# Drift not being detected

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/drift-not-being-detected/50368>\
**Category:** HCP Terraform\
**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/drift-not-being-detected/50368 "2023-02-18T06:36:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mkpathcreate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/mkpathcreate/32/33940_2.png) [@mkpathcreate](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/mkpathcreate)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/drift-not-being-detected/50368/1 "2023-02-18T06:36:18Z")

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I am unable to see the drift in the workspace section. As per this documentation, the drift should be detected and displayed, but i dont see any option for it?

> **[Terraform Cloud Adds Drift Detection for Infrastructure Management](https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/terraform-cloud-adds-drift-detection-for-infrastructure-management)**
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> Drift Detection for Terraform Cloud continuously checks infrastructure state to detect and notify operators of any changes, minimizing risk, downtime, and costs.

I manually edited the security group and opened couple of ports to check, but drift is not detected and I just seen no status change.

 ![Projects-workspaces-Rhytha-Terraform-Cloud](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/original/3X/b/4/b49afae040c660ce9bab5af0f63c7460325e58a3.png)

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**Author:** ![apparentlymart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/apparentlymart/32/702_2.png) [@apparentlymart](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/apparentlymart)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/drift-not-being-detected/50368/2 "2023-02-22T03:00:56Z")

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Hi @mkpathcreate,

Unfortunately the details about what exactly the drift detection will be sensitive to will vary depending on details of how each provider is implemented, because it’s Terraform providers that are ultimately responsible for detecting changes outside of Terraform.

Therefore I think it will be difficult to help with this problem here, and so I’d suggest instead contacting [HashiCorp Support](https://support.hashicorp.com/) who are better equipped to get into the specifics of how your particular configuration is structured, exactly which resource types you are using, etc.

Thanks!