[BUG]: data_source_github_repository_file broke as of v6.9.0

[faust64]

Expected Behavior

Read non-existing file from repository.

Thanks to this issue, I found about some bug in my code ... I'm reading files from repositories, and in some case the file I'm reading does not exist.

Trying my code with v6.8.3, I can get the "expected" result, some default dict:

Changes to Outputs:
  + toto = {
      + "2023.33.6" = {
          + foo = "bar"
        }
    }

Upgrading to v6.9.0, instead I would get a crash.

While I'll fix my code not to read non-existing files: having terraform crashing here is probably not the best way to error.

Actual Behavior

Crashes

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.13.5
on linux_amd64

• provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/local v2.6.1
• provider registry.terraform.io/integrations/github v6.9.0

Your version of Terraform is out of date! The latest version
is 1.14.2. You can update by downloading from https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install

Affected Resource(s)

• github_repository_file datasource

Terraform Configuration Files

variable "GITHUB_TOKEN" {
  sensitive = true
}
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.0"
  required_providers {
    github = {
      source  = "integrations/github"
      version = "6.9.0"
    }
  }
}
###
locals {
  github = {
    base_url = "https://github.example.com/"
    owner    = "MyOrg"
  }
}

provider "github" {
  base_url = local.github.base_url
  owner    = local.github.owner
  token    = var.GITHUB_TOKEN
}

locals {
  unique_releases = ["2023.33.6"]
}

data "github_repository_file" "release_assets" {
  for_each   = toset(local.unique_releases)
  repository = "my_releases_repo"
  branch     = "master"
  file       = "releases/${each.key}/assets/release-tags.yml"
}

output "toto" {
  value = {
    for k in local.unique_releases :
    k => try(yamldecode(data.github_repository_file.release_assets[k].content), { "foo" = "bar" })
  }
}

Steps to Reproduce

terraform init --upgrade && terraform plan -out plan

Debug Output

2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [INFO]  Terraform version: 1.13.5
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/go-tfe v1.74.1
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.24.0
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost v0.1.1
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] using github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.16.3
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [INFO]  Go runtime version: go1.24.5
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [INFO]  CLI args: []string{"terraform", "plan", "-out", "plan"}
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] Attempting to open CLI config file: /home/genesis/.terraformrc
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [INFO]  Loading CLI configuration from /home/genesis/.terraformrc
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] checking for credentials in "/home/genesis/.terraform.d/plugins"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory terraform.d/plugins
2025-12-16T10:56:13.390Z [DEBUG] will search for provider plugins in /home/genesis/.terraform.d/plugins
2025-12-16T10:56:13.391Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /home/genesis/.local/share/terraform/plugins
2025-12-16T10:56:13.391Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/local/share/terraform/plugins
2025-12-16T10:56:13.391Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/share/terraform/plugins
2025-12-16T10:56:13.391Z [INFO]  CLI command args: []string{"plan", "-out", "plan"}
2025-12-16T10:56:13.413Z [DEBUG] checking for provisioner in "."
2025-12-16T10:56:13.413Z [DEBUG] checking for provisioner in "/usr/local/bin"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.413Z [DEBUG] checking for provisioner in "/home/genesis/.terraform.d/plugins"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.414Z [INFO]  backend/local: starting Plan operation
2025-12-16T10:56:13.414Z [DEBUG] created provider logger: level=debug
2025-12-16T10:56:13.414Z [INFO]  provider: configuring client automatic mTLS
2025-12-16T10:56:13.425Z [DEBUG] provider: starting plugin: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 args=[".terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.425Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin started: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 pid=5017
2025-12-16T10:56:13.425Z [DEBUG] provider: waiting for RPC address: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0
2025-12-16T10:56:13.429Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: configuring server automatic mTLS: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.428Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.441Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: plugin address: address=/tmp/plugin2785276520 network=unix timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.441Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.441Z [DEBUG] provider: using plugin: version=5
2025-12-16T10:56:13.461Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 id=5017
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] Building and walking validate graph
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ProviderTransformer: "data.github_repository_file.release_assets" (*terraform.NodeValidatableResource) needs provider["registry.terraform.io/integrations/github"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "data.github_repository_file.release_assets" references: [local.unique_releases (expand)]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "var.GITHUB_TOKEN" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "local.github (expand)" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "local.unique_releases (expand)" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "output.toto (expand)" references: [local.unique_releases (expand) data.github_repository_file.release_assets]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/integrations/github\"]" references: [var.GITHUB_TOKEN local.github (expand) local.github (expand)]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.462Z [DEBUG] Starting graph walk: walkValidate
2025-12-16T10:56:13.463Z [DEBUG] created provider logger: level=debug
2025-12-16T10:56:13.463Z [INFO]  provider: configuring client automatic mTLS
2025-12-16T10:56:13.468Z [DEBUG] provider: starting plugin: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 args=[".terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.468Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin started: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 pid=5033
2025-12-16T10:56:13.468Z [DEBUG] provider: waiting for RPC address: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0
2025-12-16T10:56:13.471Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: configuring server automatic mTLS: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.471Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.484Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: plugin address: address=/tmp/plugin3719139165 network=unix timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.484Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.484Z [DEBUG] provider: using plugin: version=5
2025-12-16T10:56:13.495Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 id=5033
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [INFO]  backend/local: plan calling Plan
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] Building and walking plan graph for NormalMode
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ProviderTransformer: "data.github_repository_file.release_assets (expand)" (*terraform.nodeExpandPlannableResource) needs provider["registry.terraform.io/integrations/github"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/integrations/github\"]" references: [local.github (expand) local.github (expand) var.GITHUB_TOKEN]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "data.github_repository_file.release_assets (expand)" references: [local.unique_releases (expand)]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "var.GITHUB_TOKEN" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "local.github (expand)" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "local.unique_releases (expand)" references: []
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "output.toto (expand)" references: [local.unique_releases (expand) data.github_repository_file.release_assets (expand)]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] Starting graph walk: walkPlan
2025-12-16T10:56:13.496Z [DEBUG] created provider logger: level=debug
2025-12-16T10:56:13.497Z [INFO]  provider: configuring client automatic mTLS
2025-12-16T10:56:13.501Z [DEBUG] provider: starting plugin: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 args=[".terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.501Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin started: path=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 pid=5045
2025-12-16T10:56:13.501Z [DEBUG] provider: waiting for RPC address: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0
2025-12-16T10:56:13.504Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: configuring server automatic mTLS: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.504Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.517Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: plugin address: address=/tmp/plugin3294956476 network=unix timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.517Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.517Z [DEBUG] provider: using plugin: version=5
2025-12-16T10:56:13.526Z [WARN]  ValidateProviderConfig from "provider[\"registry.terraform.io/integrations/github\"]" changed the config value, but that value is unused
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [INFO] Selecting owner  from GITHUB_OWNER environment variable: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [INFO] Setting write_delay_ms to 1000: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting read_delay_ms to 0: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting retry_delay_ms to 0: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting max_retries to 3: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting retriableErrors to map[500:true 502:true 503:true 504:true]: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting max_per_page to 100: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z [INFO]  provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: 2025/12/16 10:56:13 [DEBUG] Setting parallel_requests to false: timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.527Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.728Z [DEBUG] Resource instance state not found for node "data.github_repository_file.release_assets[\"2023.33.6\"]", instance data.github_repository_file.release_assets["2023.33.6"]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.728Z [DEBUG] ReferenceTransformer: "data.github_repository_file.release_assets[\"2023.33.6\"]" references: []
data.github_repository_file.release_assets["2023.33.6"]: Reading...
2025-12-16T10:56:13.730Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: Sending HTTP Request: new_logger_warning="This log was generated by a subsystem logger that wasn't created before being used. Use tflog.NewSubsystem to create this logger before it is used." tf_http_req_uri=/api/v3/repos/MyOrg/my_releases_repo/contents/releases/2023.33.6/assets/release-tags.yml?ref=master Accept-Encoding=gzip Host=github.example.com tf_http_op_type=request tf_http_req_method=GET @caller=github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/logging/logging_http_transport.go:160 tf_http_req_body="" @module=provider.GitHub tf_http_req_version=HTTP/1.1 tf_http_trans_id=813d4738-d98d-f8be-fab7-f97b80b73ca3 Accept="application/vnd.github.v3+json,application/vnd.github.stone-crop-preview+json" User-Agent=go-github/v67.0.0 X-Github-Api-Version=2022-11-28 timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.730Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.844Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: Received HTTP Response: tf_http_op_type=response tf_http_trans_id=813d4738-d98d-f8be-fab7-f97b80b73ca3 Access-Control-Expose-Headers="ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset" X-Xss-Protection=0 @module=provider.GitHub Content-Security-Policy="default-src 'none'" Date="Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:56:13 GMT" Server=GitHub.com X-Github-Enterprise-Version=3.17.7 X-Ratelimit-Limit=12000 X-Accepted-Oauth-Scopes="" X-Ratelimit-Remaining=11649 @caller=github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/logging/logging_http_transport.go:160 Referrer-Policy="origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin" Strict-Transport-Security="max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains" X-Frame-Options=deny X-Github-Media-Type="github.v3; param=stone-crop-preview; format=json" X-Ratelimit-Used=351 new_logger_warning="This log was generated by a subsystem logger that wasn't created before being used. Use tflog.NewSubsystem to create this logger before it is used." tf_http_res_status_code=404 Access-Control-Allow-Origin="*" Content-Type="application/json; charset=utf-8" X-Content-Type-Options=nosniff X-Github-Request-Id=f73e6c1a-44f5-4f87-94bd-6ef071b8c9ab X-Ratelimit-Reset=1765885848 tf_http_res_body="{\"message\":\"Not Found\",\"documentation_url\":\"https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.17/rest/repos/contents#get-repository-content\",\"status\":\"404\"}" X-Github-Api-Version-Selected=2022-11-28 X-Oauth-Scopes="notifications, read:org, repo" X-Ratelimit-Resource=core tf_http_res_version=HTTP/2.0 tf_http_res_status_reason="404 Not Found" timestamp=2025-12-16T10:56:13.844Z
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x10 pc=0xc84376]
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: goroutine 38 [running]:
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/integrations/terraform-provider-github/v6/github.dataSourceGithubRepositoryFileRead({0x120ffd8, 0xc00028e070}, 0xc0002a4000, {0xe55200?, 0xc00033b0c0?})
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/integrations/terraform-provider-github/v6/github/data_source_github_repository_file.go:104 +0x496
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*Resource).read(0xc000587c00, {0x120ff30, 0xc0008023f0}, 0xc0002a4000, {0xe55200, 0xc00033b0c0})
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/resource.go:866 +0x119
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*Resource).ReadDataApply(0xc000587c00, {0x120ff30, 0xc0008023f0}, 0x0?, {0xe55200, 0xc00033b0c0})
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/resource.go:1088 +0x13e
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*GRPCProviderServer).ReadDataSource(0xc00041c000, {0x120ff30?, 0xc000802330?}, 0xc0008022d0)
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/grpc_provider.go:1889 +0x6ac
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go/tfprotov5/tf5server.(*server).ReadDataSource(0xc000294140, {0x120ff30?, 0xc000700390?}, 0xc000180af0)
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go@v0.29.0/tfprotov5/tf5server/server.go:736 +0x26d
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go/tfprotov5/internal/tfplugin5._Provider_ReadDataSource_Handler({0x1063980, 0xc000294140}, {0x120ff30, 0xc000700390}, 0xc000058100, 0x0)
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go@v0.29.0/tfprotov5/internal/tfplugin5/tfplugin5_grpc.pb.go:843 +0x1a9
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).processUnaryRPC(0xc000292200, {0x120ff30, 0xc000700300}, 0xc00050e0c0, 0xc000580c60, 0x19a7a10, 0x0)
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1431 +0x1036
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).handleStream(0xc000292200, {0x1210838, 0xc00018c000}, 0xc00050e0c0)
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1842 +0xb88
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func2.1()
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1061 +0x7f
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0: created by google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func2 in goroutine 55
2025-12-16T10:56:13.847Z [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0:     google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1072 +0x11d
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [ERROR] provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/integrations/github/6.9.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 id=5045 error="exit status 2"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [ERROR] plugin.(*GRPCProvider).ReadDataSource: error="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [ERROR] vertex "data.github_repository_file.release_assets[\"2023.33.6\"]" error: Plugin did not respond
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [ERROR] vertex "data.github_repository_file.release_assets (expand)" error: Plugin did not respond
2025-12-16T10:56:13.848Z [WARN]  Planning encountered errors, so plan is not applyable
2025-12-16T10:56:13.849Z [INFO]  backend/local: plan operation completed
2025-12-16T10:56:13.849Z [INFO]  backend/local: writing plan output to: plan

Planning failed. Terraform encountered an error while generating this plan.

╷
│ Error: Plugin did not respond
│
│   with data.github_repository_file.release_assets["2023.33.6"],
│   on discover.release-assets.tf line 5, in data "github_repository_file" "release_assets":
│    5: data "github_repository_file" "release_assets" {
│
│ The plugin encountered an error, and failed to respond to the plugin.(*GRPCProvider).ReadDataSource call. The plugin logs may contain more details.
╵

Panic Output

$> tf plan -out plan
data.github_repository_file.release_assets["2023.33.6"]: Reading...

Planning failed. Terraform encountered an error while generating this plan.

╷
│ Error: Request cancelled
│
│   with data.github_repository_file.release_assets["2023.33.6"],
│   on discover.release-assets.tf line 5, in data "github_repository_file" "release_assets":
│    5: data "github_repository_file" "release_assets" {
│
│ The plugin.(*GRPCProvider).ReadDataSource request was cancelled.
╵

Stack trace from the terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 plugin:

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x10 pc=0xc84376]

goroutine 98 [running]:
github.com/integrations/terraform-provider-github/v6/github.dataSourceGithubRepositoryFileRead({0x120ffd8, 0xc0002301c0}, 0xc000290ea0, {0xe55200?, 0xc0002a1f00?})
        github.com/integrations/terraform-provider-github/v6/github/data_source_github_repository_file.go:104 +0x496
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*Resource).read(0xc0005a1200, {0x120ff30, 0xc000481560}, 0xc000290ea0, {0xe55200, 0xc0002a1f00})
        github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/resource.go:866 +0x119
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*Resource).ReadDataApply(0xc0005a1200, {0x120ff30, 0xc000481560}, 0x0?, {0xe55200, 0xc0002a1f00})
        github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/resource.go:1088 +0x13e
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema.(*GRPCProviderServer).ReadDataSource(0xc0005c4000, {0x120ff30?, 0xc0004814a0?}, 0xc000481440)
        github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2@v2.38.1/helper/schema/grpc_provider.go:1889 +0x6ac
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go/tfprotov5/tf5server.(*server).ReadDataSource(0xc0005c8000, {0x120ff30?, 0xc0004807b0?}, 0xc0001427d0)
        github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go@v0.29.0/tfprotov5/tf5server/server.go:736 +0x26d
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go/tfprotov5/internal/tfplugin5._Provider_ReadDataSource_Handler({0x1063980, 0xc0005c8000}, {0x120ff30, 0xc0004807b0}, 0xc0004bc700, 0x0)
        github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-go@v0.29.0/tfprotov5/internal/tfplugin5/tfplugin5_grpc.pb.go:843 +0x1a9
google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).processUnaryRPC(0xc000280200, {0x120ff30, 0xc0004806c0}, 0xc000696240, 0xc0005988d0, 0x19a7a10, 0x0)
        google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1431 +0x1036
google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).handleStream(0xc000280200, {0x1210838, 0xc00059e820}, 0xc000696240)
        google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1842 +0xb88
google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func2.1()
        google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1061 +0x7f
created by google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func2 in goroutine 71
        google.golang.org/grpc@v1.75.1/server.go:1072 +0x11d

Error: The terraform-provider-github_v6.9.0 plugin crashed!

This is always indicative of a bug within the plugin. It would be immensely
helpful if you could report the crash with the plugin's maintainers so that it
can be fixed. The output above should help diagnose the issue.

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[github-actions]

👋 Hi! Thank you for this contribution! Just to let you know, our GitHub SDK team does a round of issue and PR reviews twice a week, every Monday and Friday! We have a process in place for prioritizing and responding to your input. Because you are a part of this community please feel free to comment, add to, or pick up any issues/PRs that are labeled with Status: Up for grabs. You & others like you are the reason all of this works! So thank you & happy coding! 🚀

[deiga]

This issue should have been fixed by #2992

We're trying to get v6.9.1 out soon with that and other small fixes

[faust64]

Just saw Renovate logging PRs upgrading that provider: indeed, v6.9.1 fixes
Thanks!