Terraform having state is a trade-off: Pros: - it can manage resources where not all information can be queried - reading state is almost always significantl

Terraform having state is a trade-off: Pros: - it can manage resources where not all information can be queried - reading state is almost always significantly faster - it can identify deleted resources Cons: - state can go out of sync - every resource type has to implement state well while tracking changing features, so it’s fragile - fixing broken state can be a PITA Without making these trade-offs, terraform would only be able to support a smaller subset of the providers it currently does and perform poorly.