Prevent destroy when acceptance test fails

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I’m using the terraform plugin framework.

When an acceptance test fails, is it possible to prevent resources from being destroyed ? If yes how ?

The reason is I’d like to look at logs to figure out why the test failed.

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Yes, you can prevent resource destruction during acceptance test failures by setting prevent_destroy = true in your resource’s lifecycle configuration. This ensures that even if the test fails, Terraform won’t destroy the resources, allowing you to inspect logs:

resource "example_resource" "test" {
  # resource configuration
  lifecycle {
    prevent_destroy = true
  }
}

This way, you can investigate the logs without worrying about the resources being removed.