### Terraform Version ```shell Terraform v1.10.0 on windows_amd64 + provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm v4.9.0 ``` ### Terraform Configuration Files ```terraform terraform { backend "azurerm" { } } ``` ### Debug Output ``` 2024-12-02T09:57:51.259-0600 [INFO] Terraform version: 1.10.0 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/go-tfe v1.70.0 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.23.0 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost v0.1.1 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [DEBUG] using github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.15.1-0.20241111215639-63279be090d7 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [INFO] Go runtime version: go1.23.3 2024-12-02T09:57:51.260-0600 [INFO] CLI args: []string{"C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\lib\\terraform\\tools\\terraform.exe", "plan"} 2024-12-02T09:57:51.261-0600 [TRACE] Stdout is a terminal of width 228 2024-12-02T09:57:51.261-0600 [TRACE] Stderr is a terminal of width 228 2024-12-02T09:57:51.261-0600 [TRACE] Stdin is a terminal 2024-12-02T09:57:51.264-0600 [DEBUG] Attempting to open CLI config file: C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\terraform.rc 2024-12-02T09:57:51.265-0600 [INFO] Loading CLI configuration from C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\terraform.rc 2024-12-02T09:57:51.265-0600 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory terraform.d/plugins 2024-12-02T09:57:51.265-0600 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\terraform.d\plugins 2024-12-02T09:57:51.266-0600 [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\HashiCorp\Terraform\plugins 2024-12-02T09:57:51.266-0600 [INFO] CLI command args: []string{"plan"} 2024-12-02T09:57:51.284-0600 [TRACE] Meta.Backend: built configuration for "azurerm" backend with hash value 3842662675 2024-12-02T09:57:51.284-0600 [TRACE] Meta.Backend: working directory was previously initialized for "azurerm" backend 2024-12-02T09:57:51.284-0600 [TRACE] Meta.Backend: using already-initialized, unchanged "azurerm" backend configuration 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Service Principal / Client Certificate is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Multi Tenant Service Principal / Client Secret is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Service Principal / Client Secret is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if OIDC is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Managed Service Identity is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Obtaining a Multi-tenant token from the Azure CLI is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Testing if Obtaining a token from the Azure CLI is applicable for Authentication.. 2024-12-02T09:57:51.285-0600 [INFO] Using Obtaining a token from the Azure CLI for Authentication 2024-12-02T09:57:53.135-0600 [INFO] Getting OAuth config for endpoint https://login.microsoftonline.com/ with tenant 3b44e60f-4990-4d4d-9d3b-d38b985be214 2024-12-02T09:57:53.135-0600 [DEBUG] Obtaining an MSAL / Microsoft Graph token for Resource Manager.. 2024-12-02T09:57:54.422-0600 [TRACE] Meta.Backend: instantiated backend of type *azure.Backend 2024-12-02T09:57:54.425-0600 [TRACE] providercache.fillMetaCache: scanning directory .terraform\providers 2024-12-02T09:57:54.425-0600 [TRACE] getproviders.SearchLocalDirectory: failed to resolve symlinks for .terraform\providers: The system cannot find the path specified. 2024-12-02T09:57:54.430-0600 [TRACE] getproviders.SearchLocalDirectory: found registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm v4.9.0 for windows_amd64 at .terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\azurerm\4.9.0\windows_amd64 2024-12-02T09:57:54.438-0600 [TRACE] providercache.fillMetaCache: including .terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\azurerm\4.9.0\windows_amd64 as a candidate package for registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm 4.9.0 2024-12-02T09:57:54.438-0600 [TRACE] providercache.fillMetaCache: using cached result from previous scan of .terraform\providers 2024-12-02T09:57:54.439-0600 [DEBUG] checking for provisioner in "." 2024-12-02T09:57:54.439-0600 [DEBUG] checking for provisioner in "C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\lib\\terraform\\tools" ╷ │ Error: Required plugins are not installed │ │ The installed provider plugins are not consistent with the packages selected in the dependency lock file: │ - registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm: failed to verify checksum of registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm 4.9.0 package cached in in .terraform\providers: The system cannot find the path specified. │ │ Terraform uses external plugins to integrate with a variety of different infrastructure services. To download the plugins required for this configuration, run: │ terraform init ``` ### Expected Behavior Just as 1.9.8 and prior releases worked, allow for the .terraform directory to be redirected with a Windows Junction to another location. ### Actual Behavior Provider checksum fails ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a Windows Junction to create a local .terraform directory that points to a different location 2. `terraform init` 3. `terraform plan` ### Additional Context In a multi-environment configuration, I use Windows Junctions to redirect the `.terraform` directory to an environment specific location (e.g. environments\dev\.terraform). And then switching environments need to just change the junction. This setup works with version 1.9.8 and prior releases. To create a Junction in Windows: ```powershell New-Item -ItemType "Junction" -Name '.terraform' -Value 'environments\dev\.terraform' ``` ### References _No response_