Terraform: Invalid resource attributes in outputs ignored

[sethvargo]

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.7.5-dev (e12f42a8b5c91e7ae17eef5dcd0629491d74b59a)

Affected Resource(s)

• core
  

  Terraform Configuration Files

variable "aws_access_key" {}
variable "aws_secret_key" {}
variable "aws_region" {}

provider "aws" {
  access_key = "${var.aws_access_key}"
  secret_key = "${var.aws_secret_key}"
  region     = "${var.aws_region}"
}

resource "aws_vpc" "repro" {
  cidr_block = "10.1.0.0/16"
}

output "vpc" {
  value = "${aws_vpc.repro.not-a-real-attribute}"
}

Debug Output

Debug output

Expected Behavior

Terraform should error that "not-a-real-attribute" is not a real attribute.

Actual Behavior

Terraform ignores the attribute; it is missing from the output at the end.

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply or terraform refresh
   

   Important Factoids

Running master, but reproed on 0.7.4 too.

[jbardin]

Probably related to #8077

[mitchellh]

There is definitely another bug tracking this, this has been a longstanding issue for probably years. The issue has to do with apply vs plan time validation and interpolation. This is likely fixable with new graphs but I'm unsure...

[keymon]

I confirm this is still happening in Terraform 0.9.5. It also happens for any interpolation error:

Here is a simpler test case (no relying on AWS):

resource "null_resource" "some_resource" {
  triggers {
    foo = "1"
  }
}

output "an_ouput" {
  value = "1"
}

output "invalid_interpolation" {
  value = "${upper(map())}"
}

output "invalid attribute_in_resource" {
  value = "${null_resource.some_resource.non_existent}"
}

The 2 latest outputs should fail.

[jbardin]

This is fixed by #16204, and now enabled in master

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