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     1  ---
     2  page_title: 'Command: taint'
     3  description: |-
     4    The `terraform taint` command informs Terraform that a particular object
     5    is damaged or degraded.
     6  ---
     7  
     8  # Command: taint
     9  
    10  The `terraform taint` command informs Terraform that a particular object has
    11  become degraded or damaged. Terraform represents this by marking the
    12  object as "tainted" in the Terraform state, in which case Terraform will
    13  propose to replace it in the next plan you create.
    14  
    15  ~> _Warning:_ This command is deprecated, because there are better alternatives
    16  available in Terraform v0.15.2 and later. See below for more details.
    17  
    18  If your intent is to force replacement of a particular object even though
    19  there are no configuration changes that would require it, we recommend instead
    20  to use the `-replace` option with [`terraform apply`](/cli/commands/apply).
    21  For example:
    22  
    23  ```
    24  terraform apply -replace="aws_instance.example[0]"
    25  ```
    26  
    27  Creating a plan with the "replace" option is superior to using `terraform taint`
    28  because it will allow you to see the full effect of that change before you take
    29  any externally-visible action. When you use `terraform taint` to get a similar
    30  effect, you risk someone else on your team creating a new plan against your
    31  tainted object before you've had a chance to review the consequences of that
    32  change yourself.
    33  
    34  The `-replace=...` option to `terraform apply` is only available from
    35  Terraform v0.15.2 onwards, so if you are using an earlier version you will need
    36  to use `terraform taint` to force object replacement, while considering the
    37  caveats described above.
    38  
    39  ## Usage
    40  
    41  Usage: `terraform taint [options] address`
    42  
    43  The `address` argument is the address of the resource to mark as tainted.
    44  The address is in
    45  [the resource address syntax](/cli/state/resource-addressing) syntax,
    46  as shown in the output from other commands, such as:
    47  
    48  * `aws_instance.foo`
    49  * `aws_instance.bar[1]`
    50  * `aws_instance.baz[\"key\"]` (quotes in resource addresses must be escaped on the command line, so that they will not be interpreted by your shell)
    51  * `module.foo.module.bar.aws_instance.qux`
    52  
    53  This command accepts the following options:
    54  
    55  * `-allow-missing` - If specified, the command will succeed (exit code 0)
    56    even if the resource is missing. The command might still return an error
    57    for other situations, such as if there is a problem reading or writing
    58    the state.
    59  
    60  * `-lock=false` - Disables Terraform's default behavior of attempting to take
    61    a read/write lock on the state for the duration of the operation.
    62  
    63  * `-lock-timeout=DURATION` - Unless locking is disabled with `-lock=false`,
    64    instructs Terraform to retry acquiring a lock for a period of time before
    65    returning an error. The duration syntax is a number followed by a time
    66    unit letter, such as "3s" for three seconds.
    67  
    68  For configurations using
    69  [the `remote` backend](/language/settings/backends/remote)
    70  only, `terraform taint`
    71  also accepts the option
    72  [`-ignore-remote-version`](/language/settings/backends/remote#command-line-arguments).
    73  
    74  For configurations using
    75  [the `local` backend](/language/settings/backends/local) only,
    76  `terraform taint` also accepts the legacy options
    77  [`-state`, `-state-out`, and `-backup`](/language/settings/backends/local#command-line-arguments).