directory object data source fails on unexpected object type

[chrismilson]

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Terraform (and AzureAD Provider) Version

Terraform v1.3.7 on windows_amd64

• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azuread v2.42.0

Affected Resource(s)

• azuread_directory_object data source

Terraform Configuration Files

data "azuread_directory_object" "this" {
  object_id = ... # object type "#microsoft.graph.device"
}

Expected Behavior

I expected the code to succeed; and for the data source to have some string (not documented, so not sure what the format would be) indicating the type of the object.

Actual Behavior

The code failed with error:

╷
│ Error: unknown object type "#microsoft.graph.device" returned for directory object with ID: "..."
│ ...

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform plan

[chrismilson]

We have a use case where we want to collect the users in multiple groups, however these groups may contain other directory objects that are out of our control. In the case of those objects, we want our code to ignore those objects, but in its current state, the provider throws an error, preventing us from continuing.

[chrismilson]

Any progress on this? I made a quick and dirty PR that just uses the string from upstream as-is. Would be great to get a review so that I can improve the solution or get this merged.