From 911bc3eb765c0df2a19138d0dcb9dea0dc8f6e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Moon <moonryan2009@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 07:20:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ignore default node_pool in cluster lifecycle to prevent
 recreation

---
 terraform/doks.tf | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/terraform/doks.tf b/terraform/doks.tf
index 47c8572..0a6da5f 100644
--- a/terraform/doks.tf
+++ b/terraform/doks.tf
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ resource "digitalocean_kubernetes_cluster" "main" {
   region  = var.region
   version = var.k8s_version
 
-  # Default pool — scaled to 0, workloads run on system/customer pools
+  # Required by provider but managed externally — do not let Terraform recreate
   node_pool {
     name       = "workers"
     size       = "s-2vcpu-4gb"
     node_count = 0
   }
 
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [node_pool]
+  }
+
   tags = ["lunarfront", "k8s"]
 }