how can i import compute engine metadata from the non-default project?

[marengaz]

my code

terraform {
  required_providers {
    google = {
      source  = "hashicorp/google"
      version = ">= 4.8.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "google" {
  region = "europe-west2"
}

resource "google_compute_project_metadata_item" "enableguestattributes" {
  for_each = toset([ "my-project-1", "my-project-2" ])
  project  = each.key
  key      = "enable-guest-attributes"
  value    = "TRUE"
}

$ terraform import 'google_compute_project_metadata_item.enableguestattributes["my-project-1"]' enable-guest-attributes
google_compute_project_metadata_item.enableguestattributes["my-project-1"]: Importing from ID "enable-guest-attributes"...
google_compute_project_metadata_item.enableguestattributes["my-project-1"]: Import prepared!
  Prepared google_compute_project_metadata_item for import
google_compute_project_metadata_item.enableguestattributes["my-project-1"]: Refreshing state... [id=enable-guest-attributes]
╷
│ Error: project: required field is not set
│ 
│ 
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the docs show that compute engine metadata items can be imported using the key as i tried above, but it seems not to be possible to import a metadata item when the resource belongs to a different project than the provider

i have additionally tried:

terraform import 'google_compute_project_metadata_item.enableguestattributes["my-project-1"]' 'my-project-1/enable-guest-attributes'

is it a bug or is there something im missing?

[eriksw]

This is still an active issue and I beleive it should be classified as a bug instead of a question.

#13370 did not fix it.

It does not appear to be possible to import this resource when there is no project set at the provider level. In some situations, such as one workspace managing several google cloud projects, setting it at the provider level would be incorrect.

[wyardley]

Given this example:

resource "google_compute_project_metadata_item" "test" {
  key   = "TEST"
  value = "FOOBAR"
  project = "xxx"
}

with a value like

commonInstanceMetadata:
  fingerprint: 9wSsw7q2AB8=
  items:
  - key: TEST
    value: FOOBAR
  kind: compute#metadata

Trying to do this:

$ terraform  import google_compute_project_metadata_item.test projects/xxxx/TEST

will of course not work, and the normal import syntax of:

terraform  import google_compute_project_metadata_item.test TEST

also doesn't seem to work if the provider level configuration has a different project configured, even if project is set at the resource level.