data.archive_file does not generate archive file during apply

[nprime496]

Terraform CLI and Provider Versions

Terraform v1.7.5
on darwin_arm64

• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google v5.42.0
• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google-beta v5.42.0
• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/null v3.2.2
• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/random v3.6.2

Terraform Configuration

data "archive_file" "deployment_package" {
  type = "zip"
  source_dir = "../../example/"
  output_path = ".${replace(path.module, path.root, "")}/tmp/example.zip"
}

Expected Behavior

Archive file is generated during terraform apply.

Actual Behavior

Archive file is not generated. However if I run terraform plan before apply, the output is generated.

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

How much impact is this issue causing?

High

Logs

No response

Additional Information

This is the same as #39 which is locked and I don't understand why. It is a very common and daunting problem. Most CI plan then requires an apply manually, if you have no intention in changing your behavior, please at least give a best practice in those cases as proposed by #39 (comment).

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[nprime496]

Closed as #218 already restate the problem.