VM annotation as heredoc triggers resource update across applies when unmodified

[arcticgeek]

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Terraform

1.9.5

Terraform Provider

hashicorp/vsphere 2.8.3

VMware vSphere

7.0.3 build 22357613

Description

When a multi-line virtual machine annotation is specified using a heredoc (using <<-EOT) it is correctly saved through vSphere provider, but subsequent applies of the same unmodified annotation shows changes are detected. The changes detected are apparently phantom, showing per-line changes from -value to +value in plan/apply output with the line content shown is clearly unmodified.

When the multi-line annotation is specified as a single string with inline C-style escaped line-endings (e.g.: "my multi-line\nawesome\n\nannotation"), the problem does not exist. The multi-line annotation is saved and appears as intended, and subsequent plan/apply invocations detect no changes.

Affected Resources or Data Sources

• resource/vsphere_virtual_machine

Terraform Configuration

Example annotation demonstrating issue, lines are TAB-prefixed:

annotation = <<-EOT
	my multi-line
	awesome
	
	annotation
	EOT

Example annotation that avoids issue:
annotation = "my multi-line\nawesome\n\nannotation"

Debug Output

https://gist.github.com/arcticgeek/9c14ec830118c2a2aabb2714dcd693e9

Panic Output

No response

Expected Behavior

Multi-line VM annotations specified as heredocs should trigger no changes when unmodified across plan/apply invocations.

Actual Behavior

Phantom changes to the multi-line annotation are detected even when unmodified.

Steps to Reproduce

apply multi-line annotation to VM resource as heredoc with <<-EOT
terraform plan|apply

Environment Details

Windows AMD64 with terraform source code in UTF8 and having CRLF line endings.

Screenshots

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References

#713

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