[Bug]: can't create a device with metro = any

[ctreatma]

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.5.7 on darwin_arm64

Equinix Provider Version

version = "1.32.0"

Affected Terraform Resources

equinix_metal_device

Terraform Config Files

resource "equinix_metal_device" "test" {
  # ... other device settings
  metro = "any"
}

Debug Output

No response

Panic Output

No response

Expected Behavior

The device should be created successfully, and a subsequent terraform plan should not show any changes

Actual Behavior

The device is created successfully, but terraform plan always wants to delete and recreate the device because the config value any does not match the actual metro in which the device was deployed (e.g., sv)

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure an equinix_metal_device resource with metro = "any"
2. Run terraform plan
3. Run terraform apply
4. Run terraform plan again and see that the device will be recreated

[ctreatma]

Workarounds for using metro = "any":

To avoid deleting and recreating a device created with metro = "any", you can tell terraform to ignore changes to the metro attribute:

resource "equinix_metal_device" "test" {
  # ... other device settings
  metro = "any"

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = ["metro"]
  }
}

If you need to reference the actual metro in which the device was created (for example, you want to create the device in any metro and then create a VLAN in the same metro), you can use an equinix_metal_device datasource to determine the deployed metro:

resource "equinix_metal_device" "test" {
  # ... other device settings
  metro = "any"

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = ["metro"]
  }
}

data "equinix_metal_device" "test" {
  id = equinix_metal_device.test.id
}

resource "equinix_metal_vlan" "test" {
  metro = data.equinix_metal_device.test.metro
}

[displague]

With this, the documentation should be updated to report the behavior change.