# Rds\_cluster doesn't get recreated when changing snapshot\_identifier

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rds-cluster-doesnt-get-recreated-when-changing-snapshot-identifier/14277>\
**Category:** Terraform\
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rds-cluster-doesnt-get-recreated-when-changing-snapshot-identifier/14277 "2020-09-16T12:49:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/rds-cluster-doesnt-get-recreated-when-changing-snapshot-identifier/14277/1 "2020-09-16T12:49:04Z")

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Hello,  
I’m currently deploying an Aurora RDS using as resource: rds\_cluster, and I want to enable rebuilding everything based on snapshot. I started testing the `snapshot_identifier` argument, but when is changed to another snapshot name, terraform doesn’t force a recreation of the whole thing, just update the parameter, can you please give me a hint on what I’m doing wrong ?  
Thank you!