{
  "slug": "cdk-validate-adds-watch-41abbcddbf12",
  "title": "cdk validate adds --watch",
  "tools": [
    "cdk"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-07-30T08:09:15.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-07-30T08:09:15.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When you want continuous CDK app validation while editing, run `cdk validate --watch`.",
    "examples": [
      "cdk validate --watch"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 2.1134.0",
      "--watch: Enables the `watchValidate` action. The available official docs do not specify whether it watches all files or how watching behaves.",
      "Prerequisite: Install the AWS CDK CLI using npm; the official guide documents `npm install -g aws-cdk` and installation of a specific version with `npm install -g aws-cdk@X.YY.Z`."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Continuously validate a CDK app while editing it.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk-cli/releases/tag/aws-cdk%40v2.1134.0",
    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/cli.html"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95026,
  "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-20261017-1bc9a559352ed5c5-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "a1a6500b47276e402953f1398eeaf093e15a5a0e8f8e7ec3a4928c5cf7e418cd"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "161336b4f84c1546e8307f5da71ee32cd872ef6f34dfb68a28dc06e18166468b",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.76 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}