[Bug]: aws_inspector2_member_association did not log access denied

[roynesholen]

Terraform Core Version

1.9.4

AWS Provider Version

5.63.0

Affected Resource(s)

resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members" {
  provider   = aws
  for_each   = toset(local.member_account_ids)
  account_id = each.key
  depends_on = [aws_inspector2_enabler.audit_eu-north-1]
}

Expected Behavior

cloutrail logs for this resource log Access Denied when i miss the correct Allowed inspector2 policy .

Actual Behavior

│ Error: creating Amazon Inspector Member Association (186558567702): waiting for completion: couldn't find resource (21 retries)
│ 
│   with aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxxxxxxx"],
│   on inspector.tf line 61, in resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members":
│   61: resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members" {
│ 
╵

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

No response

Terraform Configuration Files

###########################################
# Enable Amazon Inspector in Audit account in eu-north-1
# Audit account is delegated admin in landingzone repo
###########################################

resource "aws_inspector2_enabler" "audit_eu-north-1" {
  count          = var.org_inspector2_enabled ? 1 : 0
  resource_types = ["ECR", "EC2", "LAMBDA", "LAMBDA_CODE"]
  account_ids    = [data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id]
}

#Inspector auto-enable on new member accounts in eu-north-1
resource "aws_inspector2_organization_configuration" "eu_north_1" {
  count    = var.org_inspector2_enabled ? 1 : 0
  provider = aws
  auto_enable {
    ec2         = var.enable_ec2
    ecr         = var.enable_ecr
    lambda      = var.enable_lambda
    lambda_code = var.enable_lambda_code && var.enable_lambda
  }
  depends_on = [aws_inspector2_enabler.audit_eu-north-1]
}

# Get all accounts in the organization and we will not set audit account again
data "aws_organizations_organization" "org_eu_north_1" {
  provider = aws
}

locals {
  enabler_resource_types = compact([
    var.enable_ec2 ? "EC2" : null,
    var.enable_ecr ? "ECR" : null,
    var.enable_lambda ? "LAMBDA" : null,
    var.enable_lambda_code && var.enable_lambda ? "LAMBDA_CODE" : null,
  ])

  member_account_ids = [for account in data.aws_organizations_organization.org_eu_north_1.accounts : account.id if account.status == "ACTIVE" && account.id != data.aws_caller_identity.current]
}

#Associate all member accounts with the audit account eu-north-1
resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members" {
  provider   = aws
  for_each   = toset(local.member_account_ids)
  account_id = each.key
  depends_on = [aws_inspector2_enabler.audit_eu-north-1]
}


#enable Inspector scans in the member accounts in region eu-north-1
resource "aws_inspector2_enabler" "members_eu_north_1" {
  provider       = aws
  for_each       = toset(local.member_account_ids)
  account_ids    = [each.key]
  resource_types = local.enabler_resource_types
  depends_on     = [aws_inspector2_member_association.members]
}

Steps to Reproduce

Not give the correct inspector2 Allowed policy needed for aws_inspector2_member_association

Debug Output

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Panic Output

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Important Factoids

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References

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Would you like to implement a fix?

None

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[justinretzolk]

Hey @roynesholen 👋 Thank you for taking the time to raise this! Are you able to provide debug logs (redacted as needed)?

[roynesholen]

@justinretzolk
Hi
I added filtered terraform debug log for this test account in sandbox
terraform Debug log says Access denied reason

debug.log

The normal log says 21 retries...
module.inspector-eu-west-1[0].aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxx"]: Still creating... [2m20s elapsed]
module.inspector-eu-west-1[0].aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxx"]: Still creating... [2m30s elapsed]
module.inspector-eu-north-1[0].aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxx"]: Still creating... [2m31s elapsed]
╷
│ Error: creating Amazon Inspector Member Association (xxxxxx): waiting for completion: couldn't find resource (21 retries)
│
│ with module.inspector-eu-west-1[0].aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxx"],
│ on modules/inspector/inspector.tf line 37, in resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members":
│ 37: resource "aws_inspector2_member_association" "members" {
│
╵

[roynesholen]

FYI: The next inspector2 service that also forget in the policy, logged correctly deny reason in standard logs.
module.inspector-eu-west-1[0].aws_inspector2_member_association.members["xxxxxxx"]: Destroying... [id=xxxxxxx]
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│ Error: deleting Amazon Inspector Member Association (xxxxxx): operation error Inspector2: DisassociateMember, https response error StatusCode: 403, RequestID: 8e4d0931-3707-45db-aaed-e2b163c0d713, AccessDeniedException: User: arn:aws:sts::xxxxx:assumed-role/xxx/aws-go-sdk-1724414893096856936 is not authorized to perform: inspector2:DisassociateMember on resource: arn:aws:inspector2:eu-north-1:xxxxxx:/members/disassociate

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