WriteOnlyProperty removed before calling a Delete handler - Contract tests failure due to language specific plugin

[ugudip]

Hi,

My resource has a property "SchemaHandlerPackage", which is both a required property and a writeOnlyProperty. I am running contract_create_delete on my resource. The create handler is invoked and returns success after creating the resource. I return all required properties and the primary ID in the resourceModel after creating the resource.

My create handler returns IN_PROGRESS two times because it takes sometime to create the resource. For these two calls, I see the "SchemaHandlerPackage" in the response(because I return it in the intermediate response as well), something like this(in rpdk.log):

[2020-10-19T19:46:46Z] DEBUG    - Received response
{
    'status': 'IN_PROGRESS',
    'callbackContext': {removed the values here},
    'callbackDelaySeconds': 5,
    'resourceModel': {
        'Arn': 'arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:336098619110:type/resource/Organization-Service-Resource17/00000033',
        'SchemaHandlerPackage': 's3: //cloudformationsampleresourcetype/organization-service-resource17.zip',
        'TypeName': 'Organization::Service::Resource17'
    }
}

But when the handler returns success, the "SchemaHandlerPackage" is disappeared from the response, even though I set it in the code:

[2020-10-19T19:47:32Z] DEBUG    - Received response{
    'status': 'SUCCESS',
    'callbackDelaySeconds': 0,
    'resourceModel': {
        'Arn': 'arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:336098619110:type/resource/Organization-Service-Resource17/00000033',
        'Description': 'Anexampleresourceschemademonstratingsomebasicconstructsandvalidationrules.',
        'IsDefaultVersion': False,
        'LastUpdated': '2020-10-19T19: 46: 50.047Z',
        'ProvisioningType': 'FULLY_MUTABLE',
        'Schema': {},
        'SourceUrl': 'https: //github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-rpdk.git',
        'TimeCreated': '2020-10-19T19: 46: 50.047Z',
        'TypeName': 'Organization::Service::Resource17',
        'VersionId': '00000033',
        'Visibility': 'PRIVATE'
    }
}

I later found out that the writeOnlyProperties are removed before framing the request to the delete handler. By doing this, the writeOnlyProperty, which is also a required property is getting removed, hence the delete handler fails due to a validation error, which results in that contract test failure.

[2020-10-19T19:48:07Z] DEBUG    - Received response
{'status': 'FAILED', 'errorCode': 'InvalidRequest', 'message': 'Model validation failed (#: required key [SchemaHandlerPackage] not found)', 'callbackDelaySeconds': 0}
[2020-10-19T19:48:08Z] DEBUG    - Caught exit recommendation

Solution: Is the "required property validation" necessary for a delete handler? Checking for a Primary Id should be enough for a delete handler as per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/resource-type-test-contract.html#resource-type-test-contract-delete Or you can remove a writeOnlyProperty only if it's not a required property.

Thanks,
Uma