Platform & DevOps·Infrastructure described in a file
the first run fails on something, the second gets further, and the third finally settles — and everybody calls that normal.
Convergence
Also calledconverge, eventual configuration
The idea that repeated runs move a system progressively closer to the declared state until they stop changing anything. It is a real property of well-built systems and a common excuse in badly-built ones, where re-running until it works is covering an undeclared dependency. A configuration that has genuinely converged produces an empty plan, and that empty plan is the only proof.