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Fix Terraform State Lock Errors and Configuration Drift

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Self-Hosting & Infra intermediate 8 min read $0.01 Updated 2026-10-19

Practical Terraform recovery: stuck state locks and force-unlock, remote state and backup, drift detection with plan -refresh-only, import blocks, moved blocks for renames, and avoiding destructive plans.

Terraform says "Error acquiring the state lock", wants to destroy resources you did not touch, or shows a plan that never converges. Unlock safely, import real resources and reconcile drift.

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