Case

Terraform: State lock blocks apply

State lock investigation and recovery to continue safe Terraform operations.

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ProblemTerraform apply fails because the state is locked (previous run interrupted or concurrent applies).
SolutionConfirm no active apply is running, then unlock safely and rerun plan/apply.
Toolsterraform plan/apply · terraform force-unlock · remote state locking
OutcomeDeployments continue safely without state corruption.

kubectl get pods -n <ns>

kubectl describe pod <pod> -n <ns>

kubectl logs <pod> -n <ns> --previous

kubectl get events -n <ns> --sort-by=.lastTimestamp | tail

systemctl status <service> --no-pager

journalctl -u <service> -n 200 --no-pager