Ah, state is relative in this context. A VM lacks state when you determine the starting state. A function lacks state depending on how you code it and the contr

Ah, state is relative in this context. A VM lacks state when you determine the starting state. A function lacks state depending on how you code it and the contracts you have. A CDN is always stateful. Sometimes the Terraform state overlaps with an entities internal state but most of the time not. "Immutable infrastructure" state refers to internal state, not Terraform state.