Extension shows a deprecation for an attribute but not the reason

[glennsarti]

Extension Version

v2.29.5

VS Code Version

Version: 1.87.2 (Universal)
Commit: 863d2581ecda6849923a2118d93a088b0745d9d6
Date: 2024-03-08T15:21:31.043Z
Electron: 27.3.2
ElectronBuildId: 26836302
Chromium: 118.0.5993.159
Node.js: 18.17.1
V8: 11.8.172.18-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 22.6.0

Operating System

macOS 13.6.5

Terraform Version

Terraform v1.7.5 on darwin_arm64

Steps to Reproduce

In a new repro create a file with the following content

terraform {
  required_providers {
    tfe = {
      version = "~> 0.53.0"
    }
  }
}

data "tfe_organization" "something" {
  name = "something"
}

# Workspaces
resource "tfe_workspace" "plain-workspace" {
  name           = "something"
  organization   = data.tfe_organization.something.name
  tag_names      = ["cli", "tfcreated"]
  execution_mode = "remote"
}

Expected Behavior

It tells me the execution mode is deprecated and why

Actual Behavior

It tells me the execution mode is deprecated but no reason

There is most definitely a reason - Source

Terraform Configuration

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Project Structure

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Gist

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Anything Else?

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Workarounds

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References

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[dbanck]

Hi @glennsarti! Thanks for the report!

I agree, that it would be helpful to show the deprecation message (and maybe even a quick fix) to a user. Currently, we don't have access to the deprecation message, because it's not part of the provider schema.
The language server relies entirely on the machine-readable provider schema, which tells it nothing more than that an attribute or a block is deprecated. It just contains a boolean flag: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-json/blob/8cba21aed5ce23c8d464e21d6c04d233ca3d50f6/schemas.go#L210-L211

Exposing the deprecation message will likely require changes to the provider framework/SDK and Terraform core.