Terraform Enterprise/Cloud: Operation failed: failed running terraform init (exit -1)

Introduction

Problem:

A user may encounter the following error during a terraform plan or apply: 

Initializing provider plugins...
- Reusing previous version of hashicorp/google from the dependency lock file
- Reusing previous version of hashicorp/kubernetes from the dependency lock file
- Reusing previous version of hashicorp/aws from the dependency lock file
- Reusing previous version of hashicorp/azurerm from the dependency lock file
- Reusing previous version of hashicorp/null from the dependency lock file
- Installing hashicorp/google v4.63.1...
- Installed hashicorp/google v4.63.1 (signed by HashiCorp)
- Installing hashicorp/kubernetes v2.20.0...
- Installed hashicorp/kubernetes v2.20.0 (signed by HashiCorp)
- Installing hashicorp/aws v4.65.0...
- Installed hashicorp/aws v4.65.0 (signed by HashiCorp)
- Installing hashicorp/azurerm v3.54.0...
- Installed hashicorp/azurerm v3.54.0 (signed by HashiCorp)
- Installing hashicorp/null v3.2.1...
Operation failed: failed running terraform init (exit -1)

Cause:

The run is erroring because it hit the 10-minute timeout for initializing provider plugins. This is caused by slow network connectivity in the run container. 

Solutions

Troubleshooting:

1. Use the Terraform Cloud/Enterprise Run API to validate status-timestamps. 

OR

2. Enable TRACE logging and re-run the run to validate timestamps.

Solutions:

1. Increase network capacity for the agent.

2. Reduce the number of provider/modules to be downloaded.