error saying parameter.json does not exist in auth folder

[ahsan2hashmi]

How did you install the Amplify CLI?

npm

If applicable, what version of Node.js are you using?

20

Amplify CLI Version

12.10.3

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Did you make any manual changes to the cloud resources managed by Amplify? Please describe the changes made.

yes since I was unable to run amplify pull after i manually added the auth folder from the s3 deployment bucket into the directory manually after running amplify pull but before finishing local configurations.

Describe the bug

Originally when I pull the project from git and ran amplify pull i would get an error like this
2022-11-14T06:16:50.802Z [WARNING]: ✖ There was an error initializing your environment. 2022-11-14T06:16:50.816Z [INFO]: 🛑 Failed to pull the backend. 2022-11-14T06:16:50.816Z [INFO]: File at path: amplify/backend/auth/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/parameters.json' does not exist

After deleting amplify folder and config files and running amplify pull app iid --- env name --
get this error
🛑 Failed to pull the backend.

Learn more at: https://docs.amplify.aws/cli/project/troubleshooting/

Session Identifier: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

im able to pull the backend if I amplify pull --app id and manually add the auth folder from the s3 deployment bucket into the amplify directory manually after running amplify pull but before finishing local configurations.

Other notes:

• i am able to amplify push but not amplify pull. The amplify build also fails when deploying from github.
• the auth folder was also nested in some other folders and not in the root of the s3 deployment bucket
• I have live users so am not able to run amplify remove auth

Expected behavior

run amplify pull and backend should update

Reproduction steps

1. run amplify pull appid -xxxxx
2. get error

Project Identifier

Project Identifier: 9aca2a984adc2c198809949dbc7c5b96
Session Identifier: 34977174-b7e9-43f2-9086-fab981582108

Log output

# Put your logs below this line

🛑 Failed to pull the backend.

Learn more at: https://docs.amplify.aws/cli/project/troubleshooting/

Additional information

im able to pull the backend if I amplify pull --app id and manually add the auth folder from the s3 deployment bucket into the amplify directory manually after running amplify pull but before finishing local configurations.

Other notes:

• i am able to amplify push but not amplify pull. The amplify build also fails when deploying from github.
• the auth folder was also nested in some other folders and not in the root of the s3 deployment bucket
• I have live users so am not able to run amplify remove auth

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[ykethan]

Hey @ahsan2hashmi, thank you for reaching out. wanted to get some additional information on the issue.

the auth folder was also nested in some other folders and not in the root of the s3 deployment bucket

Do you observe duplicate file or a nested #current-cloud-backend folder in the zip? A screenshot of the structure would help us dive into this.

could you provide us the full path in the error amplify/backend/auth/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/parameters.json' does not exist. As the parameters file should be present under the build folder of the auth resource.