[Bug]: hashicorp/aws version 5.67.0 breaks compatibility with role_arn for dynamic naming of AWS accounts

[domijana]

Terraform Core Version

1.9.5

AWS Provider Version

5.67.0

Affected Resource(s)

Use case - I am trying to create an AWS commercial account using credentials from the management account of an AWS Organization. Once that account is created, I want to assume a role and create a VPC in this new commercial account. My secret/access keys are saved in my credentials file under the profile of commercial.

Expected Behavior

Terraform plan should show the following

Plan: 3 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Changes to Outputs:

new_account_id = (known after apply)

Actual Behavior

│ Error: Missing required argument
│
│ with provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"].new_account,
│ on provider.tf line 7, in provider "aws":
│ 7: provider "aws" {
│
│ The argument "role_arn" is required, but no definition was found.

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

https://gist.github.com/domijana/8220eb9a1040d2d03a57279764f601c3

Terraform Configuration Files

The below code does NOT work as is.

provider.tf

provider "aws" {
  alias  = "management"
  region = "us-east-1"
  profile = "commercial"
}

provider "aws" {
  alias = "new_account"
  region = "us-east-1"
  profile = "commercial"
  assume_role {
    role_arn = "arn:aws:iam::${aws_organizations_account.new_account.id}:role/OrganizationAccountAccessRole"
  }
}

account.tf

# Create a new AWS account
resource "aws_organizations_account" "new_account" {
  provider  = aws.management
  email     = "[email protected]"
  name      = "NewCommercialAccount"
  role_name = "OrganizationAccountAccessRole"
}

# Output the new account ID
output "new_account_id" {
  value = aws_organizations_account.new_account.id
}

vpc.tf

resource "aws_vpc" "my_vpc" {
  provider   = aws.new_account
  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"

  tags = {
    Name = "MyVPC"
  }
}

resource "aws_subnet" "my_subnet" {
  provider   = aws.new_account
  vpc_id     = aws_vpc.my_vpc.id
  cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"

  tags = {
    Name = "MySubnet"
  }
}

Steps to Reproduce

terraform init
terraform plan

Debug Output

https://gist.github.com/domijana/8220eb9a1040d2d03a57279764f601c3

Panic Output

No response

Important Factoids

In order to fix this issue, I specified version 5.66.0 in my provider file. I then deleted the terraform and terraform.lock.hcl files. Then I did terraform init, terraform plan, and it works.

Below code was added to the provider.tf file to fix it.

terraform {
required_providers {
aws = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
version = "~> 5.66.0" # Specify the desired AWS provider version
}
}
}

References

No response

Would you like to implement a fix?

None

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[ewbankkit]

Relates #39306.
Relates #39296.

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This functionality has been released in v5.68.0 of the Terraform AWS Provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

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