Use DescribeStackEvents with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use DescribeStackEvents.

CLI

AWS CLI

To describe stack events

The following describe-stack-events example displays the 2 most recent events for the specified stack.

aws cloudformation describe-stack-events \
    --stack-name my-stack \
    --max-items 2

{
    "StackEvents": [
        {
            "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204",
            "EventId": "4e1516d0-e4d6-xmpl-b94f-0a51958a168c",
            "StackName": "my-stack",
            "LogicalResourceId": "my-stack",
            "PhysicalResourceId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204",
            "ResourceType": "AWS::CloudFormation::Stack",
            "Timestamp": "2019-10-02T05:34:29.556Z",
            "ResourceStatus": "UPDATE_COMPLETE"
        },
        {
            "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204",
            "EventId": "4dd3c810-e4d6-xmpl-bade-0aaf8b31ab7a",
            "StackName": "my-stack",
            "LogicalResourceId": "my-stack",
            "PhysicalResourceId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204",
            "ResourceType": "AWS::CloudFormation::Stack",
            "Timestamp": "2019-10-02T05:34:29.127Z",
            "ResourceStatus": "UPDATE_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS"
        }
    ],
    "NextToken": "eyJOZXh0VG9XMPLiOiBudWxsLCAiYm90b190cnVuY2F0ZV9hbW91bnQiOiAyfQ=="
}

• For API details, see DescribeStackEvents in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: Returns all stack related events for the specified stack.

Get-CFNStackEvent -StackName "myStack"

Example 2: Returns all stack related events for the specified stack using manual paging starting at the specified token. The starting token for the next page is retrieved after every call with $null indicating no more events remain to be retrieved.

$nextToken = $null
do {
    Get-CFNStack -StackName "myStack" -NextToken $nextToken
    $nextToken = $AWSHistory.LastServiceResponse.NextToken
} while ($nextToken -ne $null)

• For API details, see DescribeStackEvents in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.