diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20251014-162659.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20251014-162659.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c13f4fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20251014-162659.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: ENHANCEMENTS
+body: 'helper/resource: Adds `PostApplyFunc` test step hook to run generic post-apply logic for plan/apply testing.'
+time: 2025-10-14T16:26:59.267372-04:00
+custom:
+    Issue: "566"
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing.go b/helper/resource/testing.go
index 61c03ff72..4ba1961bf 100644
--- a/helper/resource/testing.go
+++ b/helper/resource/testing.go
@@ -671,6 +671,10 @@ type TestStep struct {
 	// SkipFunc is called after PreConfig but before applying the Config.
 	SkipFunc func() (bool, error)
 
+	// PostApplyFunc is called after the Config is applied and after all plan/apply checks are run.
+	// This can be used to perform assertions against API values that are not stored in Terraform state.
+	PostApplyFunc func()
+
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------
 	// ImportState testing
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing_new_config.go b/helper/resource/testing_new_config.go
index eecc87ac0..1145c8e4e 100644
--- a/helper/resource/testing_new_config.go
+++ b/helper/resource/testing_new_config.go
@@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ func testStepNewConfig(ctx context.Context, t testing.T, c TestCase, wd *plugint
 		}
 	}
 
+	if step.PostApplyFunc != nil {
+		logging.HelperResourceDebug(ctx, "Calling TestCase PostApplyFunc")
+		step.PostApplyFunc()
+		logging.HelperResourceDebug(ctx, "Called TestCase PostApplyFunc")
+	}
+
 	if refreshAfterApply && !step.Destroy && !step.PlanOnly {
 		if len(c.Steps) > stepIndex+1 {
 			// If the next step is a refresh, then we have no need to refresh here
diff --git a/helper/resource/testing_new_config_test.go b/helper/resource/testing_new_config_test.go
index 147a24dfa..15cf5db0c 100644
--- a/helper/resource/testing_new_config_test.go
+++ b/helper/resource/testing_new_config_test.go
@@ -842,3 +842,67 @@ func Test_ConfigStateChecks_Errors(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+func Test_PostApplyFunc_Called(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	spy1 := &stateCheckSpy{}
+	postFuncCalled := false
+	UnitTest(t, TestCase{
+		TerraformVersionChecks: []tfversion.TerraformVersionCheck{
+			tfversion.SkipBelow(tfversion.Version1_0_0), // ProtoV6ProviderFactories
+		},
+		ProtoV6ProviderFactories: map[string]func() (tfprotov6.ProviderServer, error){
+			"test": providerserver.NewProviderServer(testprovider.Provider{
+				Resources: map[string]testprovider.Resource{
+					"test_resource": {
+						CreateResponse: &resource.CreateResponse{
+							NewState: tftypes.NewValue(
+								tftypes.Object{
+									AttributeTypes: map[string]tftypes.Type{
+										"id": tftypes.String,
+									},
+								},
+								map[string]tftypes.Value{
+									"id": tftypes.NewValue(tftypes.String, "test"),
+								},
+							),
+						},
+						SchemaResponse: &resource.SchemaResponse{
+							Schema: &tfprotov6.Schema{
+								Block: &tfprotov6.SchemaBlock{
+									Attributes: []*tfprotov6.SchemaAttribute{
+										{
+											Name:     "id",
+											Type:     tftypes.String,
+											Computed: true,
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+		Steps: []TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: `resource "test_resource" "test" {}`,
+				ConfigStateChecks: []statecheck.StateCheck{
+					spy1,
+				},
+				PostApplyFunc: func() {
+					postFuncCalled = true
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	if !postFuncCalled {
+		t.Error("expected PostApplyFunc to be called at least once")
+	}
+
+	if !spy1.called {
+		t.Error("expected ConfigStateChecks spy1 to be called at least once")
+	}
+}