CloudFormation doesn't deploy to API gateway stages on update

Question

When I run CloudFormation deploy using a template with API Gateway resources, the first time I run it, it creates and deploys to stages. The subsequent times I

Answer 1

When your template specifies a deployment, CloudFormation will create that deployment only if it doesn't already exist. When you attempt to run it again, it observes that the deployment still exists so it won't recreate it, thus no deployment. You need a new resource id for the deployment so that it will create a new deployment. Read this for more information: https://currentlyunnamed-theclassic.blogspot.com/2018/12/mastering-cloudformation-for-api.html