serverless deploy fails with ROLLBACK_COMPLETE error

This is a Bug Report

Description

• What went wrong?

I got the following error message upon trying to re-deploy my function after a previous error:

Serverless Error ---------------------------------------

  Stack:arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-2:018790755515:stack/gmail-to-expensify-forwarding-service-dev/0ac0c780-cb27-11e9-9a01-0ab95d3a5528 is in ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state and can not be updated.

• What did you expect should have happened?

Serverless should have attempted to deploy the function.

• What was the config you used?

---
service:
  name: gmail-to-expensify-forwarding-service

frameworkVersion: '>=1.0.0'

provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: ruby2.5
  region: ${opt:region, 'us-east-2'}
  memorySize: 128
  deploymentBucket:
    name: ${env:SERVERLESS_BUCKET_NAME}
  deploymentPrefix: serverless

package:
  include:
    - lib/**
    - bin/**
    - .env

functions:
  forwarderBegin:
    handler: bin/forwarder.begin
    description: Begins scanning for and forwarding receipts.
    timeout: 60
    events:
      - schedule:
          name: Gmail Receipt check
          description: Checks for receipts
          rate: rate(1 minute)
          enabled: true

• What stacktrace or error message from your provider did you see?

Serverless: Packaging service...
Serverless: Excluding development dependencies...
Serverless: Uploading CloudFormation file to S3...
Serverless: Uploading artifacts...
Serverless: Uploading service gmail-to-expensify-forwarding-service.zip file to S3 (13.76 KB)...
Serverless: Validating template...
Serverless: Updating Stack...

  Serverless Error ---------------------------------------

  Stack:arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-2:018790755515:stack/gmail-to-expensify-forwarding-service-dev/0ac0c780-cb27-11e9-9a01-0ab95d3a5528 is in ROLLBACK_COMPLETE state and can not be updated.

  Get Support --------------------------------------------
     Docs:          docs.serverless.com
     Bugs:          github.com/serverless/serverless/issues
     Issues:        forum.serverless.com

  Your Environment Information ---------------------------
     Operating System:          linux
     Node Version:              8.16.1
     Framework Version:         1.50.0
     Plugin Version:            1.3.8
     SDK Version:               2.1.0

Similar or dependent issues:

• #12345

Additional Data

Using awscli to manually delete the CloudFormation stack seems to resolve the issue.

• Serverless Framework Version you’re using:
• Operating System:
• Stack Trace:
• Provider Error messages:

[shivamgupta211]

Encountered same issue while deploying the serverless on AWS. Internally serverless create an AWS cloud formation stack by the name of your serverless name.

In my case, it was in “ROLLBACK_COMPLETE” state, so I manually deleted the stack from AWS console & redeploy the serverless again and worked perfectly.

I hope it helps you.

[cfbao]

Should serverless have done the stack removal and re-creation for users automatically? Or at least provide this as an option?

Edit: Interesting to see that there’s #5631 that’s supposed to fix this issue. Then why are we still seeing this issue?