aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli

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The CloudFormation Provider Development Toolkit allows you to author your own resource providers and modules that can be used by CloudFormation.

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Forks: 172
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Indexed issues: 137
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Merged PRs (30d): 3

Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 3, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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137 open issues indexed

CloudFormationManagedUploadInfrastructure setup issues Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#720 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 30, 2021
Testing cloudformation resource type requires "cfn submit" Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#695 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 2, 2021
cfn validate does not show a clear message to fix the schema Open

schema processing

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#677 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 1, 2021
Unable to use `oneOf` construct to select between 2 different `properties` structures with overlapping fields Open

bug schema processing

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#672 · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 22, 2021
Docs about Cloudwatch log group in "Monitoring Runtime Logging" incorrect. Open

bug documentation

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#658 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 22, 2020
Allow users to specify different contract test inputs for each individual test / new resource Open

contract tests

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#656 · Opened Dec 17, 2020
Contract test input consistency Open

contract tests

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#655 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 17, 2020
contracts using created_resource have readOnlyProperties stripped Open

contract tests

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#646 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 11, 2020
Support nullable primaryIdentifier property Open

enhancement

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#643 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 4, 2020
Defaults returned by resource fails response_contains_resource_model_equal_current_model Open

contract tests

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#633 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 23, 2020
Best way to handle credentials for external services Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#630 · 11 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2020
Please add support for standard CLI environment variables Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#625 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 11, 2020
AccessDenied when running cfn submit due to SCP Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#623 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 11, 2020
Plugin for the java8 runtime does not support building an image Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#607 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 23, 2020
Merge Inputs and Overrides for Contract Tests Open

contract tests enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#597 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 6, 2020
Multi-Account support for deploying resources Open

cli experience enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#588 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 24, 2020
Add current state identifiers to Read/Delete invocation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#584 · 10 comments · Opened Sep 21, 2020
Limitations when using get_session_token Open

cli experience enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#577 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 17, 2020
Credentials Location on Windows Open

cli experience enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#557 · Opened Aug 28, 2020
Conflict contract tests: contract_update_non_existent_resource and contract_update_create_only_property Open

contract tests question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#550 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 24, 2020
More public documentation/guidance on each contract test Open

contract tests documentation resource-provider-guidance

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#527 · 13 comments · 17 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 4, 2020
Understanding Timeout Behaviour Open

question

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#514 · 4 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 25, 2020
Accessing IAM Roles with Contract Tests Open

contract tests enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#511 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2020
Set Type Default Version incorrect parameter description. Open

documentation

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#441 · Opened May 17, 2020
CloudFormation service cast most types into strings Open

question researching

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#435 · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 5, 2020
new `register-type-set` operation Open

enhancement

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#433 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened May 2, 2020
`register-type` should create the logging role Open

enhancement more-info-needed researching

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#432 · 2 reactions · Opened May 2, 2020
cfn init should enforce namespace restrictions Open

enhancement researching

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#431 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 2, 2020
Deregistering versions is not intuitive Open

enhancement good first issue p1 researching

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#401 · 3 comments · 17 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 25, 2020
Publish AWS common definitions Open

researching

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#374 · 5 comments · 7 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 23, 2019
Support submit with an already existing zip file Open

cli experience enhancement good first issue p1

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#291 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 20, 2019
Add more metadata to resolved types in ModelResolver Open

codegen enhancement p2 schema processing

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#279 · Opened Aug 30, 2019
Allow contract test overrides to be loaded from env Open

cli experience contract tests enhancement p1 watch

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#274 · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 23, 2019
Create new folder on init Open

cli experience enhancement good first issue p2

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#272 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 20, 2019
Run SAM CLI automatically for tests Open

contract tests enhancement p2 watch

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#263 · Opened Aug 7, 2019
Add support for multiple resource types backed by common handlers in one project Open

cli experience enhancement p2

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#243 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened May 30, 2019
Resource generation outstanding issues Open

bug contract tests researching

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli#118 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 20, 2018

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