Create role assignement with terraform gets stuck in and endless loop and no errors

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Create role assignement with terraform gets stuck in and endless loop and no errors

Salam ELIAS 187

I have a terraform that creates a RG, Vnet, 2 subnets a role definition and role assignement. Running terraform apply does not indicate any error, almost all items are created except the process gets stck as follows in assigning the role process

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and never ends and no errors.

How can this be figured out? Thanks for your help

Scott McAllister 5 Reputation points

2025-07-31T16:48:55.74+00:00

Experiencing the same thing this morning. Added a single role assignment to a service principal and it is hanging the same way. Up to 21 minutes now....
Salam ELIAS 187 Reputation points

2025-07-31T17:08:18.5533333+00:00

Scott, I discovered the issue with the object_id and client_id variables I was using. I used the object_id of the service principal and not client_id for my authentication with service principal. What is strange for me is that it gets stuck and the loop continues forever without any error or an indication

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Scott McAllister 5 Reputation points

2025-07-31T16:48:55.74+00:00

Experiencing the same thing this morning. Added a single role assignment to a service principal and it is hanging the same way. Up to 21 minutes now....
Salam ELIAS 187 Reputation points

2025-07-31T17:08:18.5533333+00:00

Scott, I discovered the issue with the object_id and client_id variables I was using. I used the object_id of the service principal and not client_id for my authentication with service principal. What is strange for me is that it gets stuck and the loop continues forever without any error or an indication

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Hi Salam ELIAS

You might be using the App Registration Object ID, which could be causing the issue. To resolve it, please use the Enterprise Application Object ID instead, as both are different.

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The below code is for reference, here it assigns the Contributor role to a specific Azure AD principal (ObjectID) on a Storage Account resource, ensuring the role assignment only occurs after the storage account is created.

resource "azurerm_role_assignment" "role-assignment" {
    depends_on = [ azurerm_storage_account.synapseStoarge-name]
  scope                = azurerm_storage_account.synapseStoarge-name.id
  role_definition_name = "contributor"
  principal_id         = "ObectID"
}

Please let me know if you face any challenge here, I can help you to resolve this issue further

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Naveena Patlolla 4,805 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-08-01T16:24:43.5266667+00:00

Hi Salam ELIAS
Did the above solution work for you? Please let us know if you’re encountering any issues

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