name : describe-stack-events.rst **To describe stack events** The following ``describe-stack-events`` example displays the 2 most recent events for the specified stack. :: aws cloudformation describe-stack-events \ --stack-name my-stack \ --max-items 2 { "StackEvents": [ { "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204", "EventId": "4e1516d0-e4d6-xmpl-b94f-0a51958a168c", "StackName": "my-stack", "LogicalResourceId": "my-stack", "PhysicalResourceId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204", "ResourceType": "AWS::CloudFormation::Stack", "Timestamp": "2019-10-02T05:34:29.556Z", "ResourceStatus": "UPDATE_COMPLETE" }, { "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204", "EventId": "4dd3c810-e4d6-xmpl-bade-0aaf8b31ab7a", "StackName": "my-stack", "LogicalResourceId": "my-stack", "PhysicalResourceId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-west-2:123456789012:stack/my-stack/d0a825a0-e4cd-xmpl-b9fb-061c69e99204", "ResourceType": "AWS::CloudFormation::Stack", "Timestamp": "2019-10-02T05:34:29.127Z", "ResourceStatus": "UPDATE_COMPLETE_CLEANUP_IN_PROGRESS" } ], "NextToken": "eyJOZXh0VG9XMPLiOiBudWxsLCAiYm90b190cnVuY2F0ZV9hbW91bnQiOiAyfQ==" }