Service principal names are not validated and the error message is unhelpful

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Terraform Version and Provider Version

Terraform version: Terraform v1.6.4
HCP provider version: v0.90.0

Affected Resource(s)

• hcp_service_principal

Terraform Configuration Files

data "hcp_organization" "my-organization" {}


resource "hcp_service_principal" "org_admin_terraform" {
  name = "org_admin_terraform"
  parent = data.hcp_organization.my-organization.resource_name
}

Debug Output

This is the relevant output:

hcp_service_principal.org_admin_terraform: Creating...
╷
│ Error: Error creating service principal
│
│   with hcp_service_principal.org_admin_terraform,
│   on main.tf line 41, in resource "hcp_service_principal" "org_admin_terraform":
│   41: resource "hcp_service_principal" "org_admin_terraform" {
│
│ [POST /2019-12-10/iam/{parent_resource_name}/service-principals][500] ServicePrincipalsService_CreateServicePrincipal default  &{Code:13 Details:[] Message:couldn't prepare new service principal data}

Expected Behavior

The Web UI shows a validation error. Terraform should also show a validation error, preferably as early as possible.

If it must be late, the error message should indicate the exact issue.

Actual Behavior

No problems until terraform apply, and the produced error {Code:13 Details:[] Message:couldn't prepare new service principal data} doesn't help much.

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