[Bug]: Updating the description of a Private or Public DNS Namespace causes resource to be replaced

[pierskarsenbarg]

Terraform Core Version

1.5.2

AWS Provider Version

5.6.2

Affected Resource(s)

• aws_service_discovery_private_dns_namespace
• aws_service_discovery_public_dns_namespace

Expected Behavior

When changing the description, only the description should be changed - it shouldn't require a replacement

Actual Behavior

A change in description causes the resource to be replaced

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

No response

Terraform Configuration Files

provider "aws" {
  region = "eu-west-1"
}

resource "aws_vpc" "example" {
  cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
}

resource "aws_service_discovery_private_dns_namespace" "example" {
  name        = "hoge.example.local"
  description = "example"
  vpc         = aws_vpc.example.id
}

Then change the description to something different (for example, "example2") and run terraform plan

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the above code
2. Change the description text from example to example2
3. Either run terraform apply or terraform plan to see the replacement details

Debug Output

No response

Panic Output

No response

Important Factoids

I've tested this both in the console and with the AWS CLI and neither causes the namespace to be recreated.

References

No response

Would you like to implement a fix?

Yes

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This functionality has been released in v5.7.0 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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