fix(toolkit): endless wait if CDKToolkit stack is REVIEW_IN_PROGRESS

packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/util/cloudformation.ts

@@ -371,6 +371,14 @@ export async function stabilizeStack(cfn: CloudFormation, stackName: string) {
     if (status.isInProgress) {
       debug('Stack %s has an ongoing operation in progress and is not stable (%s)', stackName, status);
       return undefined;
+    } else if (status.isReviewInProgress) {
+      // This may happen if a stack creation operation is interrupted before the ChangeSet execution starts. Recovering
+      // from this would requiring manual intervention (deleting or executing the pending ChangeSet), and failing to do
+      // so will result in an endless wait here (the ChangeSet wont delete or execute itself). Instead of blocking
+      // "forever" we proceed as if the stack was existing and stable. If there is a concurrent operation that just
+      // hasn't finished proceeding just yet, either this operation or the concurrent one may fail due to the other one
+      // having made progress. Which is fine. I guess.
+      debug('Stack %s is in REVIEW_IN_PROGRESS state. Considering this is a stable status (%s)', stackName, status);
     }
 
     return stack;

packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/util/cloudformation/stack-status.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ export class StackStatus {
   }
 
   get isInProgress(): boolean {
-    return this.name.endsWith('_IN_PROGRESS');
+    return this.name.endsWith('_IN_PROGRESS') && !this.isReviewInProgress;
+  }
+
+  get isReviewInProgress(): boolean {
+    return this.name === 'REVIEW_IN_PROGRESS';
   }
 
   get isNotFound(): boolean {