Name attribute in kubernetes_pod should not be required

[morganbasset]

Terraform Version, Provider Version and Kubernetes Version

Terraform version: 1.9.8
Kubernetes provider version: 1.29.1
Kubernetes version: 1.26.15

Affected Resource(s)

kubernetes.kubernetes_pod

Terraform Configuration Files

## Install Helm chart
resource "helm_release" "helm_application" {
  name       = format("%s-%s", "demo", var.uid)
  chart      = "./application"
  namespace  = var.namespace
  wait       = false
  set {
    name  = "uid"
    value = var.uid
  }
}

data "kubernetes_pod" "application_pod" {
  metadata {
    namespace = var.namespace
    labels = {
      "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = helm_release.helm_application.name
    }
  }
}

Debug Output

Error: resource name may not be empty

Expected Behavior

Work as the documentation say, allow to search for pod only with label. Metadata.name should not be required

I try to get the pod name after an helm installation.
In the documentation, the name attribute of metadata is in the optional block (https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/kubernetes/latest/docs/data-sources/service.html#name-1) and it make sense for my case.

Actual Behavior

Metadata.name is required

References

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/kubernetes/latest/docs/data-sources/pod#name-278

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