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The correct answer is A. Requires any version of the AWS provider > = 3.0 and < 4.0. The ~> operator in Terraform is the 'pessimistic constraint operator.' When written as ~> 3.0, it means the rightmost version component (the minor version, 0) is allowed to increment, but the leftmost component (the major version, 3) is pinned. This translates to >= 3.0 and <…

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ARequires any version of the AWS provider > = 3.0 and < 4.0
BRequires any version of the AWS provider > = 3.0
CRequires any version of the AWS provider after the 3.0 major release like 4.1
DRequires any version of the AWS provider > 3.0

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A
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C
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The ~> operator in Terraform is the 'pessimistic constraint operator.' When written as ~> 3.0, it means the rightmost version component (the minor version, 0) is allowed to increment, but the leftmost component (the major version, 3) is pinned. This translates to >= 3.0 and < 4.0. It allows 3.1, 3.2, 3.9, etc., but excludes 4.0. If it were written as ~> 3.0.0, it would pin both major and minor versions, allowing only patch updates (e.g., 3.0.1, 3.0.9 but not 3.1.0). Answer A is correct.

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#Terraform providers#Version constraints#Provider versioning

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