r/aws_iam_user: Cannot update name and tag within the same apply #45607
Description
Terraform and AWS Provider Version
terraform version
Terraform v1.14.0-beta3
on darwin_arm64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v6.26.0Affected Resource(s) or Data Source(s)
aws_iam_user
Expected Behavior
When changing name and tags in the same apply operation, both changes are applied.
Actual Behavior
Tag modification fails and no changes are made at all.
Relevant Error/Panic Output
% terraform apply -auto-approve
aws_iam_user.example: Refreshing state... [id=test-user-initial]
Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
~ update in-place
Terraform will perform the following actions:
# aws_iam_user.example will be updated in-place
~ resource "aws_iam_user" "example" {
id = "test-user-initial"
~ name = "test-user-initial" -> "test-user-updated"
~ tags = {
~ "Environment" = "dev" -> "prod"
}
~ tags_all = {
~ "Environment" = "dev" -> "prod"
}
# (5 unchanged attributes hidden)
}
Plan: 0 to add, 1 to change, 0 to destroy.
aws_iam_user.example: Modifying... [id=test-user-initial]
╷
│ Error: updating tags for IAM (Identity & Access Management) User (test-user-updated): tagging resource (test-user-updated): operation error IAM: TagUser, https response error StatusCode: 404, RequestID: aa5570af-1cbf-419e-a239-f2da35e1193d, NoSuchEntity: The user with name test-user-updated cannot be found.
│
│ with aws_iam_user.example,
│ on main.tf line 13, in resource "aws_iam_user" "example":
│ 13: resource "aws_iam_user" "example" {
│Sample Terraform Configuration
Click to expand configuration
terraform {
required_providers {
aws = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
version = "~> 6.0"
}
}
}
# Configure the AWS Provider
provider "aws" {}
resource "aws_iam_user" "example" {
# Step 1: Initial creation
name = "test-user-initial"
tags = {
Environment = "dev"
}
# Step 2: Update name and tags simultaneously
# name = "test-user-updated"
# tags = {
# Environment = "prod"
# }
}
Steps to Reproduce
- Apply the configuration above.
- Comment out the "Step 1" section, uncomment "Step 2".
- Observe error.