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Description of your changes

Async external clients (plugin SDK and plugin framework) used a hard-coded defaultAsyncTimeout (1h) for the operation deadline. This change adds an asyncTimeout(cfg, op) helper that returns Resource.OperationTimeouts.Create/Update/Delete when set (non-zero) and falls back to the 1h default otherwise (including a nil config). It is applied to Create, Update and Delete in both async clients.

Partially addresses #808. Not included: translating OperationTimeouts into the Terraform timeouts configuration of plugin-framework resources (listed as optional item 2 in #808); a provider-side Terraform timeout is therefore still needed for resources with their own default timeout.

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  • Read and followed Upjet's contribution process.
  • Run go build ./... and go test ./pkg/controller/... (pass).

How has this code been tested

Unit test TestAsyncTimeout (5 cases: each operation with a configured timeout, zero value fallback, nil config). Not tested end to end against a real resource; the framework wiring is covered by compilation.

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…ntrollers

The async Terraform plugin SDK and plugin framework external clients used
a hard-coded 1h deadline for create/update/delete. Use
config.Resource.OperationTimeouts.{Create,Update,Delete} when set and
fall back to the 1h default otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Hessel <oliver.hessel@ionos.com>
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Async create, update, and delete operations in both plugin paths now use the configured timeout for that operation. A one-hour default applies when the configuration is nil, the selected timeout is not positive, or the operation is unrecognized. Tests cover configured and fallback values.

Changes: Async operation timeouts

Layer / File(s) Summary
Operation-specific deadline selection
pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go, pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginfw.go, pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go
The SDK and framework async paths select create, update, or delete timeouts for their deadlines. The helper uses the one-hour default when no positive configured timeout applies. Tests cover configured create and delete timeouts, an unset update timeout, nil configuration, and an unknown operation.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

  • crossplane/upjet#808: The PR configures async operation deadlines for both plugin clients. The issue also identifies framework provider timeout configuration as follow-up work.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 260f3

The timeout selection works as configured, but operations finishing near their creation timeout can report failure during a subsequent read. This bounded edge case warrants owner awareness; additional deadline tests would improve regression protection.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 5 · Failed 2

Failed Failed checks: 2 warnings

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Title check Warning The title describes the change, but its 78 characters exceed the 71-character maximum. Shorten the title. For example: "fix(controller): use configured async operation timeouts".
Template Breaking Changes Warning The change significantly alters async operation deadlines in generated controllers. Both plugin clients now use configured Create, Update, and Delete timeouts instead of the fixed one-hour deadline. T… Please test the changed deadlines with multiple generated providers before merging. Thank you.
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Description check Passed The description explains the timeout changes and their scope.
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Configuration Api Breaking Changes Passed The PR does not change pkg/config/**. The configuration API breaking-change check does not apply.
Generated Code Manual Edits Passed The PR changes three Go files. None match zz_*.go. Thank you.
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The change significantly alters async operation deadlines in generated controllers. Both plugin clients now use configured Create, Update, and Delete timeouts instead of the fixed one-hour deadline. The controller template selects these clients for async resources. The PR reports no end-to-end resource testing; the added test checks only the timeout helper.

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Please test the changed deadlines with multiple generated providers before merging. Thank you.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

Nitpick comments: 1

pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go: 1

14-37: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add deadline assertions for both async clients.

Test Create, Update, and Delete with distinct configured timeouts, and assert each operation’s context deadline. This would catch a swapped operation string or a return to defaultAsyncTimeout.

Also add a configured Update case to TestAsyncTimeout. A negative-duration case would be an optional boundary check. Thank you!

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Review comment at @pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go around lines 14
- 37:
Add a configured Update case to TestAsyncTimeout with a distinct timeout, and
extend the existing tests for both async clients to verify the context deadline
for Create, Update, and Delete using distinct configured timeouts. Use the
clients’ existing operation paths and deadline-checking approach; ensure each
operation uses its own configured timeout rather than defaultAsyncTimeout.

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Review comments at @pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go:
- Around line 34-51: Update asyncTimeout so the create deadline cannot cancel
the post-create read before its separate 20-second retry budget expires,
including when SQS propagation uses the configured create timeout; preserve the
prior one-hour completion limit where applicable. Establish how the deadline
accounts for both phases without shortening configured operation-timeout
behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go:
- Around line 14-37: Add a configured Update case to TestAsyncTimeout with a
distinct timeout, and extend the existing tests for both async clients to verify
the context deadline for Create, Update, and Delete using distinct configured
timeouts. Use the clients’ existing operation paths and deadline-checking
approach; ensure each operation uses its own configured timeout rather than
defaultAsyncTimeout.

---

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Comment on lines +34 to +51
func asyncTimeout(cfg *config.Resource, op string) time.Duration {
if cfg == nil {
return defaultAsyncTimeout
}
var d time.Duration
switch op {
case "create":
d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Create
case "update":
d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Update
case "delete":
d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Delete
}
if d <= 0 {
return defaultAsyncTimeout
}
return d
}

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Supported by static analysis

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rg -n 'OperationTimeouts|CreateWithoutTimeout|asyncTimeout' pkg docs
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- Async plugin-framework/SDK controllers ignore Resource.OperationTimeouts and cap operations at a hard-coded 1h · Issue #808 · crossplane/upjet · GitHub — GitHub issue 808 in crossplane/upjet (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- config package - github.com/crossplane/upjet/pkg/config - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/crossplane/upjet/pkg/config
- Managed Resources · Crossplane v1.20 — https://docs.crossplane.io/v1.20/concepts/managed-resources/
- [Bug] `Synced` condition remains `True` during ongoing async operations · Issue #609 · crossplane/upjet · GitHub — GitHub issue 609 in crossplane/upjet (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- Pull requests · crossplane/upjet · GitHub — https://github.com/crossplane/upjet/pulls
- …and 14 more

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- terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema/resource.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/blob/main/helper/schema/resource.go
- terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/sqs/queue.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/internal/service/sqs/queue.go
- terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/ecs/service.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/internal/service/ecs/service.go
- Resources - Retries and Customizable Timeouts | Terraform | HashiCorp Developer — https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/sdkv2/resources/retries-and-customizable-timeouts
- terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema/resource_data.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/blob/main/helper/schema/resource_data.go
- …and 10 more

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- terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema/resource.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/blob/main/helper/schema/resource.go
- Resources - Retries and Customizable Timeouts | Terraform | HashiCorp Developer — https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/sdkv2/resources/retries-and-customizable-timeouts
- …and 18 more

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hashicorp terraform provider aws sqs queue resourceQueueCreate deadline Remaining resourceQueueRead create timeout

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- [Bug]: aws_sqs_queue, timeout while waiting for state to become · Issue #41234 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — GitHub issue 41234 in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- aws_sqs_queue | Resources | hashicorp/aws | Terraform | Terraform Registry — https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/sqs_queue.html
- r/aws_sqs_queue: Create timeout if `sqs_managed_sse_enabled=true` and `kms_data_key_reuse_period_seconds` is configured · Issue #40728 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — GitHub issue 40728 in hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- aws_sqs_queue | Resources | hashicorp/aws | Terraform | Terraform Registry — https://registry.terraform.io/providers/-/aws/latest/docs/resources/sqs_queue
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- terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/sqs/queue.go at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/internal/service/sqs/queue.go
- terraform-provider-aws/docs/retries-and-waiters.md at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/docs/retries-and-waiters.md
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- tfresource package - github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/tfresource - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws%40v1.60.1-0.20260515184847-e87bd64796ce/internal/tfresource
- tfresource package - github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/tfresource - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws%40v1.60.1-0.20260610230625-73a6b853690a/internal/tfresource
- tfresource package - github.com/blampe/patches/mirrors/aws/v6/internal/tfresource - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/blampe/patches/mirrors/aws/v6%40v6.0.0-20260130171304-02ba6c81a012/internal/tfresource
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- terraform-provider-aws/docs/retries-and-waiters.md at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/docs/retries-and-waiters.md
- retry package - github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/retry - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/retry
- retry package - github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/retry - Go Packages — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws%40v1.60.1-0.20260610230625-73a6b853690a/internal/retry
- Error Handling - Terraform AWS Provider - Contributor Guide — https://hashicorp.github.io/terraform-provider-aws/error-handling/
- terraform/internal/cloud/state.go at main · hashicorp/terraform · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/internal/cloud/state.go
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- terraform-provider-aws/docs/add-a-new-service.md at main · hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/main/docs/add-a-new-service.md
- terraform/internal/command/meta.go at main · hashicorp/terraform · GitHub — https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/blob/main/internal/command/meta.go
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The async deadline can interrupt a post-create read.

If AWS SQS propagation finishes near OperationTimeouts.Create, the deadline can cancel its subsequent read before the read’s separate 20-second retry budget expires. This can report AsyncCreateFailed even though the provider could finish within the previous one-hour limit. Thanks!

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Review comment at @pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go around lines 34
- 51:
Update asyncTimeout so the create deadline cannot cancel the post-create read
before its separate 20-second retry budget expires, including when SQS
propagation uses the configured create timeout; preserve the prior one-hour
completion limit where applicable. Establish how the deadline accounts for both
phases without shortening configured operation-timeout behavior.

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Reads right to me: the async deadline was the one place OperationTimeouts was ignored, and routing the three operations through asyncTimeout with the default as fallback keeps every resource without a configured timeout exactly where it was. Read against head on main, not run locally.

One question. For SDK v2 resources the same OperationTimeouts value also becomes the Terraform timeouts argument through getTimeoutParameters, so after this change the context deadline and the provider's own timeout expire at the same instant, and which error the user sees depends on who wins that race. Would a small margin on the async deadline, so the provider's timeout error surfaces first, be worth it here, or is that better left to a follow-up?

I would approve this; the decision is with the maintainers.

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