aws-cdk does not update stack description

AWS CDK does not update stack description

Reproduction Steps

import * as core from '@aws-cdk/core';

const app = new core.App();
const stack = new core.Stack(app, 'stack', {
    description: 'aaa',
});

than deploy

cdk deploy stack

than update code

import * as core from '@aws-cdk/core';

const app = new core.App();
const stack = new core.Stack(app, 'stack', {
    description: 'bbb',
});

than deploy again

cdk deploy stack

Error Log

command cdk diff shows difference (it’s right)

Stack stack
Template
[~] Description Description: aaa to bbb

command cdk deploy does nothing (it’s wrong)

stack: deploying...
stack: creating CloudFormation changeset...

 ✅  stack (no changes)

Environment

• CLI Version :1.14.0
• Framework Version: 1.14.0
• OS : darwin
• Language : typescript

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This is 🐛 Bug Report

[djlynux]

@shivlaks tried with --force. The issue persists.

[shivlaks]

I believe users can provide the --force flag to ensure that a deploy goes through even if there are no changes. I’ll test it out to see whether description changes can be pushed out with the flag