Using existing agent (pre config-bundles) and adding cbs doesn't push remote

[rhbelson]

Description

agentcore add config-bundle succeeds and agentcore deploy -y completes without error, but the deployed config bundles are never recognized by the service. Running agentcore cb versions --bundle NutritionControl returns Error: Configuration bundle "NutritionControl" not found. Has it been deployed?, and agentcore status shows both bundles as "Local only" even after a successful deploy.

Attempting to re-add the bundles with --branch and --commit-message flags then fails with "Configuration Bundle already exists," creating a dead-end where the bundles exist locally (blocking re-creation) but were never actually provisioned remotely (blocking version queries or A/B test usage).

The root cause appears to be that agentcore deploy does not actually deploy config bundles to the service — it only deploys the runtime/memory infrastructure — leaving bundles stranded in local state with no CLI path to push them to the remote.

Steps to Reproduce

CONTROL_PROMPT=$(cat app/personalAgent/system-prompt.txt | jq -Rs .)
agentcore add config-bundle \
  --name NutritionControl \
  --components "$(jq -n --arg prompt "$(cat app/personalAgent/system-prompt.txt)" \
    '{"{{runtime:personalAgent}}": {"configuration": {"systemPrompt": $prompt}}}')"
Added configuration bundle 'NutritionControl'
(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore deploy -y
✓ Load deployment target
✓ Validate project
✓ Build CDK project
✓ Synthesize CloudFormation
✓ Check bootstrap status
✓ Check stack status
✓ Deploy to AWS
✓ Persist deployment state

✓ Deployed to 'default' (stack: AgentCore-personalAgent-default)

Outputs:
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRoleArnOutputD767CFF3: arn:aws:iam::227017984506:role/AgentCore-personalAgent-d-ApplicationAgentPersonalA-DpVMFPyedKB3
  ApplicationMemoryNames676588DB: SharedMemory
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRuntimeIdOutputBEC9CA78: personalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU
  ApplicationMemorySharedMemoryArnOutputCDD403B7: arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:memory/personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRuntimeArnOutput79B88F18: arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:runtime/personalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU
  ApplicationMemoryIds538D889E: personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  ApplicationMemorySharedMemoryIdOutput00409E82: personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  StackNameOutput: AgentCore-personalAgent-default

Note: Transaction search enabled. It takes ~10 minutes for transaction search to be fully active and for traces from invocations to be indexed.
Next: agentcore invoke | agentcore status

Log: agentcore/.cli/logs/deploy/deploy-20260504-213520.log
(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore add config-bundle \
  --name NutritionTreatment \
  --components "$(jq -n --arg prompt "$(cat rapp/personalAgent/system-prompt.txt)" \
    '{"{{runtime:personalAgent}}": {"configuration": {"systemPrompt": $prompt}}}')"
cat: rapp/personalAgent/system-prompt.txt: No such file or directory
^C(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore add config-bundle \                                                                                    agentcore add config-bundle \
  --name NutritionTreatment \
  --components "$(jq -n --arg prompt "$(cat app/personalAgent/system-prompt.txt)" \
    '{"{{runtime:personalAgent}}": {"configuration": {"systemPrompt": $prompt}}}')"
Added configuration bundle 'NutritionTreatment'
(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore deploy -y
✓ Load deployment target
✓ Validate project
✓ Build CDK project
✓ Synthesize CloudFormation
✓ Check bootstrap status
✓ Check stack status
✓ Deploy to AWS
✓ Persist deployment state

✓ Deployed to 'default' (stack: AgentCore-personalAgent-default)

Outputs:
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRoleArnOutputD767CFF3: arn:aws:iam::227017984506:role/AgentCore-personalAgent-d-ApplicationAgentPersonalA-DpVMFPyedKB3
  ApplicationMemoryNames676588DB: SharedMemory
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRuntimeIdOutputBEC9CA78: personalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU
  ApplicationMemorySharedMemoryArnOutputCDD403B7: arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:memory/personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  ApplicationAgentPersonalAgentRuntimeArnOutput79B88F18: arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:runtime/personalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU
  ApplicationMemoryIds538D889E: personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  ApplicationMemorySharedMemoryIdOutput00409E82: personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q
  StackNameOutput: AgentCore-personalAgent-default

Note: Transaction search enabled. It takes ~10 minutes for transaction search to be fully active and for traces from invocations to be indexed.
Next: agentcore invoke | agentcore status

Log: agentcore/.cli/logs/deploy/deploy-20260504-213717.log
(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore cb versions --bundle NutritionControl --json
agentcore cb versions --bundle NutritionTreatment --json
Error: Configuration bundle "NutritionControl" not found. Has it been deployed?
Error: Configuration bundle "NutritionTreatment" not found. Has it been deployed?

(.venv) (py313) sagemaker-user@default:~/agentcore-runtime-quickstart/personalAgent$ agentcore status
AgentCore Status (target: default, us-east-1)

Agents
  personalAgent: Deployed - Runtime: READY 
(arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:runtime/personalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU)
  URL: https://bedrock-agentcore.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/runtimes/arn%3Aaws%3Abedrock-agentcore%3Aus-east-1%3A22701
7984506%3Aruntime%2FpersonalAgent_personalAgent-bpV5TVHepU/invocations

Memories
  SharedMemory: Deployed (SEMANTIC, SUMMARIZATION, USER_PREFERENCE) 
(arn:aws:bedrock-agentcore:us-east-1:227017984506:memory/personalAgent_SharedMemory-2a20R7622q)

Config Bundles
  NutritionControl: Local only
  NutritionTreatment: Local only

Expected Behavior

Config Bundles should have identifiers and been remotely deployed.

Actual Behavior

Config Bundles
  NutritionControl: Local only
  NutritionTreatment: Local only

CLI Version

1.0.0-preview.7

Operating System

macOS

Additional Context

No response