Managing externally deleted resources in custom provider

[cbcoutinho]

I found the solution to my problem here:

How should Read() signal that a resource has vanished from the API server?

I’m working on creating a new provider using the plugin framework SDK, and need some clarity on how a resource’s Read() and Update() methods should behave when a resource has vanished from the API server. Should Read() just flag all resource elements with Unknown: true (or Null: true?) in that case, or is there a different way to signal to the state that the resource no longer exists? Related to that, how should the resource Update() method handle these situations? The client library I’m usin…

func (r exampleResource) Read(ctx context.Context, req tfsdk.ReadResourceRequest, resp *tfsdk.ReadResourceResponse) {
  // ... other logic to call API/client ...

  if /* "resource not found" error */ {
    resp.State.RemoveResource()
    return
  }

  // ... other logic to update resp.State from API/client ...
}