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AWS CDK Toolkit CLI, the command line tool for CDK apps
Last release 3 days ago
01 Oct 2026
Ships on a steady schedule
a new release about every 2 weeks
Most releases are documented
notes for 46 of the last 60 stable releases
12 versions withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
8 years old
695 releases · first in 2018
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cli: --debug-cli reports active handles that block process exit ( #1651 ) ( 670fd75 ), references #1217
cli: cdk synth --watch re-synthesizes on file changes ( #1851 ) ( ef24968 ), closes #1782
cli: default to errors-only progress when run by an AI agent ( #1850 ) ( 37bbd4d ), closes #1800
cdk CLI alias package declares an entrypoint that does not exist (#1897) (2a6a802)cli: add "errors-only" progress mode that only prints errors
toolkit-lib: every change-set deployment announces "waiting in review for manual execution (--no-execute)" although the change set is executed (#1818)
## 2.1136.0 (2026-08-12) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
## 2.1135.1 (2026-08-07)
change-set diff can miss changes to JSON-typed properties (#1785) (129b1ae), closes #1780 #1780 /github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/issues/1780#issuecomment-5
toolkit-lib: add watchValidate action and cdk validate --watch (#1771) (49eaa58), closes #1762
cdk-explorer: advertise LSP feature and protocol manifest
cannot debug performance issues of internal projects
cli: typescript init templates use tsc + tsx and swc/jest, on typescript 7
cli: don't re-run listeners when replaying corked messages (#1701) (200c183), closes #1585
cli: allow customizing role session name via CDK_ROLE_SESSION_NAME (#1672) (9943606), closes #1120 aws/aws-cdk#22631
aws-cdk: correct project-name argument mapping in cdk init (#1644) (3ff0bdf), closes aws/aws-cdk#31992
cli: cdk validate command (behind --unstable flag)
cdk validate command (behind --unstable flag) (#1527) (c03ef3e)cli: pass CDK_CLI_USERAGENT env var through to telemetry config
bootstrap fails if bucket, ECR repo already exist
cli: resolve command aliases in unknown options check
## 2.1124.0 (2026-05-20) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
cli: add --region as a global CLI option (#1506) (ae2349b), closes #928
CLI send in performance profile if emitted by app
cdk diagnose displays the root cause of a past stack deployment failure
cdk diagnose displays the root cause of a past stack deployment failure (#1378) (acefbf8)cdk orphan command detaches resources from a stack, allowing resource type upgrades (behind --unstable) (#1399) (1d0866e)cdk deploy --method=execute-change-set for two-step deployment workflows (#1271) (5770c26)cli: show diff and prompt for deploy on non-addition changes
## 2.1118.4 (2026-04-20)
cli: deploy with no changes skips outputs and stack ARN (#1387) (b01d06a), closes #1386 #1389 #1273
## 2.1118.2 (2026-04-16)
cli: add projen as devDependency to aws-cdk package
## 2.1118.0 (2026-04-08) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
## 2.1117.0 (2026-04-03) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
cli: add publish-assets command for asset publishing without deployment
cli: CLI fails with Package subpath './bin/cdk' is not defined by "exports" (#1265) (9fa6132), closes #1263
aws-cdk: remove legacy exports (#1250) (37a8766), closes #310 #310
cli: --require-approval any-change only asks for confirmation on broadening changes
## 2.1111.0 (2026-03-11) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
cli: --revert-drift option to bring actual resource states in line with template definitions
cli: concurrent asset builds (#983) (3a415c7), closes #226
cdk import the option--role-arn is also parsed as --record-resource-mapping, creating a mapping file path from ARN (#1177) (88b8417), closes #1175 /github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/issues/1175#issuecomment-3947320712## 2.1108.0 (2026-02-26) ### Features * deps: upgrade aws-cdk-lib
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