Intermittent HTTP timeout on registry.terraform.io for hashicorp/google-beta

[anshulc55]

Terraform Version

1.8.5

Terraform Configuration Files

    required_version = "= 1.8.5"

    required_providers {
      google = {
        source  = "hashicorp/google"
        version = "~> 5.40.0"
      }
      google-beta = {
        source  = "hashicorp/google-beta"
        version = "= 6.40.0"
      }
    }
  }

Debug Output

04:50:31.745 INFO   terraform: Initializing the backend...
04:50:31.964 INFO   terraform: 
04:50:31.964 INFO   terraform: Successfully configured the backend "gcs"! Terraform will automatically
04:50:31.964 INFO   terraform: use this backend unless the backend configuration changes.
04:50:32.198 INFO   terraform: Initializing modules...
04:50:32.201 INFO   terraform: - app in modules/backend-app
04:50:32.204 INFO   terraform: - app.instance_template in modules/instance_template
04:50:32.205 INFO   terraform: Downloading git::https://github.com/UKGEPIC/pro-wfm-terraform-library.git?ref=v2.2 for app.mig...
04:50:33.108 INFO   terraform: - app.mig in .terraform/modules/app.mig/terraform/mutable_mig/mig
04:50:33.111 INFO   terraform: - bgp in modules/backend-bgp
04:50:33.143 INFO   terraform: Downloading registry.terraform.io/terraform-google-modules/vm/google 12.1.0 for bgp.instance_template...
04:50:33.556 INFO   terraform: - bgp.instance_template in .terraform/modules/bgp.instance_template/modules/instance_template
04:50:33.556 INFO   terraform: Downloading git::https://github.com/UKGEPIC/pro-wfm-terraform-library.git?ref=v2.2 for bgp.mig...
04:50:33.572 INFO   terraform: - bgp.mig in .terraform/modules/bgp.mig/terraform/mutable_mig/mig
04:50:33.577 INFO   terraform: Initializing provider plugins...
04:50:33.577 INFO   terraform: - Finding hashicorp/google-beta versions matching ">= 4.48.0, >= 5.36.0, 6.40.0, < 7.0.0"...
04:50:54.580 INFO   terraform: - Finding hashicorp/google versions matching ">= 4.48.0, ~> 5.40.0, < 7.0.0"...
04:51:16.760 INFO   terraform: - Installing hashicorp/google v5.40.0...
04:51:17.916 INFO   terraform: - Installed hashicorp/google v5.40.0 (signed by HashiCorp)
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: ╷
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ Error: Failed to query available provider packages
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ 
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ Could not retrieve the list of available versions for provider
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ hashicorp/google-beta: could not query provider registry for
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google-beta: the request failed after 2
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ attempts, please try again later: Get
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ "https://registry.terraform.io/v1/providers/hashicorp/google-beta/versions":
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection (Client.Timeout
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: │ exceeded while awaiting headers)
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: ╵
04:51:17.917 ERROR  terraform: 
04:51:17.924 INFO   terraform: ::error::Terraform exited with code 1.
04:51:17.928 ERROR  terraform invocation failed in ../../../../../../../.5ed4d0ea-cache/tL19rA3hW6bEEEEyXYKsT1ousn4/Wro1xOsDpOKMRwQcQ2rQ1cq513E/terraform/backend
04:51:17.928 ERROR  error occurred:

* Failed to execute "terraform init -backend-config=bucket=p-pro-wfm-app-tf -backend-config=prefix=/inputs/backend/5ed4d0ea" in ../../../../../../../.5ed4d0ea-cache/tL19rA3hW6bEEEEyXYKsT1ousn4/Wro1xOsDpOKMRwQcQ2rQ1cq513E/terraform/backend
  ╷
  │ Error: Failed to query available provider packages
  │ 
  │ Could not retrieve the list of available versions for provider
  │ hashicorp/google-beta: could not query provider registry for
  │ registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/google-beta: the request failed after 2
  │ attempts, please try again later: Get
  │ "https://registry.terraform.io/v1/providers/hashicorp/google-beta/versions":
  │ net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection (Client.Timeout
  │ exceeded while awaiting headers)
  ╵
  
  
  exit status 1

Expected Behavior

terraform init should successfully query and resolve all required provider versions from registry.terraform.io, including hashicorp/google-beta, within a reasonable time and without timeout errors regardless of concurrent
provider resolution.

Actual Behavior

terraform init intermittently fails with an HTTP timeout when querying the hashicorp/google-beta provider version endpoint during parallel provider resolution. The request hangs for ~44 seconds before being cancelled with:

"net/http: request canceled while waiting for connection
(Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)"

Notably, in the same terraform init run:

• hashicorp/google v5.40.0 resolves and installs successfully
• registry.terraform.io/terraform-google-modules/vm/google 12.1.0
  downloads successfully
• All other external network calls succeed

The failure is specific to the hashicorp/google-beta version query endpoint
and resolves on retry, confirming it is intermittent registry-side latency
and not a persistent network issue on our end.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create versions.tf with both hashicorp/google and hashicorp/google-beta
   as required providers:

   required_providers {
   google = {
   source = "hashicorp/google"
   version = ">= 4.48.0, ~> 5.40.0, < 7.0.0"
   }
   google-beta = {
   source = "hashicorp/google-beta"
   version = ">= 4.48.0, >= 5.36.0, 6.40.0, < 7.0.0"
   }
   }

2. Run terraform init on a GCP-hosted Linux amd64 runner

3. Terraform resolves both providers in parallel

4. Observe intermittently (~10-20% of runs):

   • hashicorp/google resolves successfully
   • hashicorp/google-beta times out after ~44 seconds
   • terraform init exits with code 1

5. Re-run terraform init — succeeds on retry confirming transient issue

Additional Context

• Terraform version : 1.8.5
• Runner OS : Linux amd64
• Runner type : GCP-hosted, self-hosted, ephemeral
• Terragrunt : yes
• Frequency : Intermittent, ~10-20% of runs
• First observed : May 18, 2026
• Resolves on retry : Yes

Timeline from failed run (May 18, 2026 04:50 UTC):
04:50:33 google-beta version query started
04:50:33 google version query started (parallel)
04:50:54 google query completed (~21s)
04:51:16 google v5.40.0 installed successfully
04:51:17 google-beta FAILED after ~44s — 2 attempts exhausted

References

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Generative AI / LLM assisted development?

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[crw]

Thanks for this report. Typically these issues have to do with the network configuration at the site in question. That said, I'll leave this issue open to see if anyone else is reporting this issue.