overcast local AWS emulator

Services

Service Reference

Start here for Overcast service coverage, support tiers, and links to per-service endpoint compatibility tables.

Service Reference

Overcast implements the most common local-development workflows across AWS service APIs. Each service page lists supported, partial, work-in-progress, and unsupported operations with notes about emulator-specific limitations.

Start Here

  • S3, SQS, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, and EC2 / VPC have the broadest workflow coverage.
  • CloudFormation is the main entry point for CDK and IaC-driven deployments.
  • IAM stores roles, policies, users, groups, and instance profiles, but is intentionally not a security boundary.
  • Unsupported operations return AWS-shaped 501 Not Implemented responses with x-emulator-unsupported: true.

Common Workflows

WorkflowRelevant Docs
CDK deploymentsCloudFormation, EC2 / VPC, IAM, Lambda, ECS
Messaging and eventsSQS, SNS, EventBridge, Scheduler, Pipes
Serverless APIsLambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch Logs
Containers and registriesECS, ECR, EC2 / VPC, CloudWatch Logs
Storage and dataS3, DynamoDB, RDS, ElastiCache, Kinesis

Support Levels

StatusMeaning
SupportedImplemented for normal SDK/CLI use.
PartialImplemented with documented caveats or missing edge cases.
WIPPresent but still under active development.
UnsupportedNot implemented; returns a modeled unsupported response.

For the full generated service table, see Documentation § Services.