Quick status check for Terraform Cloud runs with resource change counts, timestamps, and available actions.
Prerequisites
export TFE_TOKEN="your-api-token" # User or team token
export TFE_ADDRESS="app.terraform.io" # Optional
Core Commands
Complete Status Check
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
TOKEN="${TFE_TOKEN:?TFE_TOKEN not set}"
BASE_URL="https://${TFE_ADDRESS:-app.terraform.io}/api/v2"
RUN_ID="${1:?Usage: $0 <run-id>}"
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
"$BASE_URL/runs/$RUN_ID?include=plan,apply,cost-estimate" | \
jq -r '
"Run ID: " + .data.id,
"Status: " + .data.attributes.status,
"Message: " + (.data.attributes.message // "No message"),
"Created: " + .data.attributes."created-at",
"Has Changes: " + (.data.attributes."has-changes" | tostring),
"Auto-Apply: " + (.data.attributes."auto-apply" | tostring),
"",
"Resource Changes:",
" Additions: " + ((.included[] | select(.type == "plans") | .attributes."resource-additions") // 0 | tostring),
" Changes: " + ((.included[] | select(.type == "plans") | .attributes."resource-changes") // 0 | tostring),
" Destructions: " + ((.included[] | select(.type == "plans") | .attributes."resource-destructions") // 0 | tostring),
"",
"Actions:",
" Confirmable: " + (.data.attributes.actions."is-confirmable" | tostring),
" Cancelable: " + (.data.attributes.actions."is-cancelable" | tostring),
" Discardable: " + (.data.attributes.actions."is-discardable" | tostring),
" Force-Cancelable:" + (.data.attributes.actions."is-force-cancelable" | tostring)
'
Quick Status Only
TOKEN="${TFE_TOKEN:?TFE_TOKEN not set}"
RUN_ID="run-abc123"
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq -r '.data.attributes.status'
Status with Timestamps
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq -r '
.data.attributes |
"Status: " + .status,
"Timestamps:",
" Created: " + (."created-at" // "N/A"),
" Planned: " + (."status-timestamps"."planned-at" // "N/A"),
" Applied: " + (."status-timestamps"."applied-at" // "N/A")
'
Check Available Actions
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq '.data.attributes.actions'
Check Permissions
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq '.data.attributes.permissions'
Poll Until Complete
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
TOKEN="${TFE_TOKEN:?TFE_TOKEN not set}"
RUN_ID="${1:?Usage: $0 <run-id>}"
FINAL_STATES="applied planned_and_finished planned_and_saved discarded errored canceled force_canceled policy_soft_failed"
while true; do
STATUS=$(curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq -r '.data.attributes.status')
echo "$(date +%H:%M:%S) Status: $STATUS"
if echo "$FINAL_STATES" | grep -qw "$STATUS"; then
echo "Run completed with status: $STATUS"
exit 0
fi
sleep 5
done
JSON Output
Full Run Details
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID" | \
jq '{
id: .data.id,
status: .data.attributes.status,
message: .data.attributes.message,
created_at: .data.attributes."created-at",
has_changes: .data.attributes."has-changes",
auto_apply: .data.attributes."auto-apply",
is_destroy: .data.attributes."is-destroy",
actions: .data.attributes.actions,
timestamps: .data.attributes."status-timestamps"
}'
With Cost Estimate
curl -sf --header "Authorization: Bearer $TFE_TOKEN" \
"https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/runs/$RUN_ID?include=cost-estimate" | \
jq '
if .included then
(.included[] | select(.type == "cost-estimates")) as $ce |
{
status: .data.attributes.status,
cost: {
prior_monthly: $ce.attributes."prior-monthly-cost",
proposed_monthly: $ce.attributes."proposed-monthly-cost",
delta_monthly: $ce.attributes."delta-monthly-cost"
}
}
else
{status: .data.attributes.status, cost: "N/A"}
end
'
Run Status Reference
Final States (run completed)
-
applied- Successfully applied -
planned_and_finished- Plan-only or no changes -
planned_and_saved- Saved plan ready for confirmation -
discarded- User discarded the run -
errored- Run encountered an error -
canceled- User canceled the run -
force_canceled- Forcefully terminated -
policy_soft_failed- Sentinel soft fail (plan-only)
Non-Final States (in progress)
-
pending- Initial state -
fetching/fetching_completed- Retrieving config -
queuing/plan_queued- Waiting for capacity -
planning- Plan in progress -
planned- Plan complete, awaiting confirmation -
cost_estimating/cost_estimated- Cost estimation -
policy_checking/policy_checked- Sentinel evaluation -
policy_override- Soft fail, override available -
confirmed- User confirmed the plan -
apply_queued/applying- Apply in progress
Action States
| is-confirmable
| Status is planned, cost_estimated, policy_checked, or policy_override
| is-cancelable
| Status is planning or applying
| is-discardable
| Status is pending, planned, cost_estimated, policy_checked, or policy_override
| is-force-cancelable
| Cancel was called and cooloff period elapsed
See Also
-
tfc-run-logs: Get plan/apply logs for a run -
tfc-list-runs: List recent runs in a workspace -
tfc-plan-json: Get structured plan JSON output