Issues

• (diff): change-set diff hides added key in JSON string property containing intrinsics

  p1potential-regression
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#2036 · Filter by author corylotze opened on Oct 10, 2026
  

• (drift): cdk drift misses drift on stacks with more than 100 resources (DescribeStackResourceDrifts not paginated)

  p1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#2026 · Filter by author LLlnak opened on Oct 7, 2026
  1

• (deploy): --express --rollback fails any changed nested stack: CloudFormation creates the nested change set with DisableRollback: true

  needs-cfnp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#2016 · Filter by author rrva opened on Oct 2, 2026
  1

• cdk deploy --revert-drift fails with CloudFormation "Internal Failure" after hotswapping SQS / DynamoDB properties

  needs-cfnneeds-triage
  aws/aws-cdk-cli#2002 · Filter by author pahud opened on Sep 28, 2026

• (cli): cdk import requires SetIdentifier for AWS::Route53::RecordSet and skips import if omitted

  aws-cdkbugeffort/smallp2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#2001 · Filter by author ykageyama-mondo opened on Sep 28, 2026
  2

• (init-templates): python README only documents cmd activation, not PowerShell

  aws-cdkbugp2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1984 · Filter by author martinchaumeron opened on Sep 21, 2026

• cdk deploy reports "(no changes)" and exits 0 while the stack is still in UPDATE_FAILED

  p2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1972 · Filter by author sanjanaravikumar-az opened on Sep 18, 2026
  1

• Express Mode: the CLI offers a retry-with-rollback that cannot succeed

  needs-cfnp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1973 · Filter by author sanjanaravikumar-az opened on Sep 18, 2026

• Possible gap: replacement detection only inspects PolicyAction, not Replacement

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1971 · Filter by author sanjanaravikumar-az opened on Sep 18, 2026

• [cdk diff] Modifications to stack-level tags do not surface in cdk diff results, leading to unexpected updates

  aws-cdkbugp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1960 · Filter by author norcroj opened on Sep 11, 2026

• (cli): #1745 removed the express-mode replacement guard, so --express deploys replacements with rollback disabled

  potential-regression
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1931 · Filter by author deeheber opened on Sep 2, 2026
  2

• Improve cdk diff Performance with Parallel Change Set Creation

  aws-cdkeffort/mediumfeature-requestp1
  Feature

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1946 · Filter by author sonal-aws opened on Sep 2, 2026
  2

• cli: cdk import fails on stacks containing non-ASCII characters (GetTemplate mangling)

  bugp2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1915 · Filter by author adriantaut opened on Aug 31, 2026
  1

• (cli): CDK_METHOD env var colision

  aws-cdkbugp2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1906 · Filter by author BDeus opened on Aug 27, 2026
  1

• integ-runner always writes enableLookups: true to the golden snapshot manifest, ignoring the test's real value

  needs-triage
  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1895 · Filter by author Adityaj0 opened on Aug 25, 2026
  1

• perf(toolkit-lib): cdk gc's active-asset lookup is O(assets x stacks x template size)

  Task

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1860 · Filter by author Adityaj0 opened on Aug 20, 2026

• test(cli-integ): integration tests on windows runners

  aws-cdkp2
  Task

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1772 · Filter by author iankhou opened on Jul 29, 2026
  

• (cli): --json is a global option but is silently ignored by most commands

  bugp2
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1695 · Filter by author iliapolo opened on Jul 1, 2026

• (watch) cdk watch hangs indefinitely (no error) on a stack with a CfnParameter that has no default

  aws-cdkp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1648 · Filter by author ShaMan123 opened on Jun 19, 2026

• 🛤️ Tracking issue: cdk migrate resource import limitations

  effort/largep1
  Epic

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1569 · Filter by author mrgrain opened on May 29, 2026

• Synth daemon (and communication with LSP server)

  Feature

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1562 · Filter by author megha-narayanan opened on May 27, 2026
  

• (global): Handling of SSO profiles and CA bundles inconsistent with AWS CLI (and error message unhelpful)

  aws-cdkbugp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1545 · Filter by author crbunney opened on May 22, 2026
  1

• (migrate): fails on unrecognized properties (AbacStatus, SecurityPolicy, RecursiveLoop)

  bugp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1476 · Filter by author Rutika-Karande opened on May 2, 2026
  1

• (cli) CDK CLI hangs indefinitely after command completion in CI environments (GitLab/Kubernetes) - v2.1034.0+

  bugp1
  Bug

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1217 · Filter by author jshah04 opened on Mar 6, 2026
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• (diff): provide an option to detect drift in cdk diff

  @aws-cdk/cloudformation-difffeature-requestp2
  Feature

  aws/aws-cdk-cli#1204 · Filter by author aki-kii opened on Mar 6, 2026
  3