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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

AWS CloudFormation Contract Tests v2: Catch Resource Issues Before Submission

AWS CloudFormation now supports contract tests v2, letting you run deeper validation scenarios on your resource types through the cfn test --v2 command. This new feature adds live-state verification, schema backward-compatibility checks, and detailed reporting—helping you spot problems locally before submitting to the registry across all AWS Regions.

source: [aws/whats-new]