feat: deprecating delete existing field in ARecord

gasolima · gasolima · commit 0b28f25cc0ec · 2025-07-23T12:43:14.000+02:00
diff --git a/DEPRECATED_APIs.md b/DEPRECATED_APIs.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 | Module | API Element | Message |
 |--------|-------------|---------|
+| aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53 | RecordSetOptions.​deleteExisting | This property is dangerous and can lead to accidental record deletion in case of deployment failure.|
 | @aws-cdk/core | AppProps.​runtimeInfo | use `versionReporting` instead |
 | @aws-cdk/core | Arn.​parse() | use split instead |
 | @aws-cdk/core | ArnComponents.​sep | use arnFormat instead |
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ export interface RecordSetOptions {
    * > an existing Record Set's `deleteExisting` property from `false -> true` after deployment
    * > will delete the record!
    *
+   * @deprecated This property is dangerous and can lead to accidental record deletion in case of deployment failure.
    * @default false
    */
   readonly deleteExisting?: boolean;

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 | Module | API Element | Message |
 |--------|-------------|---------|
 +| aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53 | RecordSetOptions.deleteExisting | This property is dangerous and can lead to accidental record deletion in case of deployment failure.|
 | @aws-cdk/core | AppProps.runtimeInfo | use `versionReporting` instead |
 | @aws-cdk/core | Arn.parse() | use split instead |
 | @aws-cdk/core | ArnComponents.sep | use arnFormat instead |
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`@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ export interface RecordSetOptions {`
`219`	`219`	* > an existing Record Set's `deleteExisting` property from `false -> true` after deployment
`220`	`220`	`* > will delete the record!`
`221`	`221`	`*`
	`222`	`+ * @deprecated This property is dangerous and can lead to accidental record deletion in case of deployment failure.`
`222`	`223`	`* @default false`
`223`	`224`	`*/`
`224`	`225`	`readonly deleteExisting?: boolean;`