diff --git a/internal/command/views/init_test.go b/internal/command/views/init_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package views
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/command/arguments"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/terminal"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/tfdiags"
+	tfversion "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/version"
+)
+
+func TestNewInit_jsonView(t *testing.T) {
+	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
+
+	newInit := NewInit(arguments.ViewJSON, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true))
+	if _, ok := newInit.(*InitJSON); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", newInit)
+	}
+
+	diags := getTestDiags(t)
+	newInit.Diagnostics(diags)
+
+	version := tfversion.String()
+	want := []map[string]interface{}{
+		{
+			"@level":    "info",
+			"@message":  fmt.Sprintf("Terraform %s", version),
+			"@module":   "terraform.ui",
+			"terraform": version,
+			"type":      "version",
+			"ui":        JSON_UI_VERSION,
+		},
+		{
+			"@level":   "error",
+			"@message": "Error: Error selecting workspace",
+			"@module":  "terraform.ui",
+			"diagnostic": map[string]interface{}{
+				"severity": "error",
+				"summary":  "Error selecting workspace",
+				"detail":   "Workspace random_pet does not exist",
+			},
+			"type": "diagnostic",
+		},
+		{
+			"@level":   "error",
+			"@message": "Error: Unsupported backend type",
+			"@module":  "terraform.ui",
+			"diagnostic": map[string]interface{}{
+				"severity": "error",
+				"summary":  "Unsupported backend type",
+				"detail":   "There is no explicit backend type named fake backend.",
+			},
+			"type": "diagnostic",
+		},
+	}
+
+	actual := done(t).Stdout()
+	testJSONViewOutputEqualsFull(t, actual, want)
+}
+
+func TestNewInit_humanView(t *testing.T) {
+	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
+
+	newInit := NewInit(arguments.ViewHuman, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true))
+	if _, ok := newInit.(*InitHuman); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected return type %t", newInit)
+	}
+
+	diags := getTestDiags(t)
+	newInit.Diagnostics(diags)
+
+	actual := done(t).All()
+	expected := "\nError: Error selecting workspace\n\nWorkspace random_pet does not exist\n\nError: Unsupported backend type\n\nThere is no explicit backend type named fake backend.\n"
+	if !strings.Contains(actual, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected output to contain: %s, but got %s", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewInit_unsupportedView(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		r := recover()
+		if r == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("should panic with unsupported view type raw")
+		} else if r != "unknown view type raw" {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected panic message: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	streams, done := terminal.StreamsForTesting(t)
+	defer done(t)
+
+	NewInit(arguments.ViewRaw, NewView(streams).SetRunningInAutomation(true))
+}
+
+func getTestDiags(t *testing.T) tfdiags.Diagnostics {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var diags tfdiags.Diagnostics
+	diags = diags.Append(
+		tfdiags.Sourceless(
+			tfdiags.Error,
+			"Error selecting workspace",
+			"Workspace random_pet does not exist",
+		),
+		&hcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+			Summary:  "Unsupported backend type",
+			Detail:   "There is no explicit backend type named fake backend.",
+			Subject:  nil,
+		},
+	)
+
+	return diags
+}