GCE Operations return an unintuitive error on timeouts

[rileykarson]

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Terraform Version

This happened in TPG/TPGB @ HEAD, 3.2.0-ish

Affected Resource(s)

• google_compute_*

Terraform Configuration Files

Any GCE config that creates an operation

Debug Output

https://ci-oss.hashicorp.engineering/repository/download/GoogleCloud_ProviderGoogleCloudGoogleProject/86264:id/debug-google-a391fe5-TestAccComputeInstanceTemplate_imageShorthand.log

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

When the operation timed out, the operation should have been retried, or returned an appropriate error message after several failed attempts.

Actual Behavior

Error waiting to create Image: Error waiting for Creating Image: unexpected state 'done: false', wanted target 'DONE'. last error: %!s()

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply
2. Manually cause the operation to fail. Maybe disconnecting wifi will work?

Important Factoids

References

• #0000

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