# "the specified bucket does not exist": lambdas are now in an unstable state **URL:** \ **Category:** Serverless Framework\ **Tags:** lambda\ **Created:** [September 5, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693 "2018-09-05T21:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/1 "2018-09-05T21:33:08Z")
macbook:js owendall$ SLS\_DEBUG="\*" serverless deploy Serverless: Load command config Serverless: Load command config:credentials Serverless: Load command create Serverless: Load command install Serverless: Load command package Serverless: Load command deploy Serverless: Load command deploy:function Serverless: Load command deploy:list Serverless: Load command deploy:list:functions Serverless: Load command invoke Serverless: Load command invoke:local Serverless: Load command info Serverless: Load command logs Serverless: Load command login Serverless: Load command logout Serverless: Load command metrics Serverless: Load command print Serverless: Load command remove Serverless: Load command rollback Serverless: Load command rollback:function Serverless: Load command slstats Serverless: Load command plugin Serverless: Load command plugin Serverless: Load command plugin:install Serverless: Load command plugin Serverless: Load command plugin:uninstall Serverless: Load command plugin Serverless: Load command plugin:list Serverless: Load command plugin Serverless: Load command plugin:search Serverless: Load command config Serverless: Load command config:credentials Serverless: Load command rollback Serverless: Load command rollback:function Serverless: Invoke deploy Serverless: Invoke package Serverless: Invoke aws:common:validate Serverless: Invoke aws:common:cleanupTempDir Serverless: Packaging service… Serverless: Excluding development dependencies… Serverless: Invoke aws:package:finalize Serverless: Invoke aws:common:moveArtifactsToPackage Serverless: Invoke aws:common:validate Serverless: Invoke aws:deploy:deploy Serverless Error --------------------------------------- The specified bucket does not exist Stack Trace -------------------------------------------- ServerlessError: The specified bucket does not exist at BbPromise.fromCallback.catch.err (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:270:11) From previous event: at persistentRequest (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:253:13) at doCall (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:205:9) at BbPromise (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:222:14) From previous event: at persistentRequest (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:203:38) at Object.request.requestQueue.add [as promiseGenerator] (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:243:49) at Queue.\_dequeue (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/node\_modules/promise-queue/lib/index.js:153:30) at /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/node\_modules/promise-queue/lib/index.js:109:18 From previous event: at Queue.add (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/node\_modules/promise-queue/lib/index.js:94:16) at AwsProvider.request (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/provider/awsProvider.js:243:39) at AwsDeploy.getMostRecentObjects (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js:33:26) From previous event: at AwsDeploy.checkForChanges (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.js:20:8) From previous event: at Object.aws:deploy:deploy:checkForChanges [as hook] (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/index.js:106:10) at BbPromise.reduce (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:390:55) From previous event: at PluginManager.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:390:22) at PluginManager.spawn (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:408:17) at AwsDeploy.BbPromise.bind.then (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/index.js:95:48) From previous event: at Object.deploy:deploy [as hook] (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/index.js:91:10) at BbPromise.reduce (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:390:55) From previous event: at PluginManager.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:390:22) at PluginManager.run (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/classes/PluginManager.js:421:17) at variables.populateService.then.then (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/Serverless.js:157:33) at runCallback (timers.js:810:20) at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:768:5) at processImmediate [as \_immediateCallback] (timers.js:745:5) From previous event: at Serverless.run (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/lib/Serverless.js:144:8) at serverless.init.then (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/serverless/bin/serverless:43:50) at Get Support -------------------------------------------- Docs: [docs.serverless.com](http://docs.serverless.com) Bugs: [github.com/serverless/serverless/issues](http://github.com/serverless/serverless/issues) Issues: [forum.serverless.com](http://forum.serverless.com) Your Environment Information ----------------------------- OS: darwin Node Version: 8.11.2 Serverless Version: 1.30.3 macbook:js owendall$ My serverless is in an unstable state. I cleared out the contents of the s3 buckets I am using… I don’t understand the debug output above. **What is the best way to restart and clear with SLS on AWS?** Thanks! Owen ---
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/2 "2018-09-05T22:07:11Z")
1. I removed all s3 buckets used for data 2. I removed the s3 serverless deploy bucket 3. I removed the local .serverless files to try to restart Which bucket is the error message referring to? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/serverless/original/2X/d/d850ab9887f9d0144a582f0c40c9e8ce792c6ad9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/3 "2018-09-05T22:37:16Z")
I changed the service name, and killed the last .serverless folder. Now it works. Why did I need to change the name? 🙂 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/serverless/original/2X/f/f764cbed16e5df462ec5958335bdc3e63dfb52d5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/4 "2018-09-05T22:46:19Z")
…except the functions aren’t being deployed as SLS says: “Service files not changed, Skipping deployment.” ??? ---
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/5 "2018-09-06T03:26:12Z")
OK, so I went to AWS “CloudFormation” and deleted the record that existed: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/serverless/original/2X/3/323bf43dbbe7fbd2cf32e49f256b3a8d8621d2bc.png) And re-ran this command: $ sls deploy --force ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/serverless/original/2X/c/cfd3405a08759ed342da32dd7a3ff5704c65ad1f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![owendall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/owendall/32/825_2.png) [@owendall](https://forum.serverless.com/u/owendall)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/the-specified-bucket-does-not-exist-lambdas-are-now-in-an-unstable-state/5693/6 "2018-09-06T03:27:48Z")
Finally, the functions appear: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/serverless/original/2X/d/d9e65abb23bbbfd889f5765ef62b3dd06556ab7c.png)