You modified your Terraform configuration and run Terraform plan to review the changes. Simultaneously, your teammate manually modified the infrastructure component you are working on. Since you alrea

The correct answer is B. False. The execution plan for terraform apply will not be the same as the one you ran locally with terraform plan, if your teammate manually modified the infrastructure component you are working on. This is because Terraform will refresh the state file before applying any changes, and w

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You modified your Terraform configuration and run Terraform plan to review the changes. Simultaneously, your teammate manually modified the infrastructure component you are working on. Since you already ran terraform plan locally, the execution plan for terraform apply will be the same.

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ATrue
BFalse

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A
6% (3)
B
94% (45)

Explanation

The execution plan for terraform apply will not be the same as the one you ran locally with terraform plan, if your teammate manually modified the infrastructure component you are working on. This is because Terraform will refresh the state file before applying any changes, and will detect any differences between the state and the real resources.

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#Terraform plan#Terraform apply#State drift#Execution plan

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