The dependency_update does not work for local charts

[igoratencompass]

Terraform, Provider, Kubernetes and Helm Versions

Terraform version: 1.5.4
Provider version: 2.11.0
Kubernetes version: 1.25

Affected Resource(s)

• helm_release

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "helm_release" "karpenter" {
  count  = try(var.add-ons["karpenter"]["enable"], false) ? 1 : 0

  name              = "karpenter"
  chart             = "kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter"
  namespace         = "karpenter"
  create_namespace  = true
  atomic            = true
  max_history       = 5
 
  timeout           = 300
  lint              = false
  disable_webhooks  = false
  reuse_values      = false
  reset_values      = false
  force_update      = true
  recreate_pods     = false
  cleanup_on_fail   = false
  skip_crds         = false
  dependency_update = true
}

and the Chart yaml:

apiVersion: v2
name: karpenter
description: A Helm chart for Karpenter Autoscaler

# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
# to be deployed.
type: application

# The chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
version: 0.27.5

# Version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
# incremented each time you make changes to the application.
appVersion: '0.27.5'

dependencies:
  - name: karpenter
    version: v0.27.5
    repository: oci://public.ecr.aws/karpenter

Debug Output

NOTE: In addition to Terraform debugging, please set HELM_DEBUG=1 to enable debugging info from helm.

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

Expected Behavior

When I change the version in the Chart.yaml from 0.27.5 to 0.31.2 for example:

$ git diff
diff --git a/kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/Chart.yaml
index 221582c..d0140ab 100644
--- a/kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ type: application
 
 # The chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
-version: 0.27.5
+version: 0.31.2
 
 # Version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
-appVersion: '0.27.5'
+appVersion: '0.31.2'
 
 dependencies:
   - name: karpenter
-    version: v0.27.5
+    version: v0.31.2
     repository: oci://public.ecr.aws/karpenter

I expect terraform to fetch the new chart version this chart depends on.

Actual Behavior

The dependency does not get updated and stays at the current version 0.27.5 after terraform plan + apply:

$ date
Thu 16 Nov 2023 11:41:37 AEDT
$ ls -l kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/charts/
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 18757 Nov 10 17:01 karpenter-v0.27.5.tgz

Terraform proceeds deploying upon showing the changes in the plan stage:

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  ~ update in-place

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # helm_release.karpenter[0] will be updated in-place
  ~ resource "helm_release" "karpenter" {
        id                         = "karpenter"
        name                       = "karpenter"
      ~ version                    = "0.27.5" -> "0.31.2"
        # (25 unchanged attributes hidden)

        # (6 unchanged blocks hidden)
    }

which results with error:

╷
│ Error: release karpenter failed, and has been rolled back due to atomic being set: context deadline exceeded
│ 
│   with helm_release.karpenter[0],
│   on helm.tf line 644, in resource "helm_release" "karpenter":
│  644: resource "helm_release" "karpenter" {
│ 
╵

Only if I delete the kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/charts/ and remove the lock file kubernetes/helm-charts/karpenter/Chart.lock the deployment succeeds which makes setting dependency_update: true kinda pointless.

Important Factoids

Community Note

• Please vote on this issue by adding a 👍 reaction to the original issue to help the community and maintainers prioritize this request
• If you are interested in working on this issue or have submitted a pull request, please leave a comment

[rovilu]

Same problem. Please help.