consider the following module ``` terraform --version Terraform v0.15.5 on linux_amd64 + provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v3.36.0 ``` ``` # bucket .tf resource "aws_s3_bucket" "b" { bucket = "skeswani-foo-bucket" acl = "private" depends_on = [ aws_s3_bucket_object.tffile2 ] tags = { Name = "My bucket" Environment = "Dev" } } resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "tffile1" { bucket = aws_s3_bucket.b.id key = "bucket.tf" source = "./bucket.tf" etag = filemd5("./bucket.tf") } resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "tffile2" { bucket = "myfoo-public" key = "bucket.tf" source = "./bucket.tf" etag = filemd5("./bucket.tf") } # output.tf output "mybucket" { value = aws_s3_bucket.b } output "file1" { value = aws_s3_bucket_object.tffile1 } output "file2" { value = aws_s3_bucket_object.tffile2 } ``` Apply it ``` $ terraform apply --auto-approve 1>/dev/null $ terraform output file1 = "bucket.tf" file2 = "bucket.tf" mybucket = "skeswani-foo-bucket" ``` do something to make destory fail ! here we add a file so bucket destroy will fail ``` $ aws s3 cp ./output.tf s3://skeswani-foo-bucket/ $ terraform destroy --auto-approve 1>/dev/null ╷ │ Error: error deleting S3 Bucket (skeswani-foo-bucket): BucketNotEmpty: The bucket you tried to delete is not empty │ status code: 409, request id: BOO BOO, host id: blahblah ``` as expected the bucket and the dependent objects not destroyed ``` $ terraform show | grep "# " # aws_s3_bucket.b: # aws_s3_bucket_object.tffile2: ``` **BUG: So why is there no output to indicate the existence of these resources. esp dependent resources** ``` $ terraform output ╷ │ Warning: No outputs found <==== BUG !!, these resources exist so why are they not in the OUTPUT │ │ The state file either has no outputs defined, or all the defined outputs are empty. Please define an output in your configuration with the `output` keyword and run `terraform refresh` for it to become available. If you are using │ interpolation, please verify the interpolated value is not empty. You can use the `terraform console` command to assist. ╵ $ cat terraform.tfstate | jq '.outputs' {} $ aws s3 ls s3://myfoo-public/bucket.tf 2021-07-29 13:41:40 515 bucket.tf ```