How do I update a CloudFormation stack with state UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE?

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Jiew Meng picture Jiew Meng · Sep 17, 2017 · Viewed 16.1k times · Source

Is it impossible to update a CloudFormation stack once it goes into the UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state? I am using CodePipeline to deploy things. I find that once a stack goes into some invalid state, many times, I have to delete the stack manually and let it recreate everything again. Is that the right way to do this?

Answer

TimB picture TimB · Sep 26, 2017

If the stack is in UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state you should be able to update the stack again.

If the rollback failed you may need to call ContinueUpdateRollback from CloudFormation before you can update again.

If your stack is stuck in UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS you may be experiencing this issue.

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