Outputs which no longer exist in the configuration linger forever

[bitglue]

If I had to guess, as a consequence of #1369.

Start with a simple configuration:

output "foo" {
    value = "bar"
}

Run terraform apply and you will see:

Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

  foo = bar

Now truncate the configuration to be an empty file. terraform apply again. The output, despite no longer existing in the configuration, still exists in the output:

Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

  foo = bar

I'd expect no outputs, since none are declared in the configuration.

[radeksimko]

👍 I've encountered this too.

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