hashicorp/terraform · error

no schema found for (in provider )

Error message

no schema found for %s (in provider %s)

What it means

Thrown by jsonstate after the schema-version check passes but schema.Body is still nil. schemas.ResourceTypeConfig returned a version number for the resource type yet no actual schema body, so the decoder cannot proceed. The message includes the provider address to disambiguate which provider is missing the definition.

Solutions

1. Run `terraform init -upgrade` to rebuild the provider schema cache from scratch.
2. Pin a provider version that still defines the resource type, or remove the obsolete resource from state with `terraform state rm`.
3. Inspect provider output/logs for schema retrieval errors.
4. If migrating providers, use `terraform state replace-provider` to remap the resource to a provider that defines it.

Example fix

# obsolete resource left in state after provider upgrade
terraform state rm azurerm_old_resource.x
# or remap to a provider that still defines it
terraform state replace-provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm

schema := schemas.ResourceTypeConfig(r.ProviderConfig.Provider, resAddr.Mode, resAddr.Type)
if schema.Body == nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("provider %s exposes version %d for %s but no schema body; run 'terraform init -upgrade'", r.ProviderConfig.Provider, schema.Version, resAddr)
}

When it happens

Trigger: The provider exposes a version entry for the type but no schema (partial/corrupt schema load); the resource type was removed in the configured provider version but a version record lingers; stale provider schema cache from a previous, broken init.

Common situations: Provider major version removed/renamed the resource type while it remains in state; provider plugin crashed mid-schema and cached an incomplete schema; switching provider source (e.g. hashicorp/aws vs a fork) whose type catalogs differ.

Related errors

• no resource identity schema found for
• action schema not found for action
• Failed to marshal state to json
• Failed to set state store provider configuration
• identity schema not found for type

AI-assisted analysis of hashicorp/terraform@d32a084675 (2026-08-11). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e294f9415e641b46. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at internal/command/jsonstate/state.go:427

				)
			}

			schema := schemas.ResourceTypeConfig(
				r.ProviderConfig.Provider,
				resAddr.Mode,
				resAddr.Type,
			)

			// It is possible that the only instance is deposed
			if ri.Current != nil {
				if schema.Version != int64(ri.Current.SchemaVersion) {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("schema version %d for %s in state does not match version %d from the provider", ri.Current.SchemaVersion, resAddr, schema.Version)
				}

				current.SchemaVersion = ri.Current.SchemaVersion

				if schema.Body == nil {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("no schema found for %s (in provider %s)", resAddr.String(), r.ProviderConfig.Provider)
				}

				// Check if we have an identity in the state
				if ri.Current.IdentityJSON != nil {
					if schema.IdentityVersion != int64(ri.Current.IdentitySchemaVersion) {
						return nil, fmt.Errorf("resource identity schema version %d for %s in state does not match version %d from the provider", ri.Current.IdentitySchemaVersion, resAddr, schema.IdentityVersion)
					}

					if schema.Identity == nil {
						return nil, fmt.Errorf("no resource identity schema found for %s (in provider %s)", resAddr.String(), r.ProviderConfig.Provider)
					}

					current.IdentitySchemaVersion = &ri.Current.IdentitySchemaVersion
				}

				riObj, err := ri.Current.Decode(schema)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err

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