Merge pull request #29178 from hashicorp/alisdair/fix-flapping-json-output-test-for-real

Fix flapping JSON output test properly

internal/command/views/operation.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package views
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ func (v *OperationJSON) resourceDrift(oldState, newState *states.State, schemas
 		// resource instances.
 		return nil
 	}
+	var changes []*json.ResourceInstanceChange
 	for _, ms := range oldState.Modules {
 		for _, rs := range ms.Resources {
 			if rs.Addr.Resource.Mode != addrs.ManagedResourceMode {
@@ -266,10 +268,18 @@ func (v *OperationJSON) resourceDrift(oldState, newState *states.State, schemas
 						Action: action,
 					},
 				}
-				v.view.ResourceDrift(json.NewResourceInstanceChange(change))
+				changes = append(changes, json.NewResourceInstanceChange(change))
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Sort the change structs lexically by address to give stable output
+	sort.Slice(changes, func(i, j int) bool { return changes[i].Resource.Addr < changes[j].Resource.Addr })
+
+	for _, change := range changes {
+		v.view.ResourceDrift(change)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

internal/command/views/operation_test.go

@@ -707,40 +707,40 @@ func TestOperationJSON_planDrift(t *testing.T) {
 	v.Plan(plan, testSchemas())
 
 	want := []map[string]interface{}{
-		// Drift detected: update
+		// Drift detected: delete
 		{
 			"@level":   "info",
-			"@message": "test_resource.boop: Drift detected (update)",
+			"@message": "test_resource.beep: Drift detected (delete)",
 			"@module":  "terraform.ui",
 			"type":     "resource_drift",
 			"change": map[string]interface{}{
-				"action": "update",
+				"action": "delete",
 				"resource": map[string]interface{}{
-					"addr":             "test_resource.boop",
+					"addr":             "test_resource.beep",
 					"implied_provider": "test",
 					"module":           "",
-					"resource":         "test_resource.boop",
+					"resource":         "test_resource.beep",
 					"resource_key":     nil,
-					"resource_name":    "boop",
+					"resource_name":    "beep",
 					"resource_type":    "test_resource",
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		// Drift detected: delete
+		// Drift detected: update
 		{
 			"@level":   "info",
-			"@message": "test_resource.beep: Drift detected (delete)",
+			"@message": "test_resource.boop: Drift detected (update)",
 			"@module":  "terraform.ui",
 			"type":     "resource_drift",
 			"change": map[string]interface{}{
-				"action": "delete",
+				"action": "update",
 				"resource": map[string]interface{}{
-					"addr":             "test_resource.beep",
+					"addr":             "test_resource.boop",
 					"implied_provider": "test",
 					"module":           "",
-					"resource":         "test_resource.beep",
+					"resource":         "test_resource.boop",
 					"resource_key":     nil,
-					"resource_name":    "beep",
+					"resource_name":    "boop",
 					"resource_type":    "test_resource",
 				},
 			},