [TIMEOUT] https://oidref.com/ | Timeout

Errors in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/modules/sources.mdx

• [404] https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/netrc | Rejected status code: 404 Not Found (configurable with "accept" option)

Errors in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/providers/index.mdx

• [404] https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/netrc | Rejected status code: 404 Not Found (configurable with "accept" option)

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Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/cli/auth/index.mdx

• [429] https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: Too Many Requests. Redirects: https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/cli/config/config-file.mdx

• [429] https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: Too Many Requests. Redirects: https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform
• [200] https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html --[301]--> http://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/basedir-spec-latest.html --[301]--> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/basedir-spec-latest.html

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/cli/workspaces/index.mdx

• [200] https://www.consul.io/ | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.consul.io/ --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/internals/login-protocol.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7636 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7636 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7636

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/internals/provider-meta.mdx

• [200] https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/new | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/new --[302]--> https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform%2Fissues%2Fnew

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/intro/index.mdx

• [200] https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/new/choose | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/new/choose --[302]--> https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhashicorp%2Fterraform%2Fissues%2Fnew%2Fchoose

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/intro/use-cases.mdx

• [200] https://www.consul.io/ | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.consul.io/ --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/azurerm.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/cos.mdx

• [200] https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/product/cos | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/product/cos --[302]--> https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/products/cos

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/gcs.mdx

• [200] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-short-lived-service-account-credentials | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-short-lived-service-account-credentials --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-short-lived-service-account-credentials --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/create-short-lived-credentials-direct --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-short-lived-service-account-credentials
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/ | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/ --[301]--> https://cloud.google.com/storage
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-managed-keys | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-managed-keys --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-managed-keys
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-supplied-keys | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-supplied-keys --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/customer-supplied-keys
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-managed-keys | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-managed-keys --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-managed-keys
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-supplied-keys | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-supplied-keys --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/encryption/using-customer-supplied-keys
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/rewrite | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/rewrite --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/rewrite --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil
• [200] https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/object-versioning | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/object-versioning --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/storage/docs/object-versioning
• [200] https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials --[301]--> https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/index.mdx

• [200] https://www.vaultproject.io/ | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.vaultproject.io/ --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/oss.mdx

• [200] https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/27280.htm | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/27280.htm --[302]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/doc-detail/27280.htm --[301]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/tablestore/product-overview/what-is-tablestore
• [200] https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/52284.htm | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/52284.htm --[302]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/doc-detail/52284.htm --[301]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/oss/user-guide/object-acl
• [200] https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/product/31815.htm | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/product/31815.htm --[302]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/product/31815.htm --[301]--> https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/oss/

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/backend/s3.mdx

• [200] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-access-control.html | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-access-control.html --[301]--> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/security-iam.html

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/block/module.mdx

• [200] https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/block/resource.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winrm/authentication-for-remote-connections | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winrm/authentication-for-remote-connections --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winrm/authentication-for-remote-connections

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/base64sha512.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634 | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4634 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4634

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/csvdecode.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4180

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/filemd5.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6151 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6151 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6151

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/formatdate.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/jsonencode.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7159

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/md5.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1321 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1321 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1321

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/sha1.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3174 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3174 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3174

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/sha256.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634 | Redirect: Followed 2 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4634 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4634 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4634

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/functions/uuidv5.mdx

• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1779 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1779 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1779
• [200] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 --[301]--> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/index.mdx

• [429] https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: Too Many Requests. Redirects: https://cloud.hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform --[308]--> https://hashicorp.com/products/terraform

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/modules/sources.mdx

• [200] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances --[301]--> https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances
• [200] https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/help/urls | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/help/urls --[302]--> https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/help/urls

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/post-apply-operations.mdx

• [200] https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ --[302]--> https://docs.cloud-init.io/en/latest/
• [200] https://registry.terraform.io/providers/oracle/oci/ | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/oracle/oci/ --[301]--> https://registry.terraform.io/providers/oracle/oci

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/stacks/deploy/authenticate.mdx

• [200] https://openid.net/connect/ | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://openid.net/connect/ --[301]--> https://openid.net/developers/how-connect-works/

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/state/remote.mdx

• [200] https://www.consul.io/ | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://www.consul.io/ --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul --[308]--> https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/style.mdx

• [200] https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/using-secrets-in-github-actions | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/using-secrets-in-github-actions --[301]--> https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/use-secrets
• [200] https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-flow | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-flow --[301]--> https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-github/github-flow
• [200] https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/pipeline_security.html | Redirect: Followed 3 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/pipeline_security.html --[301]--> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/pipeline_security/ --[301]--> https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/pipelines/pipeline_security/ --[301]--> https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/pipeline_security/

Redirects in content/terraform/v1.16.x (rc)/docs/language/upgrade-guides/index.mdx

• [200] https://discuss.hashicorp.com/c/terraform-core | Redirect: Followed 1 redirect resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/c/terraform-core --[301]--> https://discuss.hashicorp.com/c/terraform-core/27

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