WebRTC Softphone 403 Forbidden on Terraform Apply for Custom Agent Attributes

Is it possible to provision WebRTC softphone entitlements for agents via the Genesys Cloud Terraform provider without triggering a 403 Forbidden response during the apply phase? The deployment pipeline fails when attempting to assign the webrtc_softphone capability to user objects that are also bound to specific WFM schedules.

The environment details are as follows:

  • Terraform version: 1.6.4
  • Genesys Cloud Provider: 1.12.0
  • Region: us-east-1
  • OAuth Scope: user:read, user:write, webrtc:admin
  • Architect Flow: Standard IVR with WebRTC fallback logic

The HCL block responsible for the failure is below. The error occurs specifically when the capabilities list includes webrtc_softphone.

resource "genesyscloud_user" "agent" {
 name = var.agent_name
 email = var.agent_email
 
 capabilities = [
 "webrtc_softphone",
 "voice"
 ]
 
 division_id = genesyscloud_organization_settings.default.division_id
}

The API response body indicates:

{
 "code": "forbidden",
 "message": "User does not have permission to perform this action on resource webrtc_softphone",
 "status": 403
}

Manual assignment in the UI works instantly. The role assigned to the service account has webrtc:admin and user:write. Testing via Postman with the same token succeeds. The issue persists across multiple environments (dev, stage).

Could this be a race condition where the user object is not fully hydrated before the capability assignment is attempted? Or is there a specific dependency order required in the Terraform graph for WebRTC resources? The GC CLI genesyscloud user update command also fails with a similar 403 if run immediately after user creation, suggesting a state synchronization delay.

Looking for workarounds or known issues in provider version 1.12.0 related to WebRTC capability assignment.

You need to check the OAuth scopes on the service account used by Terraform. The provider likely lacks the user:profile:write or specific WebRTC entitlement permissions. Add those scopes in the admin console and retry.

Warning: Ensure the account has the correct role permissions, not just API scopes.