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`cf deploy --dry-run` shows no diff against the deployed Worker

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start at the cf deploy --dry-run and --prebuilt deploy flow, then inspect the exported getRemoteConfigDiff and diffJsonObjects helpers in @cloudflare/deploy-helpers. Trace how the Build Output and live Worker configuration are available before upload. Done means dry-run reports changes to bindings, vars, secret names, triggers, custom domains, or other expected configuration without deploying.

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Description

Problem

cf deploy --dry-run (also with --prebuilt) builds and prints the bindings of the version it would upload, but gives no diff against the currently deployed Worker. There is no way to see changed bindings, custom domains, crons or secret names before a deploy runs. We gate CI on a custom guard over the Build Output instead.

Expected

--dry-run (or a separate cf deploy --diff) reports what would change against the live Worker: bindings, vars, secret names, triggers and custom domains. @cloudflare/deploy-helpers already exports getRemoteConfigDiff / diffJsonObjects.

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