mongodbatlas_search_index does not change name

[adamMo]

Terraform CLI and Terraform MongoDB Atlas Provider Version

Terraform v1.3.7
on linux_amd64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/archive v2.3.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v4.57.1
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/null v3.2.1
+ provider registry.terraform.io/mongodb/mongodbatlas v1.8.1

Terraform Configuration File

resource "mongodbatlas_search_index" "name_email_idx" {
  name         = local.name_email_index
  project_id   = data.mongodbatlas_project.mongo_project.id
  cluster_name = data.mongodbatlas_advanced_cluster.mongo_cluster.name

  database        = var.mongo_users_db
  collection_name = "users"
# irrelevant rest
}

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have present mongodbatlas_serach_index
2. Attempt to change search index name, terraform plan shows that it would be changed
3. Search index stays with the same name

Expected Behavior

Actual Behavior

Debug Output

Crash Output

Additional Context

References

[martinstibbe]

@adamMo Confirmed I am able to replicate your issue will resolve in engineering ticket INTMDB-671

[Zuhairahmed]

Hi @adamMo we just heard back from our Engineering team: You can change the index definition of an existing Atlas Search index. You cannot rename an index; if you need to change an index's name, you must create a new index and delete the old one. See docs here for more details. We will also update our Terraform Docs as well on Atlas Search Index resource accordingly to make more clear.

Hope this helps!

[Zuhairahmed]

closing this issue, but feel free to re-open if you need anything else