HashiCorp launched version 6.0 of its Terraform Google provider, bringing significant enhancements for the management of cloud infrastructure and improvements to developer workflows. This version introduces automatic labeling for resources established through Terraform, more naming options, and the elimination of outdated features. It makes management of Google IDs and IAM bindings for external resources easier.

The collaboration between Google and HashiCorp continues to yield new developments aimed at enhancing cloud infrastructure deployment and the overall developer experience. This collaboration has taken into account the input from the community this year, leading to the introduction of requested features into the Google Cloud provider thereby meeting the changing needs of users.

In the previous version 5.16.0 of the Google provider, the label goog-terraform-provisioned = true was added, which helped users distinguish Terraform-created resources when using additional tools like gcloud or the GCP console. Initially, this label had to be activated manually. With the introduction of version 6.0, this label is now applied by default to all new resources. Users can disable this feature in the provider configuration settings. For those opting out of the default setting, the label can be deactivated by altering the add_terraform_attribution_label option to false within the provider block configuration.

Additionally, with Terraform 1.8, there was an introduction of support for custom provider functions, enhancing its integration capabilities within Terraform configurations. Recently, the Google Cloud provider began to offer provider-defined functions, streamlining the retrieval of regions, zones, names, and projects associated with resource IDs not managed by Terraform. These functions now also assist in parsing Google IDs when assigning IAM bindings to externally managed resources, further simplifying management.

The release of version 6.0 has resolved an issue highlighted by Riccardo Albertazzi concerning the default setting of name_prefix in various resources. The allowed length for custom name_prefix has been increased from 37 to 54 characters. Where the prefix exceeds 37 characters, a shorter suffix will now be appended, providing more flexibility in naming resources.

In version 6.0, the Terraform Google provider has eliminated several deprecated resources and properties that had been renamed or discontinued by Google. This significant update eliminates older components that had built up. For detailed information on modifications and the removed properties, refer to the Google Provider 6.0 upgrade guide.

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