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title: Dozens of Cloudflare Terraform Provider resources now have proper drift detection
description: Improper drift detection in the Cloudflare Terraform Provider resulted in dozens of resources always indicating they needed to be updated or replaced.
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## Dozens of Cloudflare Terraform Provider resources now have proper drift detection

Mar 21, 2025 

[ Cloudflare Fundamentals ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/)[ Terraform ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/) 

In [Cloudflare Terraform Provider ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare) versions 5.2.0 and above, dozens of resources now have proper drift detection. Before this fix, these resources would indicate they needed to be updated or replaced — even if there was no real change. Now, you can rely on your `terraform plan` to only show what resources are expected to change.

This issue affected [resources ↗](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) related to these products and features:

* API Shield
* Argo Smart Routing
* Argo Tiered Caching
* Bot Management
* BYOIP
* D1
* DNS
* Email Routing
* Hyperdrive
* Observatory
* Pages
* R2
* Rules
* SSL/TLS
* Waiting Room
* Workers
* Zero Trust

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