Update outputs.tf

outputs.tf

@@ -58,18 +58,22 @@ output "delete_after" {
 //       Outputs generated by this module
 //==================================================
 locals {
-  // Will always be `true` because jsonencoding a data source will
+  // This will always be `true` because jsonencoding a data source will
   // never return an empty string, but this forces it to wait
   // until the data source is done before evaluating.
-  creation_done = jsonencode(data.external.create_file_chunk) != "" ? true : false
+  // The MD5 encoding is required to force Terraform to actually wait
+  // until the value is fully available; otherwise, it will apparently
+  // do some preemptive checks to evaluate the ternary early.
+  creation_done = md5(jsonencode(data.external.create_file_chunk)) != md5("") ? true : false
+  deletion_done = length(data.external.delete_file) == 0 ? true : md5(jsonencode(data.external.delete_file[0])) != md5("")
 }
 
 output "created" {
   depends_on = [
     data.external.create_file_chunk,
   ]
   description = "Always `true`, but does not return until the file has been created."
-  value       = jsonencode(data.external.create_file_chunk) != "" ? true : false
+  value       = local.creation_done
 }
 
 output "complete" {
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ output "complete" {
     data.external.delete_file,
   ]
   description = "Always `true`, but does not return until the file has been created and, if desired, deleted as well."
-  value       = length(data.external.delete_file) > 0 ? (sha256(jsonencode(data.external.delete_file[0])) != sha256("") ? true : false) : jsonencode(data.external.create_file_chunk) != "" ? true : false # TODO: switch to local val
+  value       = local.creation_done ? local.deletion_done : false
 }
 
 output "num_chunks" {