aws cloudformation delete-stack returns nothing

[adamchainz]

The output and exit code of delete-stack are 0 and empty, respectively, no matter whether the named stack exists, is deletable, etc. Thus any mistake is silently passed over.

[justnance]

@ adamchainz - Thanks for reaching out. This is expected behavior by the CloudFormation service. The CLI is only displaying the error returned by the service and does not have any control over this behavior. Modifying the output to display the results would be a good feature request for the Cloudformation service team. It is recommended to reach out on the CloudFormation forums or contact AWS Support. Once this information is exposed from the API then it should be automatically picked up and displayed by the CLI.

[adamchainz]

The CLI could poll though to check. Or do you never add extra API calls to commands over the underlying API? I'll write a support ticket later today.

[adamchainz]

Reported to support

[justnance]

@adamchainz - Thanks for your feedback and reaching out to Support. We do not add extra API call to commands over the underlying API.

[adamchainz]

Mokay