{"record":{"id":"f4ede74022db30bf","repo":"hashicorp/terraform","slug":"failed-to-load-state-s-f4ede7","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to load state: %s","messagePattern":"Failed to load state: (.+?)","errorType":"console","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"internal/command/output.go","lineNumber":88,"sourceCode":"\t}\n\n\t// Command can be aborted by interruption signals\n\tctx, done := c.InterruptibleContext(c.CommandContext())\n\tdefer done()\n\n\t// This is a read-only command\n\tc.ignoreRemoteVersionConflict(b)\n\n\tenv, err := c.Workspace()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tdiags = diags.Append(fmt.Errorf(\"Error selecting workspace: %s\", err))\n\t\treturn nil, diags\n\t}\n\n\t// Get the state\n\tsMgr, sDiags := b.StateMgr(env)\n\tif sDiags.HasErrors() {\n\t\tdiags = diags.Append(fmt.Errorf(\"Failed to load state: %s\", sDiags.Err()))\n\t\treturn nil, diags\n\t}\n\n\toutput, err := sMgr.GetRootOutputValues(ctx)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, diags.Append(err)\n\t}\n\n\treturn output, diags\n}\n\nfunc (c *OutputCommand) Help() string {\n\thelpText := `\nUsage: terraform [global options] output [options] [NAME]\n\n  Reads an output variable from a Terraform state file and prints\n  the value. With no additional arguments, output will display all\n  the outputs for the root module.  If NAME is not specified, all","sourceCodeStart":70,"sourceCodeEnd":106,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765/internal/command/output.go#L70-L106","documentation":"Wrapped error from OutputCommand after b.StateMgr(env) returns diagnostics with errors. StateMgr constructs the state manager for the selected workspace (local file, S3, cloud, etc.); a diagnostic error here means the backend could not initialize the state store for that workspace. 'terraform output' therefore has no state to read root output values from.","triggerScenarios":"Running 'terraform output' where the configured backend fails to build its state manager — e.g. S3 bucket missing, DynamoDB lock table gone, cloud backend auth failed, local state file path unwritable, or remote workspace does not exist.","commonSituations":"Backend credentials expired or were revoked; the S3 bucket / state object was deleted out-of-band; workspace name typo against a cloud backend that requires the workspace to pre-exist; local state file locked or permission denied; region misconfiguration.","solutions":["Check the wrapped diagnostic: confirm backend resource (bucket, workspace) exists and credentials are valid.","Run 'terraform init' to reconfigure the backend and surface any auth errors.","Verify the workspace name is correct for the backend (e.g. cloud workspace exists).","Ensure state file / lock resources are present and writable for local/S3 backends."],"exampleFix":"// before: backend state manager init failed\n// after: re-init and confirm backend\n$ terraform init\n$ AWS_REGION=us-east-1 terraform output  # ensure correct creds/region","handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":"// Pre-flight: for remote backends, confirm the backend resource exists before 'terraform output'\npackage main\n\n// (illustrative for S3 backend) \nfunc preflightS3State(bucket, key string) error {\n\tsess := session.Must(session.NewSession())\n\tsvc := s3.New(sess)\n\t_, err := svc.HeadObject(&s3.HeadObjectInput{Bucket: &bucket, Key: &key})\n\tif err != nil { return fmt.Errorf(\"state object unreachable: %w\", err) }\n\treturn nil\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Run 'terraform init' to reconfigure the backend and catch auth errors early.","Keep backend credentials current and scoped with read access to the state object.","Verify the workspace name exists on cloud backends before reading output."],"tags":["state","backend","workspace","output"],"analyzedSha":"c9def3e214014c1188faabfc4a5bde5095139765","analyzedAt":"2026-08-07T15:39:49.278Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-07T20:17:04.800Z"}