The L1 AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder deadlocks the CDK stack
(recorder can't complete without a delivery channel; channel can't be
created without a recorder — observed 2026-06-01).
Fix: three AwsCustomResource nodes call PutConfigurationRecorder →
PutDeliveryChannel → StartConfigurationRecorder in sequence. Put* is
an idempotent upsert, so the deploy adopts the existing CLI-created
recorder and channel without destroying or interrupting them. onDelete
stops recording rather than deleting the per-account singleton.
New IAM permissions on the custom-resource role (cross-reviewed,
GPT-4.1 APPROVE — no BLOCK):
config:PutConfigurationRecorder
config:PutDeliveryChannel
config:StartConfigurationRecorder
config:StopConfigurationRecorder
iam:PassRole → seahaven-config-recorder-role (service=config)
cdk diff shows [+] adds only — no existing resources destroyed or
replaced. Removes README note that recorder/channel are CLI-only.
Refs: INFRA-17
* Add account detective layer + budget (audit Day 1: H-2/H-3/H-4/M-5/M-10)
Adds to the seahaven-account-baseline stack:
- AWS Config recorder (all + global resources) + delivery channel + role +
hardened delivery bucket (H-2, CIS 3.3/3.5). Recorder role IAM cross-reviewed.
- GuardDuty detector, us-east-1 (H-3)
- Security Hub with AWS FSBP v1.0.0 + CIS v3.0.0 standards, depends on Config (H-4)
- IAM Access Analyzer, account scope (M-5)
- Monthly cost budget $1,200 with 80/100% actual + 100% forecast alerts to
adam@seahavenind.com (M-10)
Scope us-east-1 only (all workloads here); multi-region is a follow-up.
The CLI-applied governance toggles (M-6/M-3/M-7/L-8/M-11) are documented
separately in the README runbook.
* Document Day 1 detective layer + CLI governance toggles in README
* Move Config recorder+channel to CLI (L1 stabilization deadlock)
The L1 AWS::Config::ConfigurationRecorder hangs the stack: it never reaches
CREATE_COMPLETE until recording is active (needs a delivery channel), and the
delivery channel cannot be created until the recorder completes — a deadlock
that hung the deploy ~27 min before manual cancel (2026-06-01).
Keep the cross-reviewed recorder role + delivery bucket in IaC; create the
recorder, delivery channel, and start recording via CLI (documented in README).
Security Hub no longer takes a CFN dependency on the recorder; CIS/FSBP controls
evaluate once Config is recording. Verified live: recording=true, SUCCESS.
