Provider returns misleading error when organization service URL is incorrect

[msl0]

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Terraform (and Azure DevOps Provider) Version

Terraform v1.4.5
on linux_amd64
provider registry.terraform.io/microsoft/azuredevops v0.5.0

Affected Resource(s)

• azuredevops_*

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_providers {
    azuredevops = {
      source  = "microsoft/azuredevops"
      version = ">=0.2.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "azuredevops" {
  org_service_url = "https://dev.azure.com/dummy-org"   
  personal_access_token = "correct-pat" 
}

data "azuredevops_project" "test" {
    name = "Test"
}

Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

It would be good to see information that there is a problem with URL or organization name when problem occur. The current error message is misleading.

╷
│ Error: The organization "dummy-org" does not exist.
│ 
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/microsoft/azuredevops"],
│   on main.tf line 1, in provider "azuredevops":
│    1: provider "azuredevops" {
│ 

Actual Behavior

Provider returns misleading error when organization service URL is incorrect.

Planning failed. Terraform encountered an error while generating this plan.

╷
│ Error: The resource cannot be found.
│ 
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/microsoft/azuredevops"],
│   on main.tf line 1, in provider "azuredevops":
│    1: provider "azuredevops" {
│ 
╵

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform init
2. terraform apply

Important Factoids

References

[xuzhang3]

@msl0 If URL/PAT not correct, an 401 Unauthorized. This is more like an initialization error, the provider not initialized.

[msl0]

I don't quite understand what you mean. I got the mentioned error, not 401 Unauthorized. When I corrected URL it started working. What I noticed is an error that does not indicate the cause

[xuzhang3]

@msl0 What permission does you PAT granted, full permission or custom permissions?

[msl0]

I don't remember, but I know that with the correct address the problem didn't occur

[xuzhang3]

I added a custom error message in #1207 which should help