From bb4c4fbd49fb8c46f3e2043a17103ee8f2e2b184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Farbod Ahmadian <farbodahmadian2014@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:04:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cli: show warning when creating token if policy doesn't exist
 (#16437)

---
 .changelog/16437.txt        | 3 +++
 command/acl_token_create.go | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/16437.txt

diff --git a/.changelog/16437.txt b/.changelog/16437.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2844bac4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/16437.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+cli: `acl token create` will now emit a warning if the token has a policy that does not yet exist
+```
diff --git a/command/acl_token_create.go b/command/acl_token_create.go
index 5007839c8..70c09efd6 100644
--- a/command/acl_token_create.go
+++ b/command/acl_token_create.go
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ func (c *ACLTokenCreateCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
+	// Show warning if policy doesn't exist
+	for _, policy := range tk.Policies {
+		_, _, err := client.ACLPolicies().Info(policy, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Ui.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Error fetching info on %s policy: %s", policy, err))
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Create the bootstrap token
 	token, _, err := client.ACLTokens().Create(tk, nil)
 	if err != nil {