Introducing ForceNew field instead of handling the logic in Customize…

…Diff

kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_job_v1.go

@@ -57,25 +57,19 @@ func resourceKubernetesJobV1CustomizeDiff(ctx context.Context, d *schema.Resourc
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Retrieve old and new TTL values as strings
+	// Retrieve old and new TTL schema values as
 	oldTTLRaw, newTTLRaw := d.GetChange("spec.0.ttl_seconds_after_finished")
-
-	var oldTTLStr, newTTLStr string
-
-	if oldTTLRaw != nil {
-		oldTTLStr, _ = oldTTLRaw.(string)
-	}
-	if newTTLRaw != nil {
-		newTTLStr, _ = newTTLRaw.(string)
-	}
+	oldTTLStr, _ := oldTTLRaw.(string)
+	newTTLStr, _ := newTTLRaw.(string)
 
 	oldTTLInt, err := strconv.Atoi(oldTTLStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		oldTTLInt = 0
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid old TTL value: %v", err)
 	}
+
 	newTTLInt, err := strconv.Atoi(newTTLStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		newTTLInt = 0
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid new TTL value: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	conn, err := meta.(KubeClientsets).MainClientset()
@@ -92,32 +86,15 @@ func resourceKubernetesJobV1CustomizeDiff(ctx context.Context, d *schema.Resourc
 	_, err = conn.BatchV1().Jobs(namespace).Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			// Job is missing
-			if oldTTLInt >= 0 {
-				if oldTTLInt != newTTLInt {
-					// TTL value changed; force recreation
-					log.Printf("[DEBUG] Job %s not found and ttl_seconds_after_finished changed from %d to %d; forcing recreation", d.Id(), oldTTLInt, newTTLInt)
-					d.ForceNew("spec.0.ttl_seconds_after_finished")
-					return nil
-				} else {
-					// TTL remains the same; suppress diff
-					log.Printf("[DEBUG] Job %s not found and ttl_seconds_after_finished remains %d; suppressing diff", d.Id(), oldTTLInt)
-					d.Clear("spec")
-					d.Clear("metadata")
-					return nil
-				}
+			// Job is missing, suppress diff if the TTL is the same
+			if oldTTLInt == newTTLInt {
+				log.Printf("[DEBUG] Job %s not found and ttl_seconds_after_finished remains unchanged; suppressing diff", d.Id())
+				d.Clear("spec")
+				d.Clear("metadata")
 			}
 		} else {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else {
-		// Job exists, check if TTL changed
-		if oldTTLInt != newTTLInt {
-			// TTL changed; force recreation
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Job %s exists and ttl_seconds_after_finished changed from %d to %d; forcing recreation", d.Id(), oldTTLInt, newTTLInt)
-			d.ForceNew("spec.0.ttl_seconds_after_finished")
-			return nil
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil

kubernetes/schema_job_spec.go

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func jobSpecFields(specUpdatable bool) map[string]*schema.Schema {
 		"ttl_seconds_after_finished": {
 			Type:     schema.TypeString,
 			Optional: true,
-			ForceNew: false,
+			ForceNew: true,
 			ValidateFunc: func(value interface{}, key string) ([]string, []error) {
 				v, err := strconv.Atoi(value.(string))
 				if err != nil {