aws / aws/aws-cdk

cli: report undeleted resources after cdk destroy

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effort/medium feature-request p2 package/tools
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Description

### Describe the feature

Hi,

It would be nice if the CDK cli could report resources that will not be deleted by `cdk destroy`.
Ideally, this report is displayed before confirmation.

Note: This is a duplicate of #15749 which was closed automatically.
See [this comment](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/15749#issuecomment-1230577840) for possible workarounds.

### Use Case

- To have more information about what is happening
- To prevent having some unused resources that are billed

### Proposed Solution

_No response_

### Other Information

_No response_

### Acknowledgements

- [ ] I may be able to implement this feature request
- [ ] This feature might incur a breaking change

### CDK version used

2.38.1

### Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

any OS

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the CDK CLI's cdk destroy entry point and review the workaround discussion linked from issue #15749. Define how undeleted resources are identified and reported before confirmation, then verify the report covers resources that destroy will leave behind.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, typescript
Domain
cli, cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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