feat(core): show token creation stack trace upon resolve error

packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/lazy.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createStackTrace } from './private/stack-trace';
 import { IResolvable, IResolveContext } from "./resolvable";
 import { Token } from "./token";
 
@@ -119,8 +120,13 @@ export class Lazy {
 }
 
 abstract class LazyBase implements IResolvable {
-  public abstract resolve(context: IResolveContext): any;
+  public readonly creationStack: string[];
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.creationStack = createStackTrace();
+  }
 
+  public abstract resolve(context: IResolveContext): any;
   public toString() {
     return Token.asString(this);
   }

packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/private/intrinsic.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class Intrinsic implements IResolvable {
   /**
    * The captured stack trace which represents the location in which this token was created.
    */
-  protected readonly trace: string[];
+  public readonly creationStack: string[];
 
   private readonly value: any;
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class Intrinsic implements IResolvable {
       throw new Error(`Argument to Intrinsic must be a plain value object, got ${value}`);
     }
 
-    this.trace = createStackTrace();
+    this.creationStack = createStackTrace();
     this.value = value;
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class Intrinsic implements IResolvable {
    * @param message Error message
    */
   protected newError(message: string): any {
-    return new Error(`${message}\nToken created:\n    at ${this.trace.join('\n    at ')}\nError thrown:`);
+    return new Error(`${message}\nToken created:\n    at ${this.creationStack.join('\n    at ')}\nError thrown:`);
   }
 }
 

packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/resolvable.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ export interface IResolveContext {
  * Tokens are special objects that participate in synthesis.
  */
 export interface IResolvable {
+  /**
+   * The creation stack of this resolvable which will be appended to errors
+   * thrown during resolution.
+   */
+  readonly creationStack?: string[];
+
   /**
    * Produce the Token's value at resolution time
    */
@@ -113,14 +119,21 @@ export class DefaultTokenResolver implements ITokenResolver {
    * then finally post-process it.
    */
   public resolveToken(t: IResolvable, context: IResolveContext, postProcessor: IPostProcessor) {
-    let resolved = t.resolve(context);
-
-    // The token might have returned more values that need resolving, recurse
-    resolved = context.resolve(resolved);
-
-    resolved = postProcessor.postProcess(resolved, context);
-
-    return resolved;
+    try {
+      let resolved = t.resolve(context);
+
+      // The token might have returned more values that need resolving, recurse
+      resolved = context.resolve(resolved);
+      resolved = postProcessor.postProcess(resolved, context);
+      return resolved;
+    } catch (e) {
+      let message = `Resolution error: ${e.message}.`;
+      if (t.creationStack && t.creationStack.length > 0) {
+        message += `\nObject creation stack:\n  at ${t.creationStack.join('\n  at ')}`;
+      }
+
+      throw new Error(message);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -145,4 +158,4 @@ export class DefaultTokenResolver implements ITokenResolver {
 
     return fragments.mapTokens({ mapToken: context.resolve }).firstValue;
   }
-}
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/test/test.tokens.ts

@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ export = {
       function fn2() {
         class ExposeTrace extends Intrinsic {
           public get creationTrace() {
-            return this.trace;
+            return this.creationStack;
           }
         }
 
@@ -582,6 +582,23 @@ export = {
 
     return tests;
   })(),
+
+  'creation stack is attached to errors emitted during resolve'(test: Test) {
+    function showMeInTheStackTrace() {
+      return Lazy.stringValue({ produce: () => { throw new Error('fooError'); } });
+    }
+
+    const x = showMeInTheStackTrace();
+    let message;
+    try {
+      resolve(x);
+    } catch (e) {
+      message = e.message;
+    }
+
+    test.ok(message && message.includes('showMeInTheStackTrace'));
+    test.done();
+  }
 };
 
 class Promise2 implements IResolvable {