Refreshing an ECS service takes a long time if deleted

[pauldraper]

Terraform and AWS Provider Version

Terraform v1.6.6
on darwin_arm64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v5.87.0

Affected Resource(s) or Data Source(s)

• aws_ecs_service

Expected Behavior

Refreshing a deleted ECS services takes a few seconds.

Actual Behavior

Refreshing a deleted ECS services takes multiple minutes.

Relevant Error/Panic Output

No response

Sample Terraform Configuration

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resource "aws_ecs_service" "mongo" {
  name            = "mongodb"
  cluster         = aws_ecs_cluster.foo.id
  task_definition = aws_ecs_task_definition.mongo.arn
  desired_count   = 3
  iam_role        = aws_iam_role.foo.arn
  depends_on      = [aws_iam_role_policy.foo]
}

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create an ECS service via Terraform.
2. Delete the ECS service manually.
3. Run terraform plan -refresh-only.

Step #3 will take multiple minutes.

Debug Logging

No response

GenAI / LLM Assisted Development

n/a

Important Facts and References

Refreshing an ECS service does not take long if it is (1) not in the state or (2) not deleted.

Would you like to implement a fix?

No

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