diff --git a/.github/workflows/fail_on_detected_diff.yml b/.github/workflows/fail_on_detected_diff.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e640575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fail_on_detected_diff.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: "build-test"
+
+on: # rebuild any PRs and main branch changes
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - fail_on_detected_diff
+jobs:
+
+  exitcode:
+    name: 'Terraform Run Local Exitcode'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./.github/workflows/data/local
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Terraform
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          fail_on_detected_diff: true
+
+      - name: Terraform Init
+        shell: bash
+        run: terraform init
+
+#      - name: Terraform Format
+#        shell: bash
+#        run: terraform fmt -check
+#
+      - name: Terraform Plan
+        id: plan
+        shell: bash
+        run: terraform plan
+
+      - name: Terraform Plan (fail)
+        id: plan_fail
+        shell: bash
+        run: terraform plan -detailed-exitcode
+#
+#      - name: Print Terraform Plan
+#        shell: bash
+#        run: echo "${{ steps.plan.outputs.stdout }}"
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 9009be1..801ab42 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether or not to install a wrapper to wrap subsequent calls of the `terraform` binary and expose its STDOUT, STDERR, and exit code as outputs named `stdout`, `stderr`, and `exitcode` respectively. Defaults to `true`.'
     default: 'true'
     required: false
+  fail_on_detected_diff:
+    description: 'Using -detailed-exitcode option returns exit code 0 or 2 for a detected change. Normally these are accepted as success. If doing specific handling (failing on drift, for example), this option will fail when exit code 2 is returned. Defaults to `pass`. Accepts `fail` in any case.'
+    default: 'pass'
+    required: false
 runs:
   using: 'node20'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 04b7748..50e7b17 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3424,17 +3424,11 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
 };
 var _a;
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.getCmdPath = exports.tryGetExecutablePath = exports.isRooted = exports.isDirectory = exports.exists = exports.READONLY = exports.UV_FS_O_EXLOCK = exports.IS_WINDOWS = exports.unlink = exports.symlink = exports.stat = exports.rmdir = exports.rm = exports.rename = exports.readlink = exports.readdir = exports.open = exports.mkdir = exports.lstat = exports.copyFile = exports.chmod = void 0;
+exports.getCmdPath = exports.tryGetExecutablePath = exports.isRooted = exports.isDirectory = exports.exists = exports.IS_WINDOWS = exports.unlink = exports.symlink = exports.stat = exports.rmdir = exports.rename = exports.readlink = exports.readdir = exports.mkdir = exports.lstat = exports.copyFile = exports.chmod = void 0;
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
 const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
-_a = fs.promises
-// export const {open} = 'fs'
-, exports.chmod = _a.chmod, exports.copyFile = _a.copyFile, exports.lstat = _a.lstat, exports.mkdir = _a.mkdir, exports.open = _a.open, exports.readdir = _a.readdir, exports.readlink = _a.readlink, exports.rename = _a.rename, exports.rm = _a.rm, exports.rmdir = _a.rmdir, exports.stat = _a.stat, exports.symlink = _a.symlink, exports.unlink = _a.unlink;
-// export const {open} = 'fs'
+_a = fs.promises, exports.chmod = _a.chmod, exports.copyFile = _a.copyFile, exports.lstat = _a.lstat, exports.mkdir = _a.mkdir, exports.readdir = _a.readdir, exports.readlink = _a.readlink, exports.rename = _a.rename, exports.rmdir = _a.rmdir, exports.stat = _a.stat, exports.symlink = _a.symlink, exports.unlink = _a.unlink;
 exports.IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
-// See https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/d0153aee367422d0858105abec186da4dff0a0c5/deps/uv/include/uv/win.h#L691
-exports.UV_FS_O_EXLOCK = 0x10000000;
-exports.READONLY = fs.constants.O_RDONLY;
 function exists(fsPath) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
@@ -3615,8 +3609,12 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.findInPath = exports.which = exports.mkdirP = exports.rmRF = exports.mv = exports.cp = void 0;
 const assert_1 = __nccwpck_require__(9491);
+const childProcess = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2081));
 const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+const util_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3837);
 const ioUtil = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1962));
+const exec = util_1.promisify(childProcess.exec);
+const execFile = util_1.promisify(childProcess.execFile);
 /**
  * Copies a file or folder.
  * Based off of shelljs - https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs/blob/9237f66c52e5daa40458f94f9565e18e8132f5a6/src/cp.js
@@ -3697,23 +3695,61 @@ exports.mv = mv;
 function rmRF(inputPath) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         if (ioUtil.IS_WINDOWS) {
+            // Node doesn't provide a delete operation, only an unlink function. This means that if the file is being used by another
+            // program (e.g. antivirus), it won't be deleted. To address this, we shell out the work to rd/del.
             // Check for invalid characters
             // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file
             if (/[*"<>|]/.test(inputPath)) {
                 throw new Error('File path must not contain `*`, `"`, `<`, `>` or `|` on Windows');
             }
+            try {
+                const cmdPath = ioUtil.getCmdPath();
+                if (yield ioUtil.isDirectory(inputPath, true)) {
+                    yield exec(`${cmdPath} /s /c "rd /s /q "%inputPath%""`, {
+                        env: { inputPath }
+                    });
+                }
+                else {
+                    yield exec(`${cmdPath} /s /c "del /f /a "%inputPath%""`, {
+                        env: { inputPath }
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                // if you try to delete a file that doesn't exist, desired result is achieved
+                // other errors are valid
+                if (err.code !== 'ENOENT')
+                    throw err;
+            }
+            // Shelling out fails to remove a symlink folder with missing source, this unlink catches that
+            try {
+                yield ioUtil.unlink(inputPath);
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                // if you try to delete a file that doesn't exist, desired result is achieved
+                // other errors are valid
+                if (err.code !== 'ENOENT')
+                    throw err;
+            }
         }
-        try {
-            // note if path does not exist, error is silent
-            yield ioUtil.rm(inputPath, {
-                force: true,
-                maxRetries: 3,
-                recursive: true,
-                retryDelay: 300
-            });
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-            throw new Error(`File was unable to be removed ${err}`);
+        else {
+            let isDir = false;
+            try {
+                isDir = yield ioUtil.isDirectory(inputPath);
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                // if you try to delete a file that doesn't exist, desired result is achieved
+                // other errors are valid
+                if (err.code !== 'ENOENT')
+                    throw err;
+                return;
+            }
+            if (isDir) {
+                yield execFile(`rm`, [`-rf`, `${inputPath}`]);
+            }
+            else {
+                yield ioUtil.unlink(inputPath);
+            }
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/dist/index1.js b/dist/index1.js
index 92c1a41..4eaba04 100755
--- a/dist/index1.js
+++ b/dist/index1.js
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ function getBooleanInput(name, options) {
     const trueValue = ['true', 'True', 'TRUE'];
     const falseValue = ['false', 'False', 'FALSE'];
     const val = getInput(name, options);
+    info(`getBooleanInput: ${name}:${val}:::`)
+    process.stdout.write(`getBooleanInput: ${name}:${val}:::`)
+    process.stdout.write(os.EOL);
+
     if (trueValue.includes(val))
         return true;
     if (falseValue.includes(val))
@@ -27746,24 +27750,44 @@ async function checkTerraform () {
     ignoreReturnCode: true,
     silent: true // avoid printing command in stdout: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/649
   };
+
+  // TODO: remove
+  core.setCommandEcho(true);
+
   const exitCode = await exec(pathToCLI, args, options);
 
   // Pass-through stdout/err as `exec` won't due to `silent: true` option
   process.stdout.write(stdout.contents);
   process.stderr.write(stderr.contents);
 
+  const fail_on_detected_diff2 = core.getInput('fail_on_detected_diff')
+  core.debug(`fail_on_detected_diff2: ${fail_on_detected_diff2}`);
+
   // Set outputs, result, exitcode, and stderr
   core.setOutput('stdout', stdout.contents);
   core.setOutput('stderr', stderr.contents);
   core.setOutput('exitcode', exitCode.toString(10));
 
-  if (exitCode === 0 || exitCode === 2) {
-    // A exitCode of 0 is considered a success
-    // An exitCode of 2 may be returned when the '-detailed-exitcode' option
-    // is passed to plan. This denotes Success with non-empty
-    // diff (changes present).
+  // A exitCode of 0 is considered a success
+  if (exitCode === 0) {
+    core.info('Terraform completed successfully. (0)');
     return;
   }
+  // An exitCode of 2 may be returned when the '-detailed-exitcode' option
+  // is passed to plan. This denotes Success with non-empty diff (changes present).
+  // The user may want to capture this and fail the job, so will set `fail_on_detected_diff: true`
+  if (exitCode === 2) {
+    const is_wrapper = core.getInput('terraform_wrapper')
+    const terraform_version = core.getInput('terraform_version');
+    const failOnDetectedDiffString = core.getInput('fail_on_detected_diff');
+    const failOnDetectedDiff = (failOnDetectedDiffString.toLowerCase() === 'true');
+    core.debug(`Terraform detected a difference. (2) failOnDetectedDiffString=${failOnDetectedDiffString} failOnDetectedDiff=${failOnDetectedDiff}`);
+    core.info(`Terraform detected a difference. 4 (2) is_wrapper=${is_wrapper} terraform_version=${terraform_version} failOnDetectedDiffString=${failOnDetectedDiffString} failOnDetectedDiff=${failOnDetectedDiff}`);
+    if (!failOnDetectedDiff) {
+      core.info('Terraform difference ignored.');
+      return;
+    }
+  }
 
   // A non-zero exitCode is considered an error
   core.setFailed(`Terraform exited with code ${exitCode}.`);
@@ -27773,4 +27797,4 @@ async function checkTerraform () {
 
 module.exports = __webpack_exports__;
 /******/ })()
-;
\ No newline at end of file
+;
diff --git a/wrapper/terraform.js b/wrapper/terraform.js
index 20fec38..c5e8070 100755
--- a/wrapper/terraform.js
+++ b/wrapper/terraform.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const { exec } = require('@actions/exec');
 
 const OutputListener = require('./lib/output-listener');
 const pathToCLI = require('./lib/terraform-bin');
+const os = require("os");
+const releases = require("@hashicorp/js-releases");
 
 async function checkTerraform () {
   // Setting check to `true` will cause `which` to throw if terraform isn't found
@@ -36,24 +38,51 @@ async function checkTerraform () {
     ignoreReturnCode: true,
     silent: true // avoid printing command in stdout: https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/649
   };
+
+  // TODO: remove
+  core.setCommandEcho(true);
+
   const exitCode = await exec(pathToCLI, args, options);
 
   // Pass-through stdout/err as `exec` won't due to `silent: true` option
   process.stdout.write(stdout.contents);
   process.stderr.write(stderr.contents);
 
+  const fail_on_detected_diff2 = core.getInput('fail_on_detected_diff')
+  core.debug(`fail_on_detected_diff2: ${fail_on_detected_diff2}`);
+
+  // Gather GitHub Actions inputs
+  const version = core.getInput('terraform_version');
+  core.debug(`TEST d Terraform version ${version}`);
+  core.info(`TEST i Terraform version ${version}`);
+
   // Set outputs, result, exitcode, and stderr
   core.setOutput('stdout', stdout.contents);
   core.setOutput('stderr', stderr.contents);
   core.setOutput('exitcode', exitCode.toString(10));
 
-  if (exitCode === 0 || exitCode === 2) {
-    // A exitCode of 0 is considered a success
-    // An exitCode of 2 may be returned when the '-detailed-exitcode' option
-    // is passed to plan. This denotes Success with non-empty
-    // diff (changes present).
+  // A exitCode of 0 is considered a success
+  if (exitCode === 0) {
+    core.info('Terraform completed successfully. (0)');
     return;
   }
+  // An exitCode of 2 may be returned when the '-detailed-exitcode' option
+  // is passed to plan. This denotes Success with non-empty diff (changes present).
+  // The user may want to capture this and fail the job, so will set `fail_on_detected_diff: true`
+  if (exitCode === 2) {
+    const is_wrapper = core.getInput('terraform_wrapper')
+    const terraform_version = core.getInput('terraform_version');
+    const failOnDetectedDiffString = core.getInput('fail_on_detected_diff');
+    // const failOnDetectedDiff = core.getBooleanInput('fail_on_detected_diff');
+//#    getInput('my-input').toUpper() === 'true'
+    const failOnDetectedDiff = (failOnDetectedDiffString.toLowerCase() === 'fail');
+    core.debug(`Terraform detected a difference. (2) failOnDetectedDiffString=${failOnDetectedDiffString} failOnDetectedDiff=${failOnDetectedDiff}`);
+    core.info(`Terraform detected a difference. 4 (2) is_wrapper=${is_wrapper} terraform_version=${terraform_version} failOnDetectedDiffString=${failOnDetectedDiffString} failOnDetectedDiff=${failOnDetectedDiff}`);
+    if (!failOnDetectedDiff) {
+      core.info('Terraform difference ignored.');
+      return;
+    }
+  }
 
   // A non-zero exitCode is considered an error
   core.setFailed(`Terraform exited with code ${exitCode}.`);