SAM deploy error - Template format error: Unrecognized resource types: [AWS::Athena::NamedQuery]

Question

I am trying to deploy updates to an existing SAM template and receiving the following error in `us-east-1` -

```
An error occurred (ValidationError) when calling the GetTemplateSummary operation: Template format error: Unrecognized resource types: [AWS::Athena::NamedQuery]
```

I have removed NamedQuery resources in the updated template that I am trying to deploy. I don't know why SAM still thinks the resources are still there in the template.

I have never seen this error and searching for information about it does not return any meaningful results. If anyone here has faced this issue, I would really appreciate some guidance to resolve this. Thanks!

Answer

Did you do a 
```
sam package
```
 after you removed the NamedQuery resource?

Answer

As you mentioned you're deploying the Stack in `us-east-1`, this would rule out the `AWS::Athena::NamedQuery` resource not being supported.

Seems to be on the `GetTemplateSummary` API which is called as part of `aws cloudformation deploy` and also `sam deploy`.

* Was the `AWS::Athena::NamedQuery` resource previously in the template as part of a condition that did not actually create the resource?

If so, did a subsequent update to the stack fail causing it to rollback?

Performing an update operation directly on the Stack via CloudFormation, for example, adding a WaitConditionHandle and removing it in a subsequent update should allow you to proceed.

SAM deploy error - Template format error: Unrecognized resource types: [AWS::Athena::NamedQuery]

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