
AWS CloudFormation StackSets now provides new APIs to view resource and stack drift information directly from your management account, eliminating the need to sign into individual target accounts.


<div><p>This article announces new AWS CloudFormation StackSets APIs for accessing resource and stack drift information directly from management accounts.</p><ul><li>New ListStackInstanceResourceDrifts API lists and filters drifted resources by status</li><li>ListStackInstances now includes drift status filter for stack instances</li><li>Eliminates need to sign into individual target accounts to check drift</li><li>Drift occurs when actual resource configuration differs from template</li><li>Available via AWS Console, CLI, and SDKs in all StackSets regions</li></ul><p>These features simplify multi-account stack management by centralizing drift visibility and reducing operational overhead.</p></div>


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