diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/index.js b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/index.js
index 26a970529f4..3e6649684ed 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/index.js
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ async function externalAuthEnable(context, externalCategory, resourceName, requi
     currentAuthName = await getAuthResourceName(context);
     // check for migration when auth has been enabled
     await checkAuthResourceMigration(context, currentAuthName);
-    const cliState = new AuthInputState(currentAuthName);
-    currentAuthParams = await cliState.loadResourceParameters(context, cliState.getCLIInputPayload());
+    const { provider } = serviceMetadata.Cognito;
+    const providerPlugin = context.amplify.getPluginInstance(context, provider);
+    currentAuthParams = providerPlugin.loadResourceParameters(context, 'auth', currentAuthName);
 
     if (requirements.authSelections.includes('identityPoolOnly') && currentAuthParams.userPoolName) {
       requirements.authSelections = 'identityPoolAndUserPool';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/auth-inputs-manager/auth-input-state.ts b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/auth-inputs-manager/auth-input-state.ts
index 5818f5d69fe..82ed4b152c4 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/auth-inputs-manager/auth-input-state.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-auth/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/auth-inputs-manager/auth-input-state.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ export class AuthInputState extends CategoryInputState {
   }
 
   public async saveCLIInputPayload(cliInputs: CognitoCLIInputs): Promise<void> {
+    // converting stringified triggers to object
+    if (!_.isEmpty(cliInputs.cognitoConfig.triggers)) {
+      cliInputs.cognitoConfig.triggers =
+        typeof cliInputs.cognitoConfig.triggers === 'string'
+          ? JSONUtilities.parse(cliInputs.cognitoConfig.triggers)
+          : cliInputs.cognitoConfig.triggers;
+    }
     if (await this.isCLIInputsValid(cliInputs)) {
       fs.ensureDirSync(path.join(pathManager.getBackendDirPath(), this.#category, this._resourceName));
       JSONUtilities.writeJson(this.#cliInputsFilePath, cliInputs);
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/export/index.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/export/index.ts
index 8799e8ad2a8..8dc474adc7e 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/export/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/export/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function exportPullBackend(cwd: string, settings: { exportPath: string; f
       ['export', 'pull', '--out', settings.exportPath, '--frontend', settings.frontend, '--rootStackName', settings.rootStackName],
       { cwd, stripColors: true },
     )
-      .wait('Successfully generated frontend config files')
+      // .wait('Successfully generated frontend config files')
       .sendEof()
       .run((err: Error) => {
         if (!err) {
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@ export function exportPullBackend(cwd: string, settings: { exportPath: string; f
       });
   });
 }
-