Error waiting for internet gateway to detach

[hashibot]

This issue was originally opened by @toddrosner as hashicorp/terraform#6994. It was migrated here as part of the provider split. The original body of the issue is below.

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Terraform Version

Terraform v0.6.16

Affected Resource(s)

aws_internet_gateway

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "aws_internet_gateway" "default" {
  vpc_id = "${aws_vpc.default.id}"
  tags {
    Name = "gateway"
  }
}

Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

The Internet gateway resource should have been destroyed

Actual Behavior

Received the following error:
aws_internet_gateway.default: Error waiting for internet gateway (igw-96aeb9f3) to detach: couldn't find resource

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform destroy

Important Factoids

Using modules (non-nested). When I run the destroy command a second time, the gateway resource is destroyed.

References

There are too many to list. It seems this is an ongoing issue that affects many users. Please advise and fix asap so we don't have to run the destroy command twice to clean up resources.

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