The files are recreated during the plan while using resources

[rissanypro]

Terraform CLI and Provider Versions

Terraform v1.12.1
registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/archive v2.7.1

Terraform Configuration

resource "archive_file" "init" {
  type        = "zip"
  source_dir  = "${path.module}/script"
  output_path = "${path.module}/file.zip"
}

Expected Behavior

The file have to be recreated during terraform apply

Actual Behavior

The file is recreated during terraform plan.

Steps to Reproduce

resource "archive_file" "init" {
  type        = "zip"
  source_dir  = "${path.module}/script"
  output_path = "${path.module}/file.zip"
}

terraform plan
terraform apply

At first execution, all is fine. The file is created when terraform apply is executed.

Remove the file.zip and execute terraform plan: The file is recreated during terraform plan instead of terraform apply.

How much impact is this issue causing?

High

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[Clayin]

I'm also dealing with this bug. Updating the source_file value results in plan failure unless you retain a file with the previous filename. After running one plan, you can remove the temporary file and subsequent plans work fine.

I tried a workaround using count with fileexists() to skip the resource when plan looks for the wrong filename. The actual plan appears to honor that logic and skips changes to that archive, but ultimately still raises the same archive creation error due to missing file.

Edit: I should also point out that removing an archive_file resource config has the same problem. The source_file target has to remain through the next plan or it will fail even though the resource definition no longer exists.