Change to resource google_logging_metric creates new resource and orphans older version when changing name attribute

[RomeroGaliza]

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Terraform Version & Provider Version(s)

Terraform v1.8.3
on 386

• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google v5.29.1
• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google-beta v5.29.1

Affected Resource(s)

google_logging_metric

Terraform Configuration

resource "google_logging_metric" "cloudsql_backup" {
  name   = "cloudsql/backup_status"
  filter = "resource.type=cloudsql_database AND protoPayload.methodName=cloudsql.instances.automatedBackup"

  metric_descriptor {
    metric_kind = "DELTA"
    value_type  = "INT64"

    labels {
      key         = "instance"
      value_type  = "STRING"
      description = "The instance name for the Cloud SQL database."
    }

    labels {
      key         = "status"
      value_type  = "STRING"
      description = "The automated backup status as seen in logs."
    }
  }

  label_extractors = {
    "instance" = "EXTRACT(protoPayload.resourceName)"
    "status"   = "EXTRACT(protoPayload.metadata.windowStatus)"
  }
}

Debug Output

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Expected Behavior

Terraform plan and apply indicates an update in-place, even though this resource API doesn't seem to support changing the name attribute.

Actual Behavior

The previous version (with older name) remains in place (however, it can no longer be seen in the state file), and a new resource with the new name is created (and can be seen in the state file).

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a google_logging_metric resource;
2. Rename the resource and run a terraform plan and apply;
3. Check the resources in the project: gcloud logging metrics list

Important Factoids

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References

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b/342170664

[ggtisc]

Confirmed issue!

After creating the google_logging_metric if the name is replaced the terminal returns a message of update-in-place. The issue is that this is a wrong message because it doesn't apply this behavior, and just create a new metric keeping both metrics and just changing the terraform state file