Redact JSON encoded sensitive values from Terraform output

[arpitjain099]

Fixes #612.

filterSensitiveInformation searches the raw Go string, but the value reaches it JSON encoded. WriteMainTF marshals the provider configuration into main.tf.json, so a PEM key or any multiline value is stored with escaped newlines, and when Terraform quotes that file back in a diagnostic the filter has nothing to match. Values with no characters needing escapes, such as a plain token, were redacted correctly all along, which is why this went unnoticed.

The encoding depth differs by command, so this covers both. init is run without -json at store.go:295 and 312, giving one level, while apply, plan, destroy and refresh all pass -json, so the quoted file is encoded again.

The test marshals the configuration exactly as WriteMainTF does rather than hand writing the escaped text, then asserts on both shapes. Before the change both assertions fail and print the private key in full; after it they pass, and the single line and empty value cases behave as before. go build, go vet and go test ./... are clean, 28 packages passing, unchanged against main. I could not run make reviewable, since golangci-lint is not on this machine.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The filter now redacts configured string values in their raw and JSON-escaped forms. Tests cover multiline PEM values, doubly encoded diagnostics, single-line tokens, and empty configured values.

Changes

Sensitive-value redaction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
JSON-escaped sensitive-value redaction pkg/terraform/store.go, pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go	Setup.filterSensitiveInformation skips non-string and empty configuration values. It replaces each other value in raw and JSON-escaped forms, up to two encoding levels. Tests check PEM values in JSON diagnostics and single-line token handling.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6b77d

The change makes multiline sensitive values redact correctly in Terraform output. No merge-blocking risk remains. A test-style suggestion is optional.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 7

✅ Passed checks (7 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is 58 characters and clearly describes the change to redact JSON-encoded sensitive Terraform values.
Description check		The description explains the encoding issue, the implementation scope, the tests, and the reported validation results. It directly relates to the changeset.
Linked Issues check		The change satisfies issue #612. filterSensitiveInformation now replaces each non-empty string configuration value in its raw form and in up to two JSON-escaped forms. The implementation checks esca…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #612. The production change updates sensitive-value filtering, and the new tests verify the required encoding cases and existing behavior. No unrelated production behavio…
Configuration Api Breaking Changes		The pull-request range changes only pkg/terraform/store.go and adds pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go. It contains no changes under pkg/config/**, so it does not introduce a configuration API b…
Generated Code Manual Edits		The reviewed pull-request range changes only pkg/terraform/store.go and pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go. No changed file matches the required zz_*.go pattern, so this check's failure conditio…
Template Breaking Changes		The check is not applicable. The pull request changes only pkg/terraform/store.go and pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go. It does not modify any pkg/controller/external*.go template, so it cannot intr…

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go (1)

28-67: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Thank you for the focused tests. Could the test structure follow the repository convention?

The path instructions require table-driven tests with the args/want pattern. They also require cmp.Diff and case names with reason fields. Both tests use sequential inline assertions instead. Could you convert them to a table with cases such as SingleEncodedPEM, DoubleEncodedPEM, SingleLine, EmptyValue, and NonStringValue? This also makes the edge cases easier to extend. For example, a value with a quote or a backslash would cover more escaping shapes.

Also, the path instructions say to use cmp.Diff. Could you use it for the want comparison?

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Review comment at @pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go around lines 28 - 67:
Convert TestFilterSensitiveInformationMultiline and
TestFilterSensitiveInformationSingleLine into table-driven tests using args/want
cases with a reason field, covering the existing PEM and single-line scenarios
plus empty and non-string values. Compare each result from
filterSensitiveInformation with its expected value using cmp.Diff, and include
quote or backslash escaping coverage.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @pkg/terraform/store_filter_test.go:
- Around line 28-67: Convert TestFilterSensitiveInformationMultiline and
TestFilterSensitiveInformationSingleLine into table-driven tests using args/want
cases with a reason field, covering the existing PEM and single-line scenarios
plus empty and non-string values. Compare each result from
filterSensitiveInformation with its expected value using cmp.Diff, and include
quote or backslash escaping coverage.

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