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#  continue-update-rollback  Â¶

##  Description  Â¶

For a specified stack thatâs in the ` UPDATE_ROLLBACK_FAILED  ` state,
continues rolling it back to the ` UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE  ` state.
Depending on the cause of the failure, you can manually [ fix the error
](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html#troubleshooting-
errors-update-rollback-failed) and continue the rollback. By continuing the
rollback, you can return your stack to a working state (the `
UPDATE_ROLLBACK_COMPLETE  ` state), and then try to update the stack again.

A stack goes into the ` UPDATE_ROLLBACK_FAILED  ` state when CloudFormation
canât roll back all changes after a failed stack update. For example, you
might have a stack thatâs rolling back to an old database instance that was
deleted outside of CloudFormation. Because CloudFormation doesnât know the
database was deleted, it assumes that the database instance still exists and
attempts to roll back to it, causing the update rollback to fail.

See also: [ AWS API Documentation
](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/WebAPI/cloudformation-2010-05-15/ContinueUpdateRollback)

##  Synopsis  Â¶

    
    
      continue-update-rollback
    --stack-name <value>
    [--role-arn <value>]
    [--resources-to-skip <value>]
    [--client-request-token <value>]
    [--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
    [--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
    [--debug]
    [--endpoint-url <value>]
    [--no-verify-ssl]
    [--no-paginate]
    [--output <value>]
    [--query <value>]
    [--profile <value>]
    [--region <value>]
    [--version <value>]
    [--color <value>]
    [--no-sign-request]
    [--ca-bundle <value>]
    [--cli-read-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
    [--cli-binary-format <value>]
    [--no-cli-pager]
    [--cli-auto-prompt]
    [--no-cli-auto-prompt]
    

##  Options  Â¶

` --stack-name  ` (string)

> The name or the unique ID of the stack that you want to continue rolling
> back.
>
> ###  Note
>
> Donât specify the name of a nested stack (a stack that was created by
> using the ` AWS::Cloud