Terraform Intermittent error on Apple's M1

Question

When I run terraform plan, I expect to see a plan but instead I get

│ Error: Failed to load plugin schemas
│
│ Error while loading schemas for plugin components: Failed to obtain provider schema: Could not load the schema for provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws: failed to
│ instantiate provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws" to obtain schema: Unrecognized remote plugin message:
│
│ This usually means that the plugin is either invalid or simply
│ needs to be recompiled to support the latest protocol...

System is: arm64 m1 - Monterey - TFEnv - Terraform 1.1.9

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Answer 1

Solution

Explanation

1. An issue in Go runtime running amd64 M1 through Apple's Rosetta
2. TFenv installed the amd64 version of Terraform instead of arm64.

Patch

Set the variable GODEBUG=asyncpreemptoff=1 by prepending it to the front of your terraform or adding it to your bash profile.

Fix

Make sure you are running the right build for your system.

➜ terraform version
Terraform v1.1.9
on darwin_arm64

If you are on an M1 and see darwin_amd64 when you run terraform version, try installing Terraform again.

With TFenv

TFENV_ARCH=arm64 tfenv install 1.2.4
tfenv use 1.2.4

Details

1. https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/issues/23850
2. https://yaleman.org/post/2021/2021-01-01-apple-m1-terraform-and-golang/

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Cheers! specifying the TFENV_ARCH flag fixed it for me on my M1 Mac Monterey. – Gherardo

Answer 2

Just set the env var TFENV_ARCH to arm64 and re-install Terraform again using tfenv

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