CDK CLI adds --revert-drift option

Introduced 2026-03-09 · score 0.94

HOW TO USE IT

When reconciling out-of-band resource changes with CDK template definitions, deploy the affected stack with the drift-aware change set option. Run `cdk deploy <stack> --revert-drift`.

WHY THIS HELPS

When reconciling actual resource state with CDK template definitions, use the CLI drift-revert option.

REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

• Version: 2.1110.0
• <stack>: CDK stack ID to deploy; omit to deploy according to the app's stack selection behavior.
• --revert-drift: Uses a CloudFormation `REVERT_DRIFT` change set to detect out-of-band drift and revert resources to their template-defined state. Default: false.
• Prerequisite: CDK CLI and a CDK app with the target stack. If the AWS environment is not bootstrapped, only stacks without assets and with synthesized templates under 51,200 bytes can successfully deploy.

FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE

• https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/releases/tag/aws-cdk%40v2.1110.0
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/ref-cli-cmd-deploy.html

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