Issues with ec2 describe-images when using filters with marketplace AMIs

Question

I seem to be unable to search for marketplace AMIs when using a filter; this is frustrating because we use the product code to find the most up to date AMI.

Searching for a standard AMI that you'd find if trying to launch an instance from the console:
```
➜  aws ec2 describe-images --filters Name="image-id",Values="ami-09e2d756e7d78558d" --debug | cat
2022-09-21 14:38:36,360 - MainThread - awscli.formatter - DEBUG - RequestId: f3bf3f72-eabe-46a2-bdad-151712069a87
{
    "Images": [
        {
            "Architecture": "x86_64",
            "CreationDate": "2022-08-17T23:46:17.000Z",
            "ImageId": "ami-09e2d756e7d78558d",
            "ImageLocation": "amazon/amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20220805.0-x86_64-gp2",
            "ImageType": "machine",
            "Public": true,
            "OwnerId": "137112412989",
            "PlatformDetails": "Linux/UNIX",
            "UsageOperation": "RunInstances",
            "State": "available",
            "BlockDeviceMappings": [
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
                    "Ebs": {
                        "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                        "SnapshotId": "snap-0b1e0b58f54fc89ef",
                        "VolumeSize": 8,
                        "VolumeType": "gp2",
                        "Encrypted": false
                    }
                }
            ],
            "Description": "Amazon Linux 2 Kernel 5.10 AMI 2.0.20220805.0 x86_64 HVM gp2",
            "EnaSupport": true,
            "Hypervisor": "xen",
            "ImageOwnerAlias": "amazon",
            "Name": "amzn2-ami-kernel-5.10-hvm-2.0.20220805.0-x86_64-gp2",
            "RootDeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
            "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
            "SriovNetSupport": "simple",
            "VirtualizationType": "hvm",
            "DeprecationTime": "2024-08-17T23:46:17.000Z"
        }
    ]
}
```

Searching for a marketplace AMI using the `--image-id` param:
```
➜   aws ec2 describe-images --image-ids ami-0e1415fedc1664f51 --debug| cat
2022-09-21 14:39:14,069 - MainThread - awscli.formatter - DEBUG - RequestId: 3d52e935-1d74-48aa-b205-6dad06d23eb6
{
    "Images": [
        {
            "Architecture": "x86_64",
            "CreationDate": "2020-07-31T17:51:20.000Z",
            "ImageId": "ami-0e1415fedc1664f51",
            "ImageLocation": "aws-marketplace/OpenVPN Access Server Community Image-fe8020db-5343-4c43-9e65-5ed4a825c931-ami-06585f7cf2fb8855c.4",
            "ImageType": "machine",
            "Public": true,
            "OwnerId": "679593333241",
            "PlatformDetails": "Linux/UNIX",
            "UsageOperation": "RunInstances",
            "ProductCodes": [
                {
                    "ProductCodeId": "f2ew2wrz425a1jagnifd02u5t",
                    "ProductCodeType": "marketplace"
                }
            ],
            "State": "available",
            "BlockDeviceMappings": [
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
                    "Ebs": {
                        "DeleteOnTermination": true,
                        "SnapshotId": "snap-0bb5570e9d1eb75ea",
                        "VolumeSize": 8,
                        "VolumeType": "gp2",
                        "Encrypted": false
                    }
                },
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sdb",
                    "VirtualName": "ephemeral0"
                },
                {
                    "DeviceName": "/dev/sdc",
                    "VirtualName": "ephemeral1"
                }
            ],
            "Description": "OpenVPN Access Server 2.8.3 publisher image from https://www.openvpn.net/.",
            "EnaSupport": true,
            "Hypervisor": "xen",
            "ImageOwnerAlias": "aws-marketplace",
            "Name": "OpenVPN Access Server Community Image-fe8020db-5343-4c43-9e65-5ed4a825c931-ami-06585f7cf2fb8855c.4",
            "RootDeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
            "RootDeviceType": "ebs",
            "SriovNetSupport": "simple",
            "VirtualizationType": "hvm",
            "DeprecationTime": "2022-07-31T17:51:20.000Z"
        }
    ]
}
```

Searching for the same AMI; using the `image-id` filter (that worked for the first request):
```
➜ aws ec2 describe-images --filters Name="image-id",Values="ami-0e1415fedc1664f51" --debug | cat
2022-09-21 14:39:41,422 - MainThread - awscli.formatter - DEBUG - RequestId: 1de1f1a6-76cf-4664-bde5-1f8a3f061815
{
    "Images": []
}
```

This was working the other day; or so I believe... am I doing something daft or has this behavior changed?

Accepted Answer

I can't read good, the AMI is deprecated:
```
"DeprecationTime": "2022-07-31T17:51:20.000Z"
```

I don't think the vendor is even aware of this given that this apparently happens automatically (and they haven't published another AMI): https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/03/amazon-machine-images-public-visibility-two-years/

Issues with ec2 describe-images when using filters with marketplace AMIs

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