hashicorp / hashicorp/terraform-exec
Provide better errors caused by context cancellation
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 786
- Forks
- 129
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-exec/pull/91 was closed partially because we were worried about implications in terms of backwards incompatibility.
I do however believe that the library should provide decent error messages - i.e. _not_ `context deadline exceeded` _by default_, so I'm hoping this can be revisited before v1 as that gives us chance to make some breaking changes.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the closed pull request #91 and its discussion, then trace the library's context-cancellation error handling. The change is done when cancellation produces useful errors rather than context deadline exceeded by default, with the backwards-compatibility implications addressed before v1.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, terraform
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100