json.Marshal(): json: error calling MarshalJSON for type msgraph.Application - azure

Question

What specific syntax or configuration changes must be made in order to resolve the error below in which terraform is failing to create an instance of azuread_application?
THE CODE:
The terraform code that is triggering the error when terraform apply is run is as follows:
variable "tenantId" { }
variable "clientId" { }
variable "clientSecret" { }
variable "instanceName" { }
terraform {
required_providers {
azuread = {
source = "hashicorp/azuread"
version = "2.5.0"
}
}
}
provider "azuread" {
tenant_id = var.tenantId
client_id = var.clientId
client_secret = var.clientSecret
}
resource "azuread_application" "appRegistration" {
display_name = var.instanceName
app_role {
allowed_member_types = ["User", "Application"]
description = "Admins can manage roles and perform all task actions"
display_name = "Admin"
enabled = true
id = "1b19509b-32b1-4e9f-b71d-4992aa991967"
value = "admin"
}
}
THE ERROR:
The error and log output that result from running the above code with terraform apply are:
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [DEBUG] module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration:
apply errored, but we're indicating that via the Error pointer rather than returning it:
Could not create application: json.Marshal():
json: error calling MarshalJSON for type msgraph.Application:
json: error calling MarshalJSON for type *msgraph.Owners: marshaling Owners: encountered DirectoryObject with nil ODataId
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] EvalMaybeTainted: module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration encountered an error during creation, so it is now marked as tainted
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] EvalWriteState: removing state object for module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] EvalApplyProvisioners: azuread_application.appRegistration has no state, so skipping provisioners
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] EvalMaybeTainted: module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration encountered an error during creation, so it is now marked as tainted
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] EvalWriteState: removing state object for module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] vertex "module.ad-admin.azuread_application.appRegistration": visit complete
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.output.application_id (expand)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.azuread_service_principal.appRegistrationSP" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "output.application_id" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.output.appId (expand)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.azuread_service_principal_password.appRegistrationSP_pwd" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "output.appId" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.azurerm_role_assignment.appRegistrationSP_role_assignment_vault" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.azurerm_role_assignment.appRegistrationSP_role_assignment" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azuread\"] (close)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm\"] (close)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "module.ad-admin (close)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "meta.count-boundary (EachMode fixup)" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] dag/walk: upstream of "root" errored, so skipping
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] statemgr.Filesystem: creating backup snapshot at terraform.tfstate.backup
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] statemgr.Filesystem: state has changed since last snapshot, so incrementing serial to 391
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] statemgr.Filesystem: writing snapshot at terraform.tfstate
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] statemgr.Filesystem: removing lock metadata file .terraform.tfstate.lock.info
Error: Could not create application
on ..\..\..\..\modules\ad-admin\active-directory.tf line 69, in resource "azuread_application" "appRegistration":
69: resource "azuread_application" "appRegistration" {
json.Marshal(): json: error calling MarshalJSON for type msgraph.Application:
json: error calling MarshalJSON for type *msgraph.Owners: marshaling Owners:
2021/10/05 17:47:18 [TRACE] statemgr.Filesystem: unlocked by closing terraform.tfstate
encountered DirectoryObject with nil ODataId
terraform -version gives:
Terraform v1.0.8
on windows_amd64

Answer 1

This was a bug, reported as GitHub issue:
Error: ODataId was nil when creating an azuread_group resource #588
The resolution to the problem in the OP is to upgrade the version from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 in the required_providers block from the code in the OP above as follows:
terraform {
required_providers {
azuread = {
source = "hashicorp/azuread"
version = "2.6.0"
}
}
}

Answer 2

The fix was released, and it is working for me.
Workaround for corrupted or missing #odata.id for directory objects