v1.16.5/internal/plans/objchange/compatible.go

// Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2026
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1

package objchange

import (
	"fmt"
	"strconv"

	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty/convert"

	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/configs/configschema"
	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/lang/marks"
)

// AssertObjectCompatible checks whether the given "actual" value is a valid
// completion of the possibly-partially-unknown "planned" value.
//
// This means that any known leaf value in "planned" must be equal to the
// corresponding value in "actual", and various other similar constraints.
//
// Any inconsistencies are reported by returning a non-zero number of errors.
// These errors are usually (but not necessarily) cty.PathError values
// referring to a particular nested value within the "actual" value.
//
// The two values must have types that conform to the given schema's implied
// type, or this function will panic.
func AssertObjectCompatible(schema *configschema.Block, planned, actual cty.Value) []error {
	return assertObjectCompatible(schema, planned, actual, nil)
}

func assertObjectCompatible(schema *configschema.Block, planned, actual cty.Value, path cty.Path) []error {
	var errs []error
	var atRoot string
	if len(path) == 0 {
		atRoot = "Root object "
	}

	if planned.IsNull() && !actual.IsNull() {
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("%swas absent, but now present", atRoot))
		return errs
	}
	if actual.IsNull() && !planned.IsNull() {
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("%swas present, but now absent", atRoot))
		return errs
	}

	if planned.IsNull() {
		// No further checks possible if both values are null
		return errs
	}

	for name, attrS := range schema.Attributes {
		plannedV := planned.GetAttr(name)
		actualV := actual.GetAttr(name)

		path := append(path, cty.GetAttrStep{Name: name})

		// Unmark values here before checking value assertions,
		// but save the marks so we can see if we should supress
		// exposing a value through errors
		unmarkedActualV, marksA := actualV.UnmarkDeep()
		unmarkedPlannedV, marksP := plannedV.UnmarkDeep()
		_, isSensitiveActual := marksA[marks.Sensitive]
		_, isSensitivePlanned := marksP[marks.Sensitive]

		moreErrs := assertValueCompatible(unmarkedPlannedV, unmarkedActualV, path)
		if attrS.Sensitive || isSensitiveActual || isSensitivePlanned {
			if len(moreErrs) > 0 {
				// Use a vague placeholder message instead, to avoid disclosing
				// sensitive information.
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("inconsistent values for sensitive attribute"))
			}
		} else {
			errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
		}
	}

	for name, blockS := range schema.BlockTypes {
		plannedV, _ := planned.GetAttr(name).Unmark()
		actualV, _ := actual.GetAttr(name).Unmark()

		if blockS.Computed {
			// computed collection blocks are only null on the wire to the
			// provider to indicate absence of configuration, but the planned
			// and actual values must still never be null. The planned value has
			// already been validated, so we only check that the actual value
			// still conforms.
			if actualV.IsNull() && blockS.Nesting != configschema.NestingSingle {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("null block value after apply"))
				return errs
			}

			if !plannedV.IsKnown() {
				// If the block was planned as being unknown, we simply validate
				// the block values directly as a whole. If there was a planned
				// value, we recurse into it as normal.
				return assertValueCompatible(plannedV, actualV, nil)
			}
		}

		path := append(path, cty.GetAttrStep{Name: name})
		switch blockS.Nesting {
		case configschema.NestingSingle, configschema.NestingGroup:
			// If an unknown block placeholder was present then the placeholder
			// may have expanded out into zero blocks, which is okay.
			if !plannedV.IsKnown() && actualV.IsNull() {
				continue
			}
			moreErrs := assertObjectCompatible(&blockS.Block, plannedV, actualV, path)
			errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
		case configschema.NestingList:
			// A NestingList might either be a list or a tuple, depending on
			// whether there are dynamically-typed attributes inside. However,
			// both support a similar-enough API that we can treat them the
			// same for our purposes here.
			if !plannedV.IsKnown() || !actualV.IsKnown() || plannedV.IsNull() || actualV.IsNull() {
				continue
			}

			plannedL := plannedV.LengthInt()
			actualL := actualV.LengthInt()
			if plannedL != actualL {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("block count changed from %d to %d", plannedL, actualL))
				continue
			}
			for it := plannedV.ElementIterator(); it.Next(); {
				idx, plannedEV := it.Element()
				if !actualV.HasIndex(idx).True() {
					continue
				}
				actualEV := actualV.Index(idx)
				moreErrs := assertObjectCompatible(&blockS.Block, plannedEV, actualEV, append(path, cty.IndexStep{Key: idx}))
				errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
			}
		case configschema.NestingMap:
			// A NestingMap might either be a map or an object, depending on
			// whether there are dynamically-typed attributes inside, but
			// that's decided statically and so both values will have the same
			// kind.
			if plannedV.Type().IsObjectType() {
				plannedAtys := plannedV.Type().AttributeTypes()
				actualAtys := actualV.Type().AttributeTypes()
				for k := range plannedAtys {
					if _, ok := actualAtys[k]; !ok {
						errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("block key %q has vanished", k))
						continue
					}

					plannedEV := plannedV.GetAttr(k)
					actualEV := actualV.GetAttr(k)
					moreErrs := assertObjectCompatible(&blockS.Block, plannedEV, actualEV, append(path, cty.GetAttrStep{Name: k}))
					errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
				}
				if plannedV.IsKnown() { // new blocks may appear if unknown blocks were present in the plan
					for k := range actualAtys {
						if _, ok := plannedAtys[k]; !ok {
							errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("new block key %q has appeared", k))
							continue
						}
					}
				}
			} else {
				if !plannedV.IsKnown() || plannedV.IsNull() || actualV.IsNull() {
					continue
				}
				plannedL := plannedV.LengthInt()
				actualL := actualV.LengthInt()
				if plannedL != actualL && plannedV.IsKnown() { // new blocks may appear if unknown blocks were persent in the plan
					errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("block count changed from %d to %d", plannedL, actualL))
					continue
				}
				for it := plannedV.ElementIterator(); it.Next(); {
					idx, plannedEV := it.Element()
					if !actualV.HasIndex(idx).True() {
						continue
					}
					actualEV := actualV.Index(idx)
					moreErrs := assertObjectCompatible(&blockS.Block, plannedEV, actualEV, append(path, cty.IndexStep{Key: idx}))
					errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
				}
			}
		case configschema.NestingSet:
			if !plannedV.IsKnown() || !actualV.IsKnown() || plannedV.IsNull() || actualV.IsNull() {
				continue
			}

			if !plannedV.IsKnown() {
				// When unknown blocks are present the final number of blocks
				// may be different, either because the unknown set values
				// become equal and are collapsed, or the count is unknown due
				// a dynamic block. Unfortunately this means we can't do our
				// usual checks in this case without generating false
				// negatives.
				continue
			}

			setErrs := assertSetValuesCompatible(plannedV, actualV, path, func(plannedEV, actualEV cty.Value) bool {
				errs := assertObjectCompatible(&blockS.Block, plannedEV, actualEV, append(path, cty.IndexStep{Key: actualEV}))
				return len(errs) == 0
			})
			errs = append(errs, setErrs...)

			// There can be fewer elements in a set after its elements are all
			// known (values that turn out to be equal will coalesce) but the
			// number of elements must never get larger.
			plannedL := plannedV.LengthInt()
			actualL := actualV.LengthInt()
			if plannedL < actualL {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("block set length changed from %d to %d", plannedL, actualL))
			}
		default:
			panic(fmt.Sprintf("unsupported nesting mode %s", blockS.Nesting))
		}
	}
	return errs
}

// AssertValueCompatible matches the behavior of AssertObjectCompatible but
// for a single value rather than a whole object. This is used by the stacks
// package to compare before and after values of inputs.
//
// This function strips marks from its inputs, as they are not considered
// relevant by the call site.
func AssertValueCompatible(planned, actual cty.Value) []error {
	planned, _ = planned.UnmarkDeep()
	actual, _ = actual.UnmarkDeep()
	return assertValueCompatible(planned, actual, nil)
}

func assertValueCompatible(planned, actual cty.Value, path cty.Path) []error {
	// NOTE: We don't normally use the GoString rendering of cty.Value in
	// user-facing error messages as a rule, but we make an exception
	// for this function because we expect the user to pass this message on
	// verbatim to the provider development team and so more detail is better.

	var errs []error
	if planned.Type() == cty.DynamicPseudoType {
		// Anything goes, then
		return errs
	}
	if problems := actual.Type().TestConformance(planned.Type()); len(problems) > 0 {
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("wrong final value type: %s", convert.MismatchMessage(actual.Type(), planned.Type())))
		// If the types don't match then we can't do any other comparisons,
		// so we bail early.
		return errs
	}

	if !planned.IsKnown() {
		// We didn't know what were going to end up with during plan, so
		// the final value needs only to match the type and refinements of
		// the unknown value placeholder.
		plannedRng := planned.Range()
		if ok := plannedRng.Includes(actual); ok.IsKnown() && ok.False() {
			errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("final value %#v does not conform to planning placeholder %#v", actual, planned))
		}
		return errs
	}

	if actual.IsNull() {
		if planned.IsNull() {
			return nil
		}
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("was %#v, but now null", planned))
		return errs
	}
	if planned.IsNull() {
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("was null, but now %#v", actual))
		return errs
	}

	ty := planned.Type()
	switch {

	case !actual.IsKnown():
		errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("was known, but now unknown"))

	case ty.IsPrimitiveType():
		if !actual.Equals(planned).True() {
			errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("was %#v, but now %#v", planned, actual))
		}

	case ty.IsListType() || ty.IsMapType() || ty.IsTupleType():
		for it := planned.ElementIterator(); it.Next(); {
			k, plannedV := it.Element()
			if !actual.HasIndex(k).True() {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("element %s has vanished", indexStrForErrors(k)))
				continue
			}

			actualV := actual.Index(k)
			moreErrs := assertValueCompatible(plannedV, actualV, append(path, cty.IndexStep{Key: k}))
			errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
		}

		for it := actual.ElementIterator(); it.Next(); {
			k, _ := it.Element()
			if !planned.HasIndex(k).True() {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("new element %s has appeared", indexStrForErrors(k)))
			}
		}

	case ty.IsObjectType():
		atys := ty.AttributeTypes()
		for name := range atys {
			// Because we already tested that the two values have the same type,
			// we can assume that the same attributes are present in both and
			// focus just on testing their values.
			plannedV := planned.GetAttr(name)
			actualV := actual.GetAttr(name)
			moreErrs := assertValueCompatible(plannedV, actualV, append(path, cty.GetAttrStep{Name: name}))
			errs = append(errs, moreErrs...)
		}

	case ty.IsSetType():
		// We can't really do anything useful for sets here because changing
		// an unknown element to known changes the identity of the element, and
		// so we can't correlate them properly. However, we will at least check
		// to ensure that the number of elements is consistent, along with
		// the general type-match checks we ran earlier in this function.
		if planned.IsKnown() && !planned.IsNull() && !actual.IsNull() {

			setErrs := assertSetValuesCompatible(planned, actual, path, func(plannedV, actualV cty.Value) bool {
				errs := assertValueCompatible(plannedV, actualV, append(path, cty.IndexStep{Key: actualV}))
				return len(errs) == 0
			})
			errs = append(errs, setErrs...)

			// There can be fewer elements in a set after its elements are all
			// known (values that turn out to be equal will coalesce) but the
			// number of elements must never get larger.

			plannedL := planned.LengthInt()
			actualL := actual.LengthInt()
			if plannedL < actualL {
				errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("length changed from %d to %d", plannedL, actualL))
			}
		}
	}

	return errs
}

func indexStrForErrors(v cty.Value) string {
	switch v.Type() {
	case cty.Number:
		return v.AsBigFloat().Text('f', -1)
	case cty.String:
		return strconv.Quote(v.AsString())
	default:
		// Should be impossible, since no other index types are allowed!
		return fmt.Sprintf("%#v", v)
	}
}

// assertSetValuesCompatible checks that each of the elements in a can
// be correlated with at least one equivalent element in b and vice-versa,
// using the given correlation function.
//
// This allows the number of elements in the sets to change as long as all
// elements in both sets can be correlated, making this function safe to use
// with sets that may contain unknown values as long as the unknown case is
// addressed in some reasonable way in the callback function.
//
// The callback always recieves values from set a as its first argument and
// values from set b in its second argument, so it is safe to use with
// non-commutative functions.
//
// As with assertValueCompatible, we assume that the target audience of error
// messages here is a provider developer (via a bug report from a user) and so
// we intentionally violate our usual rule of keeping cty implementation
// details out of error messages.
func assertSetValuesCompatible(planned, actual cty.Value, path cty.Path, f func(aVal, bVal cty.Value) bool) []error {
	a := planned
	b := actual

	// Our methodology here is a little tricky, to deal with the fact that
	// it's impossible to directly correlate two non-equal set elements because
	// they don't have identities separate from their values.
	// The approach is to count the number of equivalent elements each element
	// of a has in b and vice-versa, and then return true only if each element
	// in both sets has at least one equivalent.
	as := a.AsValueSlice()
	bs := b.AsValueSlice()
	aeqs := make([]bool, len(as))
	beqs := make([]bool, len(bs))
	for ai, av := range as {
		for bi, bv := range bs {
			if aeqs[ai] && beqs[bi] {
				// because the best we can do is check that a value correlates
				// with some other value in the other set, one or both values
				// might have already been matched. If they have both matched in
				// some way there's no need run the check again.
				continue
			}

			if f(av, bv) {
				aeqs[ai] = true
				beqs[bi] = true
			}
		}
	}

	var errs []error
	for i, eq := range aeqs {
		if !eq {
			errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("planned set element %#v does not correlate with any element in actual", as[i]))
		}
	}
	if len(errs) > 0 {
		// Exit early since otherwise we're likely to generate duplicate
		// error messages from the other perspective in the subsequent loop.
		return errs
	}
	for i, eq := range beqs {
		if !eq {
			errs = append(errs, path.NewErrorf("actual set element %#v does not correlate with any element in plan", bs[i]))
		}
	}
	return errs
}