[Bug]: Opensearch domain access_policies never updates to null

[dacevedo12]

Terraform Core Version

1.8.3

AWS Provider Version

5.51.1

Affected Resource(s)

• aws_opensearch_domain

Expected Behavior

when removing access_policies it should detect the change in plan and apply the removal to AWS

Actual Behavior

It doesn't even recognize the change in terraform plan

Relevant Error/Panic Output Snippet

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Terraform Configuration Files

See: Steps to Reproduce

Steps to Reproduce

Create a aws_opensearch_domain resource with access_policies apply it and then remove access_policies. Try to apply again and will see the problem

Debug Output

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Panic Output

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Important Factoids

I believe this has to do with the condition here https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/492c47b49c53ab2c875d40b2eba4a524d4b97dfd/internal/service/opensearch/domain.go#L861 or here https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/blob/492c47b49c53ab2c875d40b2eba4a524d4b97dfd/internal/service/opensearch/domain.go#L993

References

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Would you like to implement a fix?

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