{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/issues/5834","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/issues/5834/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/issues/5834/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/issues/5834/events","html_url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/5834","id":143325422,"number":5834,"title":"destroy on a stack in ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state doesn't work","user":{"login":"rodlogic","id":1887682,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1887682?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic","html_url":"https://github.com/rodlogic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rodlogic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"f7c6c7"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/labels/provider/aws","name":"provider/aws","color":"bfdadc"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-03-24T18:35:04Z","updated_at":"2016-03-24T19:42:53Z","closed_at":"2016-03-24T19:42:53Z","body":"I have a stack created by Terraform that failed ending in the ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state.\r\n\r\nWhen trying to apply again, I get the following:\r\n```\r\n1 error(s) occurred:\r\n\r\n* aws_cloudformation_stack.ENV-LB: ValidationError: No updates are to be performed.\r\n\tstatus code: 400, request id: cd4c05a7-f1ee-11e5-b2e8-07dd1ba791e3\r\n```\r\n\r\nWhen trying to destroy just this resource, I get the following:\r\n```\r\nDo you really want to destroy?\r\n  Terraform will delete the following infrastructure:\r\n  \taws_cloudformation_stack.ENV-LB\r\n  There is no undo. Only 'yes' will be accepted to confirm\r\n\r\n  Enter a value: yes\r\n\r\n\r\nApply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.\r\n```\r\n\r\n1) I would expect destroy to delete the stack so that an apply can try again\r\n2) Should an apply delete and create the stack? Probably not. At least the error is misleading.\r\n"}}