Merge pull request #1274 from hashicorp/update-error-msg

update error message regarding the option force_delete, which can be …

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ FEATURES:
 BUG FIXES:
 
 * `r/tfe_registry_module`: Fix registry module always triggering re-creation when an organization is not present, by @hashimoon [1263](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1263)
+* `r/tfe_workspace`: Change the error message returned when a workspace cannot be safe-deleted to reflect that the error can happen when the latest state is still being processed @uturunku1 [1274](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-tfe/pull/1274)
+
 
 ## v0.52.0
 

internal/provider/resource_tfe_workspace.go

@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ func resourceTFEWorkspaceImporter(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m
 func errWorkspaceSafeDeleteWithPermission(workspaceID string, err error) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "conflict") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error deleting workspace %s: %w\nTo delete this workspace without destroying the managed resources, add force_delete = true to the resource config", workspaceID, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("error deleting workspace %s: %w\nThis workspace may either have managed resources in state or has a latest state that's still being processed. Add force_delete = true to the resource config to delete this workspace", workspaceID, err)
 		}
 		return err
 	}