Lising tags of a vm returns 400 Bad Request

[AlePini]

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Terraform

1.11.1

Terraform Provider

2.11.1

VMware vSphere

7.0.3.01900

Description

When trying to apply or destroy a vm on vSphere, it always stop when trying to fetch the state of the vm:

data.archive_file.ansible-playbooks: Reading...
data.archive_file.ansible-playbooks: Read complete after 0s [id=32748e35ca5e536b964d6c273201c125e21f3619]
data.vsphere_datacenter.this: Reading...
data.vsphere_datacenter.this: Read complete after 1s [id=datacenter-21]
data.vsphere_datastore.this: Reading...
data.vsphere_resource_pool.this: Reading...
data.vsphere_network.this: Reading...
data.vsphere_compute_cluster.this: Reading...
data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template: Reading...
data.vsphere_compute_cluster.this: Read complete after 0s [id=domain-c2611949]
data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template: Read complete after 0s [id=423df678-cef2-5f40-b7c8-59b6a9df2ca1]
data.vsphere_network.this: Read complete after 0s [id=dvportgroup-156651]
data.vsphere_resource_pool.this: Read complete after 0s [id=resgroup-3752084]
data.vsphere_datastore.this: Read complete after 0s [id=datastore-4581368]
vsphere_virtual_machine.vm: Refreshing state... [id=423d56ee-e9b3-2d82-9f5f-9fc5cb8c7ef2]

Error: 400 Bad Request: {"type":"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument","value":{"error_type":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","messages":[{"args":["messages","com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated"],"default_message":"Could not convert field 'messages' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated'","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.error"},{"args":["args","com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message"],"default_message":"Required field 'args' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message' is missing","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.missing"}]}}

   with vsphere_virtual_machine.vm,
   on main.tf line 1, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm":
    1: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {

edit: I'm not defining tags neither in the terraform config, nor in a vm template.
The VM is created successfully regardless of this error.

Affected Resources or Data Sources

resource/vsphere_virtual_machine

Terraform Configuration

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
  name             = var.hostname
  datastore_id     = data.vsphere_datastore.this.id
  resource_pool_id = data.vsphere_resource_pool.this.id
  folder           = var.folder

  num_cpus = 2
  memory   = 1024
  guest_id = "ubuntu64Guest"

  network_interface {
    network_id   = data.vsphere_network.this.id
    adapter_type = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.network_interface_types[0]
  }

  # Primary disk
  disk {
    label            = "${var.hostname}-disk-root"
    thin_provisioned = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks[0].thin_provisioned
    eagerly_scrub    = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks[0].eagerly_scrub
    size             = var.root_disk_size == "" ? data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks[0].size : var.root_disk_size
  }

  clone {
    template_uuid = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.id
  }

  vapp {
    properties = {
      "user-data" = base64encode(local.cloud_init_config)
      "network-config" = base64encode(local.network_config)
    }
  }

  cdrom {
    client_device = true
  }

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [
      annotation,
      vapp[0].properties,
      clone[0].template_uuid,
      clone[0].customize[0].dns_server_list,
      clone[0].customize[0].network_interface[0]
    ]
  }
}

Debug Output

2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] CdromRefreshOperation: cdrom.0 (key 3002 at ide:1:0): Skipping read since CDROM is in use for vApp ISO transport: timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] CdromRefreshOperation: Resource set to write after known device search: (key 3002 at ide:1:0): timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] CdromRefreshOperation: Probable orphaned CDROM devices:: timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] CdromRefreshOperation: Resource set to write after adding orphaned devices: (key 3002 at ide:1:0): timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] CdromRefreshOperation: Refresh operation complete, sending new resource set: timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.583+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] Reading tags for object "vm-5166121": timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.582+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.689+0100 [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: 2025/03/07 11:12:18 [DEBUG] Tags for object "vm-5166121":: timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.689+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.690+0100 [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_detail="" diagnostic_summary="400 Bad Request: {\"type\":\"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument\",\"value\":{\"error_type\":\"INVALID_ARGUMENT\",\"messages\":[{\"args\":[\"messages\",\"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated\"],\"default_message\":\"Could not convert field 'messages' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated'\",\"id\":\"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.error\"},{\"args\":[\"args\",\"com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message\"],\"default_message\":\"Required field 'args' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message' is missing\",\"id\":\"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.missing\"}]}}" tf_proto_version=5.7 tf_provider_addr=provider tf_req_id=4a3d139c-7350-a39c-bc52-aee041083fef tf_resource_type=vsphere_virtual_machine @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_rpc=ReadResource timestamp="2025-03-07T11:12:18.689+0100"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.690+0100 [ERROR] vertex "vsphere_virtual_machine.vm" error: 400 Bad Request: {"type":"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument","value":{"error_type":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","messages":[{"args":["messages","com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated"],"default_message":"Could not convert field 'messages' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated'","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.error"},{"args":["args","com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message"],"default_message":"Required field 'args' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message' is missing","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.missing"}]}}
2025-03-07T11:12:18.690+0100 [ERROR] vertex "vsphere_virtual_machine.vm (expand)" error: 400 Bad Request: {"type":"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument","value":{"error_type":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","messages":[{"args":["messages","com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated"],"default_message":"Could not convert field 'messages' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated'","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.error"},{"args":["args","com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message"],"default_message":"Required field 'args' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message' is missing","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.missing"}]}}
2025-03-07T11:12:18.690+0100 [WARN]  Planning encountered errors, so plan is not applyable
Error: 400 Bad Request: {"type":"com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument","value":{"error_type":"INVALID_ARGUMENT","messages":[{"args":["messages","com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated"],"default_message":"Could not convert field 'messages' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated'","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.error"},{"args":["args","com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message"],"default_message":"Required field 'args' of structure 'com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message' is missing","id":"vapi.bindings.typeconverter.tovalue.struct.field.missing"}]}}
  with vsphere_virtual_machine.vm,
  on main.tf line 1, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm":
   1: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
2025-03-07T11:12:18.691+0100 [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2025-03-07T11:12:18.693+0100 [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere/2.11.1/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.11.1_x5 id=49807
2025-03-07T11:12:18.696+0100 [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited

Panic Output

No response

Expected Behavior

Operations should exits without any problem

Actual Behavior

vsphere provider crashes

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a VM with vsphere_virtual_machine resource
• Try to create it or destroy it

Environment Details

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Screenshots

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References

#1819 faced the same issue, but didn't provide any solution. It's mentioned here to check for permission, so I did and my user has admin permission this new vm

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[tenthirtyam]

The content does not seem to match the description since the use of tags is not shown in the reproduction example.

[AlePini]

The content does not seem to match the description since the use of tags is not shown in the reproduction example.

That's exactly my point. I'm not defining any kind of tags for this VM, but the error keeps happening regardless.

edit: I've added this info in the issue description