Terraform plan is not ending

[kovkev]

Hi HashiCorp and Terraform users,

I am facing an issue where export TF_LOG=trace; terraform plan does not exit.

I’m just getting a sample of the stream output and pasting it here:

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2025-01-10T19:38:57.398-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:02.399-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.228-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.230-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:07.400-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.229-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.229-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.229-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.229-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.229-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.230-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:12.400-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.230-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.231-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.231-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.231-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.231-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.231-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:17.401-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:22.402-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.232-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.233-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.233-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.233-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.233-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:27.404-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.234-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:32.404-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.235-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:37.405-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.236-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:42.406-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.237-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:47.407-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.238-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:52.408-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.239-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:39:57.409-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.240-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:02.410-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.241-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:07.411-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.242-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.243-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.243-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.243-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.243-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.243-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:12.412-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.244-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:17.413-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.245-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:22.415-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.246-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:27.416-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_id (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_instance.app_server" is waiting for "aws_security_group.allow_ssh"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_dns (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "root" is waiting for "output.instance_public_ip (expand)"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] (close)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.247-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "aws_security_group.allow_ssh" is waiting for "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"]"
2025-01-10T19:40:32.417-0800 [TRACE] dag/walk: vertex "output.instance_public_ip (expand)" is waiting for "aws_instance.app_server"
...

Thank you,

Kovkev

[jbardin]

The log excerpt doesn’t necessarily tell us what is blocking you here, but I’m guessing that provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws\"] might be the first thing that needs to be evaluated from that output. I would first check that the provider is being configured properly.