From ccb06111c8d1bdaf0c24ed5a52a077e039bac8b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alper Rifat Ulucinar <ulucinar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:47:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Set diff state's Attributes to nil if the resource does not
 exist

Signed-off-by: Alper Rifat Ulucinar <ulucinar@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/controller/external_nofork.go | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/controller/external_nofork.go b/pkg/controller/external_nofork.go
index 4bb73c60..0e7496dd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/external_nofork.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/external_nofork.go
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ func (n *noForkExternal) Observe(ctx context.Context, mg xpresource.Managed) (ma
 		stateValueMap = jsonMap
 		newState.RawPlan = stateValue
 		diffState = newState
+	} else if diffState != nil {
+		diffState.Attributes = nil
 	}
 	instanceDiff, err := n.getResourceDataDiff(mg.(resource.Terraformed), ctx, diffState, resourceExists)
 	if err != nil {