hashicorp/terraform · error

populating details for %s: %+v

Error message

populating details for %s: %+v

What it means

Returned by buildClient when populateAccountDetails fails to extract/populate the storage account details (blob endpoint, key info) from the retrieved storage account model. The %s is the resource ID and %+v is the underlying error from populateAccountDetails.

Source

Thrown at internal/backend/remote-state/azure/api_client.go:113

		// Setup the SA client.
		client.storageAccountsClient, err = storageaccounts.NewStorageAccountsClientWithBaseURI(config.AuthConfig.Environment.ResourceManager)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("building Storage Accounts client: %+v", err)
		}
		client.configureClient(client.storageAccountsClient.Client, resourceManagerAuth)

		// Populating the storage account detail
		storageAccountId := commonids.NewStorageAccountID(config.SubscriptionID, config.ResourceGroupName, client.storageAccountName)
		resp, err := client.storageAccountsClient.GetProperties(ctx, storageAccountId, storageaccounts.DefaultGetPropertiesOperationOptions())
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving %s: %+v", storageAccountId, err)
		}
		if resp.Model == nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving %s: model was nil", storageAccountId)
		}
		client.accountDetail, err = populateAccountDetails(storageAccountId, *resp.Model)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("populating details for %s: %+v", storageAccountId, err)
		}
	}

	return &client, nil
}

func (c *Client) getBlobClient(ctx context.Context) (bc *blobs.Client, err error) {
	if c.blobsClient != nil {
		return c.blobsClient, nil
	}

	defer func() {
		if err == nil {
			c.blobsClient = bc
		}
	}()

	var baseUri string

View on GitHub (pinned to c9def3e214)

Solutions

1. Verify the storage account is a standard type with a valid primary blob endpoint in the Azure portal.
2. Retry in case of a transient API field issue.
3. Upgrade Terraform so populateAccountDetails uses a current SDK model matching the deployed account properties.

// Sanity-check the account has a blob endpoint before relying on lookup_blob_endpoint.
// (az storage account show -g <rg> -n <acct> --query primaryEndpoints.blob)

client, err := buildClient(ctx, config)
if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "populating details") {
    // verify account has a valid primary blob endpoint; consider disabling lookup_blob_endpoint
}

When it happens

Trigger: GetProperties returned a non-nil model, but extracting the account details (e.g. resolving the primary/secondary blob endpoint from the model's properties) fails. Triggered during terraform init client construction when lookup_blob_endpoint is used.

Common situations: The storage account has no blob endpoint populated (e.g. a non-standard account type/sku, a misprovisioned account); the model's networkAcl/encryption/endpoint fields are in an unexpected shape; SDK/model version mismatch.

Related errors

• retrieving %s: model was nil
• retrieving %s: %+v
• new blob client: %v
• sasToken cannot be empty
• unable to build authorizer for Storage API: %+v

AI-assisted analysis of hashicorp/terraform@c9def3e214 (2026-08-07). Data as JSON: /api/errors/df6daa238b31ffa0. Report an issue: GitHub.