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## Title

    [crossplane provider-mongodbatlas] Configuration.alert panics due to misconfigured external name function

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    (bug): `Configuration.alert` panics and recovers due to misconfigured external name function
    
    Creation of any `Configuration.alert` panics and recovers with the following provider logs: ``` 2026-10-02T06:27:19Z DEBUG provider-mongodbatlas Cannot observe external resource {"controller": "managed/alert.mongodbatlas.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=configuration", "request": {"name":"test"}, "uid": "45f9d5f5-d4d3-474a-b0dd-a81fb49144b0", "version": "2878", "external-name": "", "error": "read resource request failed: error getting Alert Configuration information: %s: groupId is empty and must be specified", "errorVerbose": "error getting Alert Configuration information: %s: groupId is empty and must be specified\ngithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2/pkg/controller.getFatalDiagnostics\n\tgithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2@v2.4.1-0.20260831174131- 924646d3b6ad/pkg/controller/external_tfpluginfw.go:1115\ngithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2/pkg/controller.(*terraformPluginFrameworkExtern alClient).Observe\
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub crossplane-contrib/provider-mongodbatlas #197
    
    ## Trigger / context
    Public GitHub report in crossplane-contrib/provider-mongodbatlas (FRESH_7D).
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://github.com/crossplane-contrib/provider-mongodbatlas/issues/197 (2026-10-02T06:51:33Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #197
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_7D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:49:02.645589Z
    - scout_id: C7673d9c248
    
    ## Scout notes
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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "(bug): `Configuration.alert` panics and recovers due to misconfigured external name function\n\nCreation of any `Configuration.alert` panics and recovers with the following provider logs: ``` 2026-10-02T06:27:19Z DEBUG provider-mongodbatlas Cannot observe external resource {\"controller\": \"managed/alert.mongodbatlas.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=configuration\", \"request\": {\"name\":\"test\"}, \"uid\": \"45f9d5f5-d4d3-474a-b0dd-a81fb49144b0\", \"version\": \"2878\", \"external-name\": \"\", \"error\": \"read resource request failed: error getting Alert Configuration information: %s: groupId is empty and must be specified\", \"errorVerbose\": \"error getting Alert Configuration information: %s: groupId is empty and must be specified\\ngithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2/pkg/controller.getFatalDiagnostics\\n\\tgithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2@v2.4.1-0.20260831174131- 924646d3b6ad/pkg/controller/external_tfpluginfw.go:1115\\ngithub.com/crossplane/upjet/v2/pkg/controller.(*terraformPluginFrameworkExtern alClient).Observe\\",
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