[aws-resourcegroups] aws-resourcegroups requires an array for tags property but fails CFN stack creation with internal error

description of the bug:

When adding tags to resource groups I am getting this error:

Error: Invalid tag input expected map of {key: value} have [{"Key":"TagKey","Value":"TagValue"}]
    at MapFormatter.parseTags (/Users/amawalte/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/tag-manager.js:81:19)

because the error keeps saying expects map of {key: value} I passed the tags like this:

const rgTags = 
            {
                "Key": "Key",
                "Value": "Value"
            }

This allowed me to get passed the CDK error, and it started creating the stack, however it failed with the internal error:

✗ sudo cdk deploy --app ssm_maintenance_windows.js EBS-resource-groups-stack
EBS-resource-groups-stack: deploying...
EBS-resource-groups-stack: creating CloudFormation changeset...
 0/4 | 12:41:01 PM | CREATE_IN_PROGRESS   | AWS::ResourceGroups::Group | RDS-SIT (RDSSIT)
 0/4 | 12:41:01 PM | CREATE_IN_PROGRESS   | AWS::CDK::Metadata         | CDKMetadata
 0/4 | 12:41:01 PM | CREATE_IN_PROGRESS   | AWS::ResourceGroups::Group | EC2-SIT (EC2SIT)
 1/4 | 12:41:02 PM | CREATE_FAILED        | AWS::ResourceGroups::Group | RDS-SIT (RDSSIT) Internal Failure
    ResourceGroupStack.createResourceGroup (/Users/Amanda/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/lib/resource_groups_stack.js:18:16)
    \_ /Users/Amanda/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/lib/resource_groups_stack.js:14:43
    \_ Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    \_ new ResourceGroupStack (/Users/Amanda/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/lib/resource_groups_stack.js:13:27)
    \_ Object.<anonymous> (/Users/Amanda/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/bin/ssm_maintenance_windows.js:10:28)
    \_ Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1200:30)
    \_ Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1220:10)
    \_ Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1049:32)
    \_ Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:937:14)
    \_ Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12)
    \_ internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47
 2/4 | 12:41:02 PM | CREATE_FAILED        | AWS::ResourceGroups::Group | EC2-SIT (EC2SIT) Internal Failure

So I opened the cloudformation stack in designer and changed from:

This:

"Tags": {
                    "Key": "Key",
                    "Value": "Value"
                }

To This:

"Tags": [
                    {
                        "Key": "Key",
                        "Value": "Value"
                    }
                ]

And it created successfully. So, to double check, I went back to the cdk app and changed the code to match what was successful in cloudformation:

class ResourceGroupStack extends cdk.Stack {
    constructor(scope, id, resourceGroupList) {
        super(scope, id);
        this.resourceGroups = [];
        const rgTags = [
            {
                "Key": "TagKey",
                "Value": "TagValue"
            }
        ]

And it errored out again:

Error: Invalid tag input expected map of {key: value} have [{"Key":"TagKey","Value":"TagValue"}]
    at MapFormatter.parseTags (/Users/amawalte/Downloads/cdk/EBS-SSMMaintenanceWindows/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/tag-manager.js:81:19)

Based on the above tests, CDK will not take the array, even though that is the only acceptable format for aws::resourcegroups::group . To verify, I checked the cdk code:

class MapFormatter {
    parseTags(cfnPropertyTags, priority) {
        const tags = [];
        if (Array.isArray(cfnPropertyTags) || typeof (cfnPropertyTags) !== 'object') {
            throw new Error(`Invalid tag input expected map of {key: value} have ${JSON.stringify(cfnPropertyTags)}`);
        }
        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(cfnPropertyTags)) {
            tags.push({
                key,
                value: `${value}`,
                priority
            });

The above seems to indicate if it it is an array to throw the above error. Ref: https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/pull/1762/files MapFormatter is the funciton that throws the error based on the output .

Environment

• CLI Version aws --version aws-cli/1.17.10 Python/2.7.16 Darwin/18.7.0 botocore/1.14.10 :
• Framework Version: cdk --version 1.42.0 (build 3b64241)
• Node.js Version: ~ node -v v14.3.0
• OS Mojave 10.14.6 :
• Language (Version):

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[eladb]

Until this is resolved, you can use addPropertyOverride to apply the tag to the CFN resource like so:

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

export class Repro9040Stack extends cdk.Stack {
  constructor(scope: cdk.Construct, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
    super(scope, id, props);

    const group = new rg.CfnGroup(this, 'MyGroup', {
      name: 'mygroup'
    });

    group.addPropertyOverride('Tags', [
      {
        Key: 'Mykey',
        Value: 'MyValue'
      }
    ]);
  }
}

This will produce the following template:

{
  "Resources": {
    "MyGroup": {
      "Type": "AWS::ResourceGroups::Group",
      "Properties": {
        "Name": "mygroup",
        "Tags": [
          {
            "Key": "Mykey",
            "Value": "MyValue"
          }
        ]
      },
      "Metadata": {
        "aws:cdk:path": "Repro9040Stack/MyGroup"
      }
    }
  }
}

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