Accelerate AWS CloudFormation troubleshooting with Amazon Q Developer assistance
AWS CloudFormation now offers generative AI assistance powered by Amazon Q Developer to help troubleshoot unsuccessful CloudFormation deployments. This new capability provides easy-to-understand analysis and actionable steps to simplify the resolution of the most common resource provisioning errors encountered during CloudFormation deployments.
When creating or modifying a CloudFormation stack, CloudFormation can encounter errors in resource provisioning, such as missing required parameters for an EC2 instance or inadequate permissions. Previously, troubleshooting a failed stack operation could be a time-consuming process. After identifying the root cause of the failure, you had to search through blogs and documentation for solutions and determine the next steps, leading to longer resolution times. Now, when you review a failed stack operation in the CloudFormation Console, CloudFormation automatically highlights the likely root cause of the failure. You can click the "Diagnose with Q" button in the error alert box and Amazon Q Developer will provide a human-readable analysis of the error, helping you understand what went wrong. If you need further assistance, you can click the "Help me resolve" button to receive actionable resolution steps tailored to your specific failure scenario, helping you accelerate resolution of the error.
To get started, open the CloudFormation Console and navigate to the stack events tab for a provisioned stack. This feature is available in AWS Regions where AWS CloudFormation and Amazon Q Developer are available. Refer to the AWS Region table for service availability details. Visit our user guide to learn more about this feature.