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SRE & DevOpsFix July 9, 2026 3 min read

Recovering from a Stuck Terraform State Lock

terraform plan or apply hangs, then fails with 'Error acquiring the state lock.' Here's how to confirm it's genuinely stale before force-unlocking it.

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SRE & DevOpsDeep Dive July 9, 2026 4 min read

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform State, Drift, and Idempotency

Why Terraform's state file is the actual source of truth behind every plan and apply, and how drift, locking, and idempotency all follow from that design.

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