ephemeral resource does not respect depends_on

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Terraform Version

Terraform v1.12.2
on darwin_arm64

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "5.100.0"
    }
  }
}


resource "aws_secretsmanager_secret" "my_secrets" {
  name = "my-secrets2"
}

resource "aws_secretsmanager_secret_version" "my_secrets_version" {
  secret_id = aws_secretsmanager_secret.my_secrets.name

  secret_string = jsonencode(
    {
      "API_KEY" : "placeholder",
      "API_SECRET" : "placeholder",
    }
  )

  lifecycle {
    ignore_changes = [secret_string]
  }
}

ephemeral "aws_secretsmanager_secret_version" "my_secrets_ephemeral" {
  secret_id  = aws_secretsmanager_secret_version.my_secrets_version.secret_id
  depends_on = [aws_secretsmanager_secret.my_secrets]
}

Debug Output

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Expected Behavior

ephemeral resource creation is deferred to apply stage and respects the depends_on resource

Actual Behavior

ephemeral resource is opened during plan stage leading to error reading AWS Secrets Manager Secret Versions Data Source (<null>): couldn't find resource

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform init
2. terraform apply

Additional Context

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