EdgeDNS TXT record trimmed

[izzm]

Hi there,

After upgrading to version 5.5+, I discovered a change in the behavior of creating TXT records containing semicolons and spaces.

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.6.6
on darwin_arm64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/akamai/akamai v6.0.0

Affected Resource(s)

• akamai_dns_record

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "akamai_dns_record" "this" {
  name        = "test.example.com"
  recordtype  = "TXT"
  target      = [
      "a=test b=1",
      "a=test; b=2",
      ";a=test b=3",
  ]
  ttl         = 3600
  zone    = "example.com"
}

Expected Behavior

TXT records are created as they present in configuration

Actual Behavior

TXT records are trimmed after semicolon and spaces are escaped with double quotes.

Second terraform apply run produces plan with:

~ target     = [
  - "\"\"",
  + "a=test b=1",
    "a=test; b=2",
  - "\"a=test\" \"b=1\"",
  + ";a=test b=3",
]

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply
2. verify record at https://control.akamai.com

Related issues

#430

[mimazaka]

Hi @izzm ,

Thank you for rising this ticket. I was able to reproduce trimming behavior, but it seemed to work as designed. In order to avoid trimming after space or semicolon, you have to provide additional \" at the begging and end of target eg. "\"a=test b=1\"".

For full explanation of trimming txt record after escaping characters please refer to RFC 1035 for quoting details (Page 34,35).

Best regards,

[izzm]

Hi @mimazaka ,

Thank you, additional \" fixed the problem.