Output of Finalized Test Configurations During Acceptance Testing

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SDK version

v2.4.2

Use-cases

This issue is created by request as part of a series of related acceptance test feature requests that will be cross-referenced to each other for discoverability.

Acceptance test configurations are currently implemented as Go string type. These configurations can become quite large, may be composed of multiple "layer" configurations built up in the Go code, and fmt.Sprintf() parameterized to simplify value substitutions across test steps. To aid in the debugging of these test configurations, it could be helpful for provider developers to see the "final" Terraform configuration and potentially work with it outside the context of the acceptance testing framework.

Attempted Solutions

None at the moment, since the temporary directory used by the binary acceptance testing framework (and therefore any potential state files) cannot be retained. Separate feature request for that incoming.

Proposal

Output the Config to the debug logging of the acceptance testing framework during each TestStep.

While adding the ability to retain the temporary directory would enable provider developers to get at this information eventually, it would require a lot more steps and knowing which saved plan occurred when.

References

• Test HCL configs isolated in files terraform-plugin-testing#72
• Output of Terraform CLI Plan Difference During Acceptance Testing #698
• https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/issues/699
• Option to Retain Acceptance Testing Files #701

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