aws-amplify / aws-amplify/amplify-cli

Stack Cloudformation Names are Nondeterministic

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Description

### How did you install the Amplify CLI?

npm 8.19.3

### If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

v16.19.1

### Amplify CLI Version

11.1.1

### What operating system are you using?

Mac

### Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

No manual changes made

### Describe the bug

During the creation of a stack the stackname created is nondeterministic which makes it impossible to determine the stack name and pre-push activities which need stack name information.

The bug is in the [cloudformation initializer].

[cloudformation initializer]:https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-cli/blob/v12.0.0/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/initializer.ts#L60-L62

### Expected behavior

I should be able to determine what a stack name will be based on context within the build without relying on a random timestamp or UUID string.

### Reproduction steps

1. Create an amplify application without any environments and hook up CI builds.
2. Push a change to a CI environment.
3. A random backend environment name is chosen and the stack created has a random id in it.

### Project Identifier

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### Log output

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### Additional information

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### Before submitting, please confirm:

- [X] I have done my best to include a minimal, self-contained set of instructions for consistently reproducing the issue.
- [X] I have removed any sensitive information from my code snippets and submission.

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