{
  "slug": "aws-cli-output-off-suppresses-stdout-69c54802d581",
  "title": "aws-cli --output off suppresses stdout",
  "tools": [
    "aws-cli"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-02-27T19:05:56.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-02-27T19:05:56.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When a repository workflow must suppress AWS CLI stdout while keeping errors visible, add `--output off` to the command. Error messages remain on stderr.",
    "examples": [
      "aws s3api list-buckets --output off",
      "aws s3api head-bucket --bucket <bucket> --output off 2>/dev/null"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 2.34.0",
      "--output off: Selects the `off` output format, which suppresses command output to stdout; errors are still written to stderr."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Run an AWS CLI command in a repository workflow where stdout must be suppressed while errors and warnings remain visible.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/2.34.0/CHANGELOG.rst",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-output-format.html"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96027,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "cloud-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "cloud-20261008:cloud-20261008-f5425a5fa89f06ab-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "ba097c162645869643712e168ebefd53bf1a62173e5e8935ad69d18d348dd857"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "773c1db113a340424a14aa775106b07cc21e63d4d97c437b637ef61b46da91cc",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "cloud-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.67 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}