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Description

Introduce a new Terraform resource to manage the IAM “Outbound Web Identity Federation” account setting.

  • New resource: aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation
  • No arguments
  • Exports 2 attributes issuer_identifier and jwt_vending_enabled as per API
  • On create: enables the account-level setting
  • On destroy: disables the account-level setting
  • No import support (intentional). If setting already enabled it will adopt the account setting with no errors

Usage

resource "aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation" "this" {}

Notes

This resource is intentionally stateful for a binary account-level toggle. It follows the provider pattern for similar account settings where the presence of the resource enforces “enabled,” and its absence enforces “disabled.”

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Closes #45146

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Output from Acceptance Testing

% make testacc TESTS=TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial PKG=iam 
make: Verifying source code with gofmt...
==> Checking that code complies with gofmt requirements...
make: Running acceptance tests on branch: 🌿 f-iam_outbound_web_identity_federation 🌿...
TF_ACC=1 go1.24.10 test ./internal/service/iam/... -v -count 1 -parallel 20 -run='TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial'  -timeout 360m -vet=off
2025/11/22 19:39:40 Creating Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
2025/11/22 19:39:40 Initializing Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
=== RUN   TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial
=== RUN   TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial/basic
=== RUN   TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial/alreadyEnabled
--- PASS: TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial (32.00s)
    --- PASS: TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial/basic (16.41s)
    --- PASS: TestAccIAMOutboundWebIdentityFederation_serial/alreadyEnabled (15.59s)
PASS
ok      github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/iam        36.472s

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@alexbacchin alexbacchin force-pushed the f-iam_outbound_web_identity_federation branch from 872ebfb to fe8012e Compare November 22, 2025 09:04
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aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation
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would it make sense to call this aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation_status to make it clear that this resource is only about turning it off/on?

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We usually follow the API Action to name resources.

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You cannot import this resource.

~> **NOTE:** This resource will adopt the IAM Outbound Web Identity Federation setting in the account if this setting is already enabled.
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Any way to store in the state the previous state of this setting?

My worry would be a situation where:

  • t=0: outbound federation is enabled.
  • t=1: the resource aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation is created to enable the setting
  • t=2: the resource is destroyed

current behavior: outbound federation is disabled
my (expected) behavior: outbound federation is preserved to its pre-existing state

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@christophetd once you import a resource (or adopt in this case) to Terraform, from that point, it will be managed by Terraform.
My implementation, without the enabled argument, was to avoid the need to import the resource for practitioners that already enabled this setting.

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## Example Usage

```terraform
resource "aws_iam_outbound_web_identity_federation" "example" {}
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IMO this needs a boolean to state whether the intent is to enable or disable it

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I am happy to change the implementation and add the enabled argument . However, this will require also adding import.
In this case this setting was enabled outside terraform, then you would need to import its setting to terraform state otherwise you will get an error when terraform try to enable it again.

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As someone interested by this feature (and by no means a Terraform core contributor), I left a few comments. I also think we need a data source to retrieve the issuer_identifier of a specific account ID, and possible retrieve the status of iam outbound federation in the account

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@ewbankkit @justinretzolk can you please let me know if I should change this implementation with enabled argument?

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