New action: aws_ses_send_email

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Description

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• Rebase on Actions plumbing #43669 after it's updated, deconflicted
• Changelog
• PR description
• Action file
• Test file with terraform_data trigger
• Test results in PR
• website/docs/actions/ file
• Warning at top of website docs
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• Service package registration
• Update code for simplified actions
• Use region pattern (framework.WithRegionModel)
• Add 1.14 skips for tests
• Rerun all tests after final rebase

Add aws_ses_send_email Action

This PR adds a new Terraform action for sending emails using Amazon SES. The action enables imperative email sending with full control over recipients, content formatting, and email headers during Terraform operations.

Example Usage

resource "aws_ses_email_identity" "sender" {
  email = "[email protected]"
}

action "aws_ses_send_email" "notification" {
  config {
    source       = aws_ses_email_identity.sender.email
    to_addresses = ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"]
    cc_addresses = ["[email protected]"]
    subject      = "Deployment Completed Successfully"
    text_body    = "Your infrastructure deployment has completed successfully."
    html_body    = "<h1>Deployment Complete</h1><p>Your infrastructure deployment has completed successfully.</p>"
  }
}

resource "terraform_data" "deploy_trigger" {
  lifecycle {
    action_trigger {
      events  = [after_create]
      actions = [action.aws_ses_send_email.notification]
    }
  }
}

Features

• Sends emails via Amazon SES during Terraform operations
• Supports multiple recipient types (To, CC, BCC)
• Both text and HTML email body formats
• Reply-to and return path configuration
• Requires verified SES email addresses or domains
• Built using the Plugin Framework with AutoFlex for type conversion

Relations

• Depends on Actions plumbing #43669
• New action: aws_lambda_invoke #43972
• New action: aws_cloudfront_create_invalidation #43955
• New action: aws_ses_send_email #44214 (this)
• New action: aws_sns_publish #44232
• New action: aws_ec2_stop_instance #43700

References

Output from Acceptance Testing

% make t T=TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic K=ses
make: Verifying source code with gofmt...
==> Checking that code complies with gofmt requirements...
TF_ACC=1 go1.24.6 test ./internal/service/ses/... -v -count 1 -parallel 20 -run='TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic'  -timeout 360m -vet=off
2025/09/10 17:48:53 Creating Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
2025/09/10 17:48:53 Initializing Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
=== RUN   TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic
=== PAUSE TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic
=== CONT  TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic
--- PASS: TestAccSESSendEmailAction_basic (9.10s)
PASS
ok  	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/ses	14.286s
% make t T=TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody K=ses
make: Verifying source code with gofmt...
==> Checking that code complies with gofmt requirements...
TF_ACC=1 go1.24.6 test ./internal/service/ses/... -v -count 1 -parallel 20 -run='TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody'  -timeout 360m -vet=off
2025/09/10 17:49:53 Creating Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
2025/09/10 17:49:53 Initializing Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
=== RUN   TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody
=== PAUSE TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody
=== CONT  TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody
--- PASS: TestAccSESSendEmailAction_htmlBody (8.97s)
PASS
ok  	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/ses	14.226s
% make t T=TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients K=ses
make: Verifying source code with gofmt...
==> Checking that code complies with gofmt requirements...
TF_ACC=1 go1.24.6 test ./internal/service/ses/... -v -count 1 -parallel 20 -run='TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients'  -timeout 360m -vet=off
2025/09/10 17:52:13 Creating Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
2025/09/10 17:52:13 Initializing Terraform AWS Provider (SDKv2-style)...
=== RUN   TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients
=== PAUSE TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients
=== CONT  TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients
--- PASS: TestAccSESSendEmailAction_multipleRecipients (9.17s)
PASS
ok  	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/internal/service/ses	14.350s

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