{
  "slug": "cdk-import-accepts-notification-arns-a0f879139a85",
  "title": "cdk import accepts --notification-arns",
  "tools": [
    "cdk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-08-19T16:30:39.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-08-19T16:30:39.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When importing resources into a stack that needs event notifications, run `cdk import` with `--notification-arns <ARN...>` to add SNS topic ARNs to those in the stack's `notificationArns` property.",
    "examples": [
      "cdk import --notification-arns <SNS_TOPIC_ARN> [<SNS_TOPIC_ARN> ...]"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 2.1138.0",
      "--notification-arns <ARRAY>: SNS topic ARNs CloudFormation will notify about stack-related events during import; added to ARNs specified by the stack's `notificationArns` property.",
      "CDK stack ID: Construct ID of the stack to import resources into; may be supplied multiple times.",
      "Prerequisite: Use a CDK import setup: run `cdk diff` to check for pending changes and add constructs for the resources to import, modeling their current state.",
      "Prerequisite: Import uses deploy role credentials and requires bootstrap template version 12.",
      "CloudFormation notifies the specified SNS topics about stack-related events during the import."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When importing resources into a stack that needs event notifications, specify the SNS topic ARNs for the import change set.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/releases/tag/aws-cdk%40v2.1138.0",
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/pull/1740",
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/blob/aws-cdk%40v2.1138.0/packages/aws-cdk/README.md",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/ref-cli-cmd-import.html"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98019,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-2b25e9e5b4ec979c-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "b3442951f9c0a6e6fe8a2c402db737f3a3f4b67116af5f58dfd047ca0dc6debb"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "24990e01eca8755f6ed5b35984b12c30c277695ba8f2e079c6a0ee2b63c9410f",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.77 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}