{
  "slug": "cdk-cli-adds-global-region-option-98daf7ca7da7",
  "title": "cdk CLI adds global --region option",
  "tools": [
    "cdk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-05-19T14:05:57.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-05-19T14:05:57.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When a CDK CLI command needs a specific AWS Region, pass `--region <region>` with the command. The CLI uses that Region for deployment operations and context lookup during synthesis.",
    "examples": [
      "cdk <command> --region <region>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 2.1123.0",
      "--region <region>: AWS Region to use; the command-line value takes precedence over other Region sources.",
      "Prerequisite: Install the AWS CDK CLI with npm. Region and AWS authentication are needed for deployment operations and to retrieve context values during synthesis."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When running a CDK CLI command for a repository app that needs a specific region, pass the global region option.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/releases/tag/aws-cdk%40v2.1123.0",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/cli.html",
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/blob/main/packages/aws-cdk/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.97043,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-3005cf80015228a8-0:rescue",
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.97 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.77 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}