Amplify Gen-2 Quickstart not quick enough

[west pivot]

New AWS account & user. Repo copy in Github works, Amplify Gen-2 Quickstart fails to deploy with 'Bootstrap stack version parameter failed to load.'

I assume something with permissions/setup is the issue, but wow is this a bad start. It should just work! At least say why not with links to troubleshooting, common issues, etc.

To me this is the very definition of 'undifferentiated heavy lifting' that AWS is supposed to eliminate, not create?

How about a button that says 'check my configuration' so we can walk through the pre-quickstart steps?

And, IMHO, every step should have a button for "this didn't work" so we can figure out what went wrong (and AWS can learn about the most common issues and fix them, if they actually care).

[wind jewel]

I ran into something similar a few months ago. I am about to try it again now that I have some time to mess about. Did you have any luck? What framework are you trying to use with Amplify? I'm working with Flutter.

[wind jewel]

OK, I worked on it again today, and after some back and forth, I got the quickstart to function.

Question and suggestion. When is the proper time to connect the app to Amplify's console? I did it after launching the app and creating the first user and the backend was connected to a different userpool and I had to delete the first userpool and update the info in amplify_outputs.dart

My suggestion is that the Quickstart should have this connection as part of the guide. Thnaks

[west pivot]

For me the issues boiled down to permissions. In the guide they mostly hand-wave the Identity Center setup, but it's crucial for the quickstart to actually work.
My setup is a react/typescript app. I did eventually get things working. But was not at all "quick".