Failing test(s): TestAccCompute* "couldn't find resource (21 retries)"

[SarahFrench]

Failure rates

This is a fairly rare error - for TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption it happened 3 times in the first 2 weeks of November 2023 but not at all in October. However, across all Compute tests it's a frequently-seen failure.

Impacted tests

• TestAccComputeAttachedDisk_region
• TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixAttachedDiskFromAutoDeleteAndImage
• TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixBootDisk
• TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption
• TestAccComputeNetworkEndpoints_networkEndpointsBasic
• TestAccComputeDisk_deleteDetach
• TestAccComputeInstance_networkTier

Affected Resource(s)

• google_compute_instance

Nightly build test history

• See links above

Message(s)

------- Stdout: -------
=== RUN   TestAccComputeAttachedDisk_region
=== PAUSE TestAccComputeAttachedDisk_region
=== CONT  TestAccComputeAttachedDisk_region
    vcr_utils.go:152: Step 1/2 error: Error running apply: exit status 1
        Error: Error waiting for instance to create: couldn't find resource (21 retries)
          with google_compute_instance.test,
          on terraform_plugin_test.tf line 13, in resource "google_compute_instance" "test":
          13: resource "google_compute_instance" "test" {
--- FAIL: TestAccComputeAttachedDisk_region (234.12s)
FAIL

------- Stdout: -------
=== RUN   TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixAttachedDiskFromAutoDeleteAndImage
=== PAUSE TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixAttachedDiskFromAutoDeleteAndImage
=== CONT  TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixAttachedDiskFromAutoDeleteAndImage
    resource_compute_instance_migrate_test.go:709: Error waiting for instance to create: couldn't find resource (21 retries)
--- FAIL: TestAccComputeInstanceMigrateState_v4FixAttachedDiskFromAutoDeleteAndImage (219.84s)
FAIL

------- Stdout: -------
=== RUN   TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption
=== PAUSE TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption
=== CONT  TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption
    vcr_utils.go:152: Step 1/2 error: Error running apply: exit status 1
        Error: Error waiting for instance to create: couldn't find resource (21 retries)
          with google_compute_instance.foobar,
          on terraform_plugin_test.tf line 47, in resource "google_compute_instance" "foobar":
          47: resource "google_compute_instance" "foobar" {
--- FAIL: TestAccComputeInstance_kmsDiskEncryption (247.40s)
FAIL

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[SarahFrench]

Just added TestAccComputeDisk_deleteDetach & TestAccComputeInstance_networkTier as tests that experienced this error in last night's tests.

[melinath]

Tentatively marking this as 10%+ failure rate across all of compute.