iam_instance_profile state issue when missing iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile permission

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Terraform Version

0.11.11
Provider version 1.59.0

Affected Resource(s)

• aws_iam_instance_profile

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "aws_iam_instance_profile" "test" {
  name_prefix = "test"
  role        = "..."
}

Expected Behavior

The IAM instance profile is created (potentially), but there's an error and the state for the role attachment isn't added

Actual Behavior

The IAM instance profile was created, but the role wasn't attached, and state thought it was. To fix, either have to modify state, or manually aws iam add-role-to-instance-profile

Steps to Reproduce

1. Make sure Terraform credentials don't have the permission iam:AddRoleToInstanceProfile
2. terraform apply

References

• Not sure if the same as terraform apply doesn't add role to instance profile #1680
• May just be a more specific form of Failure to detect drift in aws_iam_instance_profile resource #7160

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