Cloudflare · tool · fg-0209

cloudflare_dns_record apply fails with 'Provider produced inconsistent result' on modified_on after upgrading to 5.26

Provider produced inconsistent result after apply ... .modified_on: was ... but now ...

Verified 2026-10-15 · Confirmed by 0 builders · Trust 50/100

Cause

Provider 5.26.0 added include_shadow_metadata and planned modified_on as unchanged, so the server side timestamp change looked inconsistent. 5.27.0 was incomplete and 5.28.0 fixed both the spurious diff and the error.

Fix

Upgrade the provider to 5.28.0 or later and run plan again.

Apply

terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudflare = { source = "cloudflare/cloudflare", version = ">= 5.28.0" }
  }
}

Affects: terraform-provider-cloudflare 5.26.0 and 5.27.0 (September to October 2026)

Sources

• https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare/issues/7387
• https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare/releases/tag/v5.28.0

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