Datasource cloudflare_dns_record not supported even though documentation tells it should be

[danidemi]

Confirmation

• This is a bug with an existing resource and is not a feature request or enhancement. Feature requests should be submitted with Cloudflare Support or your account team.
• I have searched the issue tracker and my issue isn't already found.
• I have replicated my issue using the latest version of the provider and it is still present.

Terraform and Cloudflare provider version

> terraform -v
Terraform v1.9.7
on windows_amd64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/cloudflare/cloudflare v4.43.0

Affected resource(s)

data "cloudflare_dns_record"

Terraform configuration files

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 0.12.6"
  required_providers {

    cloudflare = {
      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
      version = "~> 4"
    }

  }
}

provider "cloudflare" {
  api_token = "..."
}

output coderit-it-zone {
  value = data.cloudflare_zone.coderit-it
}
data "cloudflare_dns_record" "veikla-coderit-it" {
  zone_id  = data.cloudflare_zone.coderit-it.zone_id
  hostname = "veikla.coderit.it"
}
output veikla-coderit-it-record {
  value = data.cloudflare_dns_record.veikla-coderit-it
}

data "cloudflare_zone" "coderit-it" {
  name = "coderit.it"
}

Link to debug output

https://gist.github.com/danidemi/74832c4794e8bed39a309af6a4e6843b

Panic output

No response

Expected output

Data source cloudflare_dns_record should not raise any error and it should be supported, as documented here: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/data-sources/dns_record

Actual output

> terraform plan
╷
│ Error: Invalid data source
│
│   on provider.tf line 21, in data "cloudflare_dns_record" "veikla-coderit-it":
│   21: data "cloudflare_dns_record" "veikla-coderit-it" {
│
│ The provider cloudflare/cloudflare does not support data source "cloudflare_dns_record".
╵

Steps to reproduce

1. generate a cloudflare token
2. just run terraform init and then terraform plan using the terraform attached to this bug using the token you've just created

Additional factoids

I have a free account on cloudflare

References

No response

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[jacobbednarz]

you're referencing the 5.x documentation that is currently in alpha.

you want to toggle the version to 4.x for the correct data source.

[danidemi]

thx @jacobbednarz, I didn't notice Terraform propose the user the latest version even when it is still in alpha. My bad, thx for your time.