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@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ const awsCustom = new cr.AwsCustomResource(this, 'aws-custom', {
 })
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+You can omit `PhysicalResourceId` property in `onUpdate` to passthrough the value in `onCreate`. This behavior is useful when using Update APIs that response with an empty body.
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+> AwsCustomResource.getResponseField() and .getResponseFieldReference() will not work if the Create and Update APIs don't consistently return the same fields.
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 ### Handling Custom Resource Errors
 
 Every error produced by the API call is treated as is and will cause a "FAILED" response to be submitted to CloudFormation.