That's a different issue than what I thought you're talking about, and I'm not sure why it's relevant here. None of the declarative/imperative systems can deal

That's a different issue than what I thought you're talking about, and I'm not sure why it's relevant here. None of the declarative/imperative systems can deal with future compatibility. The service you're using may change the meaning of some API call/values - there's nothing we can do about it apart from updating the software, whether you're using Terraform or Ansible.