{"record":{"id":"79b01f1f9a5b87fd","repo":"hashicorp/terraform","slug":"failed-to-determine-the-configuration-s-provider-r","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"failed to determine the configuration's provider requirements: %s","messagePattern":"failed to determine the configuration's provider requirements: (.+?)","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/configs/config.go","lineNumber":271,"sourceCode":"// It's typically the responsibility of \"terraform init\" to change the locked\n// dependencies to conform with the configuration, and so\n// VerifyDependencySelections is intended for other commands to check whether\n// it did so correctly and to catch if anything has changed in configuration\n// since the last \"terraform init\" which requires re-initialization. However,\n// it's up to the caller to decide how to advise users recover from these\n// errors, because the advise can vary depending on what operation the user\n// is attempting.\nfunc (c *Config) VerifyDependencySelections(depLocks *depsfile.Locks) []error {\n\tvar errs []error\n\n\treqs, diags := c.ProviderRequirements()\n\tif diags.HasErrors() {\n\t\t// It should be very unusual to get here, but unfortunately we can\n\t\t// end up here in some edge cases where the config loader doesn't\n\t\t// process version constraint strings in exactly the same way as\n\t\t// the requirements resolver. (See the addProviderRequirements method\n\t\t// for more information.)\n\t\terrs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf(\"failed to determine the configuration's provider requirements: %s\", diags.Error()))\n\t}\n\n\tfor providerAddr, constraints := range reqs {\n\t\tif !depsfile.ProviderIsLockable(providerAddr) {\n\t\t\tcontinue // disregard builtin providers, and such\n\t\t}\n\t\tif depLocks != nil && depLocks.ProviderIsOverridden(providerAddr) {\n\t\t\t// The \"overridden\" case is for unusual special situations like\n\t\t\t// dev overrides, so we'll explicitly note it in the logs just in\n\t\t\t// case we see bug reports with these active and it helps us\n\t\t\t// understand why we ended up using the \"wrong\" plugin.\n\t\t\tlog.Printf(\"[DEBUG] Config.VerifyDependencySelections: skipping %s because it's overridden by a special configuration setting\", providerAddr)\n\t\t\tcontinue\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tvar lock *depsfile.ProviderLock\n\t\tif depLocks != nil { // Should always be true in main code, but unfortunately sometimes not true in old tests that don't fill out arguments completely\n\t\t\tlock = depLocks.Provider(providerAddr)","sourceCodeStart":253,"sourceCodeEnd":289,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765/internal/configs/config.go#L253-L289","documentation":"Emitted by Config.VerifyDependencySelections when c.ProviderRequirements() returns diagnostics with errors while building the merged set of provider version constraints. The code comments note this is an edge case: the config loader parses version-constraint strings slightly differently than the requirements resolver, so a constraint that loaded fine can still fail here. Hit by every command that checks locked dependencies (plan/apply/validate/destroy) after init.","triggerScenarios":"Calling VerifyDependencySelections against a config tree whose required_providers blocks contain a version constraint string ProviderRequirements cannot resolve: malformed comparator (e.g. `=>`), unsupported prerelease syntax, duplicate provider addresses with conflicting constraints, or an unparseable constraint introduced by a module update.","commonSituations":"Editing required_providers with a typo'd constraint, mixing source addresses for the same local name across modules, a module upgrade introducing an unusual constraint operator, or a prerelease constraint the resolver rejects.","solutions":["Re-run `terraform init`; init surfaces the exact constraint that failed to parse.","Audit every required_providers block in the module tree for malformed version strings (use `terraform providers` to list them).","Simplify/standardize constraint syntax (e.g. `~> 1.2`, `>= 1.2.0, < 2.0.0`) and avoid prerelease operators unless the provider publishes them.","If a specific module is at fault, run `terraform -chdir=<module> init` in isolation to localize it."],"exampleFix":"// before\nterraform {\n  required_providers {\n    aws = { source = \"hashicorp/aws\" version = \"=> 1.0\" }  // typo: =>\n  }\n}\n\n// after\nterraform {\n  required_providers {\n    aws = { source = \"hashicorp/aws\" version = \">= 1.0\" }\n  }\n}","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// In CI, run `terraform init` (it performs the same ProviderRequirements parse)\n// before plan/apply so a malformed constraint fails fast with the offending string.\n// Optionally lint each constraint with hclversion-style parsing in a pre-merge check.","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Run terraform fmt + validate in CI before merging constraint changes.","Keep one canonical required_providers declaration per provider across the module tree.","Avoid exotic prerelease/comma operators unless the provider documents them."],"tags":["config","provider-dependencies","version-constraints","init"],"analyzedSha":"c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765","analyzedAt":"2026-08-07T15:39:49.278Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-07T21:17:07.882Z"}