consul backend path with trailing / causes issues

[Evertvz]

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.10.0

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  backend "consul" {
    address = "consulbackend:8500"
    path    = "terraform_state/prod-myapp-euir1/"
    access_token = "12345"
    lock = true
  }
}

Expected Behavior

Terraform should have informed the user not to end paths with /

Actual Behavior

Terraform stored the state in the path with /. Consul recognises this as a directory and refuses to show the content.
Terraform had problems with the state locking when there was a trailing /

Steps to Reproduce

Put a trailing / in your consul backend path and apply. The lock issue can already been seen during init.

1. terraform apply

Important Factoids

Terraform had issues migrating from the path with / to one without /.
It also had problems migrating from a file state to the consul backend with /.

To achieve each, I deleted all state files and initialised from scratch.

[edevil]

Stepped on this same issue with Terraform 0.12.24.

[ghost]

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