No updates are to be performed AWS Origin: Platform & cloud Last updated 15 Oct 2026

CloudFormation: No updates are to be performed

You ran an update/deploy with a template and parameters identical to what’s deployed, so there’s nothing to change.

Exact message you may see No updates are to be performedThe submitted information didn't contain changesNo changes to deploy
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Meaning

Not a real failure, but aws cloudformation update-stack exits with an error, breaking CI. aws cloudformation deploy supports --no-fail-on-empty-changeset.

Common causes

  • No template or parameter changes since last deploy
  • Changes only in things CloudFormation doesn’t track (code in S3 with the same key)

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Use aws cloudformation deploy --no-fail-on-empty-changeset
  2. Change the S3 key/version for new code artifacts
  3. Treat this message as success in scripts

Detailed fix by platform

AWS CLI

  1. aws cloudformation deploy --stack-name app --template-file template.yaml --no-fail-on-empty-changeset

How to diagnose

  1. Diff — Template/parameters changed?
  2. Artifacts — New S3 key for code?

🔧 Still not fixed?

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