State errors

Browse documented state errors, error messages, troubleshooting explanations, and fixes across products, tools, and platforms.

These pages help users compare related error messages, common causes, and how-to-fix steps across different tools that fail in the same way.

State errors are often searched as exact messages or short problem phrases, so this hub is designed to work as both a documentation browse surface and a search landing area.

The pages in this category focus on what the error means, what usually causes it, and which checks help narrow the issue fastest across different products and platforms.

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Error acquiring the state lock

Terraform could not acquire the state lockTerraform CLI

Failed to marshal state to json: unsupported attribute

Terraform failed to marshal state to JSON with unsupported attributeTerraform CLI

Saved plan does not match the given state

Terraform saved plan does not match the current stateTerraform CLI

Saved plan is stale

Terraform saved plan is staleTerraform CLI

state snapshot was created by Terraform vX, which is newer than current vY

Terraform state was created by a newer Terraform versionTerraform CLI