{
  "slug": "cdk-validate-adds-an-unstable-online-mode-079c29b3c4e1",
  "title": "cdk validate adds an unstable online mode",
  "tools": [
    "cdk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-06-15T13:07:57.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-06-15T13:07:57.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When checking a CDK project's configuration online, run `cdk validate --online` with the `validate` unstable feature enabled.",
    "examples": [
      "cdk --unstable=validate validate --online"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 2.1127.0",
      "--unstable=validate (required): Opts in to the unstable `validate` command; the CLI global option takes a feature name.",
      "--online (required): Enables online validation. The official documentation found does not detail this flag's behavior or parameters.",
      "Prerequisite: Use an AWS CDK CLI version that includes `cdk validate`; the release note introduces the command in v2.1127.0.",
      "The `cdk validate` command is behind the `--unstable` flag."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Validate a CDK project online when checking its configuration.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/releases/tag/aws-cdk%40v2.1127.0",
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/blob/main/packages/aws-cdk/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.93023,
  "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-20261017-8a286886d9d6c228-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "93429a0f9ada3ed91a29b4e3dae15b91e7abb757451ca1c9b58a950f38e05079"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "822fcd391d315673837e6b0d7dda2113261e2575fd69206de51ef718e6a1309d",
    "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 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.61 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}