Terraform-provider-local_v2.5.3-alpha1 - bad version that can't be parsed by terraform

[iain1]

Hi,

I have a terraform script that does file manipulation to load files into a created GCP bucket. This uses the local provider.

We now have a release of that provider that has a “v” at the start of the version number so now my terraform fails every time with the following error:

{"@level":"error","@message":"Error: Failed to query available provider packages","@module":"terraform.ui","@timestamp":"2025-04-30T14:55:51.039799Z","diagnostic":{"severity":"error","summary":"Failed to query available provider packages","detail":"Could not retrieve the list of available versions for provider hashicorp/local: could not query provider registry for registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/local: registry response includes invalid version string \"v2.5.3-alpha1\": a \"v\" prefix should not be used\n\nTo see which modules are currently depending on hashicorp/local and what versions are specified, run the following command:\n    terraform providers"},"type":"diagnostic"}

When I look at the release list I can see this:

Which does look like the latest version added has the ‘v’ in it when no others do.

I’ve tried Terraform 1.10.1 and 1.11.4 and all behave the same.

I also added an explicit version for the local provider in my script, e.g.

required_providers {
  local = {
      source = "hashicorp/local"
      version = "2.5.2"
    }
}

but the issue seems to be that the use of the “v” has broken the ability of terraform to parse the result and so I get a failure.

Anyone have any ideas about how to fix this?

Thanks

..Iain

[iain1]

Ok it looks like this was indeed a release snafu and has been fixed: Unpublish v2.5.3-alpha1 · Issue #408 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-local · GitHub

[tomwidmer]

I have the same problem - it’s causing a terraform deployment via Jenkins to fail, it’s a blocker for me until I can find a workaround or that bad version is backed out.

[CraigW]

Thanks for this report, and correct, it was reported in Unpublish v2.5.3-alpha1 · Issue #408 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-local · GitHub and then briefly regressed as reported in Unpublish v2.5.3-alpha1 · Issue #410 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-local · GitHub.

The status page tracking the incident is here: terraform-provider-local failing Terraform runs. - HashiCorp Services Status

As of this moment, the incident is resolved. Thanks again for your report.

[wyardley]

The GitHub issues related to this are worth reading through too…