Missleading documentation in aws_cloudfront_distribution

[Flojolomo]

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Affected resource

• aws_cloudfront_distribution.

Issue

The documentation states the attribute max_ttl to be an optional variable. It does not mention that it defaults to 0, even if default_ttl is higher than zero.

Steps to reproduce

• Create resource with configured default_ttl but not max_ttl in block default_cache_behavior or ordered_cache_behavior.
• Rollout resources terraform apply
• Requesting the resources with respond with the header x-cache: RefreshHit from cloudfront for each request

[tmccombs]

It seems like this might actually be a bug in the provider.

Why doesn't it default to 1 year, which is the documented default that AWS uses?

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[tmccombs]

Still an issue