diff: cdk diff does not handle non-latin characters correctly

[igormukhin]

Describe the bug

If the deployed version of your CF template has non-latin characters in it, the cdk diff does not understand those characters.

Expected Behavior

cdk diff should correctly handle non-latin characters in the deployed version of CF template.

Current Behavior

non-latic characters in the deployed version of CF template are seen as question marks ?.

Reproduction Steps

Use:

const app = new cdk.App();
const bugStack = new Stack(app, 'non-latin-in-diff-bug');
new secMan.Secret(bugStack, 'secret', {
    secretName: 'secret',
    description: 'привет öäüß',
});

Run: cdk deploy non-latin-in-diff-bug
Then run: cdk diff non-latin-in-diff-bug

The output will be:

Stack non-latin-in-diff-bug
Resources
[~] AWS::SecretsManager::Secret secret secret4DA88516 
 └─ [~] Description
     ├─ [-] ?????? ????
     └─ [+] привет öäüß

Possible Solution

No response

Additional Information/Context

No response

CDK CLI Version

2.43.0 (build 487870a)

Framework Version

2.43.0

Node.js Version

v16.15.1

OS

Windows 10

Language

Typescript

Language Version

4.8.3

Other information

No response

[peterwoodworth]

I'm pretty certain that unfortunately, CloudFormation's GetTemplate API call, which we utilize under the hood to make diff possible, messes up certain characters in a way that is non recoverable, and there's nothing we can do about it. This may be something you will want to report in the CloudFormation Coverage Roadmap

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