Release Watcher - Terraform v1.11.0

1.11.0 (February 27, 2025)

NEW FEATURES:

Add write-only attributes to resources. Providers can specify that certain attributes are write-only. They are not persisted in state. You can use ephemeral values in write-only attributes. (#36031)
terraform test: The -junit-xml option for the terraform test command is now generally available. This option allows the command to create a test report in JUnit XML format. Feedback during the experimental phase helped map terraform test concepts to the JUnit XML format, and new additons may happen in future releases. (#36324)
S3 native state locking is now generally available. The use_lockfile argument enables users to adopt the S3-native mechanism for state locking. As part of this change, we've deprecated the DynamoDB-related arguments in favor of this new locking mechanism. While you can still use DynamoDB alongside S3-native state locking for migration purposes, we encourage migrating to the new state locking mechanism. (#36338)

ENHANCEMENTS:

init: Provider installation will utilise credentials configured in a .netrc file for the download and shasum URLs returned by provider registries. (#35843)
terraform test: Test runs now support using mocked or overridden values during unit test runs (e.g., with command = "plan"). Set override_during = plan in the test configuration to use the overridden values during the plan phase. The default value is override_during = apply. (#36227)
terraform test: Add new state_key attribute for run blocks, allowing test authors control over which internal state file should be used for the current test run. (#36185)
Updates the azure backend authentication to match the terraform-provider-azurermprovider authentication, in several ways:
- github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-helpers: v0.43.0 -> v0.71.0
- github.com/hashicorp/go-azure-sdk/[resource-manager/sdk]: v0.20241212.1154051. This replaces the deprecated Azure SDK used before
- github.com/jackofallops/giovanni: v0.15.1 -> v0.27.0. Meanwhile, updating the azure storage API version from 2018-11-09 to 2023-11-03
- Following new properties are added for the azure backend configuration:
  - use_cli
  - use_aks_workload_identity
  - client_id_file_path
  - client_certificate
  - client_id_file_path
  - client_secret_file_path (#36258)
Include ca-certificates package in our official Docker image to help with certificate handling by downstream (#36486)

BUG FIXES:

ephemeral values: correct error message when ephemeral values are included in provisioner output (#36427)
Attempting to override a variable during apply via TF_VAR_ environment variable will now yield warning instead of misleading error. (#36435)
backends: Fix crash when interrupting during interactive prompt for values (#36448)
Fixes hanging behavior seen when applying a saved plan with -auto-approve using the cloud backend (#36453)

For information on prior major and minor releases, refer to their changelogs: