(pipelines): "cannot consume a cross reference from stack" when using CDK Pipelines
See original GitHub issueDeploying a subclass of Stage with CdkPipeline to a different region fails because of cdk synth
error.
Reproduction Steps
#!/usr/bin/env node
import 'source-map-support/register';
import { App, Construct, Stage, Stack, StackProps, StageProps, SecretValue } from '@aws-cdk/core';
import { CdkPipeline, SimpleSynthAction } from '@aws-cdk/pipelines';
import * as codepipeline from '@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline';
import * as codepipeline_actions from '@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions';
import * as dynamodb from '@aws-cdk/aws-dynamodb';
class DatabaseStack extends Stack {
constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: StageProps) {
super(scope, id, props);
new dynamodb.Table(this, 'Table', {
partitionKey: { name: 'PK', type: dynamodb.AttributeType.STRING },
});
}
}
class MyApplication extends Stage {
constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: StageProps) {
super(scope, id, props);
new DatabaseStack(this, 'Database');
}
}
class AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack extends Stack {
constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: StackProps) {
super(scope, id, props);
const sourceArtifact = new codepipeline.Artifact();
const cloudAssemblyArtifact = new codepipeline.Artifact();
const pipeline = new CdkPipeline(this, 'Pipeline', {
pipelineName: 'MyAppPipeline',
cloudAssemblyArtifact,
sourceAction: new codepipeline_actions.GitHubSourceAction({
actionName: 'GitHub',
output: sourceArtifact,
oauthToken: SecretValue.secretsManager('GITHUB_TOKEN_NAME'),
owner: 'OWNER',
repo: 'REPO',
}),
synthAction: SimpleSynthAction.standardNpmSynth({
sourceArtifact,
cloudAssemblyArtifact,
}),
});
pipeline.addApplicationStage(new MyApplication(this, 'Prod', {
// stage env
env: {
account: '111111111111',
region: 'eu-west-1',
},
}));
}
}
const app = new App();
new AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack(app, 'AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack', {
// pipeline env
env: {
account: '111111111111',
region: 'us-east-1',
},
});
$ npm run cdk synth
> aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region@0.1.0 cdk /workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region
> cdk "synth"
/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/refs.ts:57
throw new Error(
^
Error: Stack "AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack" cannot consume a cross reference from stack "cross-region-stack-111111111111:eu-west-1". Cross stack references are only supported for stacks deployed to the same environment or between nested stacks and their parent stack
at resolveValue (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/refs.ts:57:11)
at Object.resolveReferences (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/refs.ts:33:24)
at Object.prepareApp (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/prepare-app.ts:31:3)
at Object.synthesize (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/private/synthesis.ts:24:3)
at App.synth (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/stage.ts:188:23)
at process.<anonymous> (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/@aws-cdk/core/lib/app.ts:123:45)
at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:422:26)
at process.emit (events.js:315:20)
at process.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:467:12)
at process.emit (/workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/node_modules/source-map-support/source-map-support.js:495:21)
What did you expect to happen?
Generating a template succeeded.
What actually happened?
pipeline env | stage env | result |
---|---|---|
111111111111, us-east-1 | 111111111111, us-east-1 | Successfully synthesized to /workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/cdk.out |
111111111111, us-east-1 | 222222222222, us-east-1 | Successfully synthesized to /workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/cdk.out |
111111111111, us-east-1 | 111111111111, eu-west-1 | Error: Stack “AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack” cannot consume a cross reference from stack “cross-region-stack-111111111111:eu-west-1” |
111111111111, us-east-1 | 222222222222, eu-west-1 | Error: Stack “AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack” cannot consume a cross reference from stack “cross-region-stack-111111111111:eu-west-1” |
Environment
- CDK CLI Version : v1.87.0
- Framework Version: v1.87.0
- Node.js Version: v14.15.4
- OS : Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
- Language (Version): TypeScript (3.9.7)
Other
cdk version | result |
---|---|
v1.76 | Successfully synthesized to /workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/cdk.out |
v1.77 | Successfully synthesized to /workspaces/aws-cdk-pipelines-cross-region/cdk.out |
v1.78 ~ | Error: Stack “AwsCdkPipelinesCrossRegionStack” cannot consume a cross reference from stack “cross-region-stack-111111111111:eu-west-1” |
This is 🐛 Bug Report
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 3 years ago
- Reactions:4
- Comments:9 (4 by maintainers)
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Ha haaaah! Found the culprit!
Removing that makes it work.
Thanks for the repro @tompiscitell, that was extremely helpful. Still not quite sure why the error didn’t repro for me, but now we have a way to investigate.
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