bug: State machine executions not removed when state machine is deleted #13160
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Current Behavior
When calling list-executions for a newly created state machine without executions, if that state machine previously existed, but was deleted, the previous executions are returned for the new state machine
Expected Behavior
Calling list-executions on a newly created state machine that has not been executed should return no executions
How are you starting LocalStack?
Custom (please describe below)
Steps To Reproduce
How are you starting localstack (e.g., bin/localstack command, arguments, or docker-compose.yml)
docker run localstack/localstack
Client commands (e.g., AWS SDK code snippet, or sequence of "awslocal" commands)
# create state machine
aws stepfunctions create-state-machine \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--name "test_state_machine" \
--definition "{\"Comment\": \"LocalStack testing\",\"StartAt\":\"mockState\",\"States\": {\"mockState\": {\"Type\":\"Succeed\",\"QueryLanguage\":\"JSONata\"}}}" \
--role-arn "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MockSFNStateMachineRole" \
# execute state machine
aws stepfunctions start-execution \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:stateMachine:test_state_machine \
# list executions for state machine
aws stepfunctions list-executions \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:stateMachine:test_state_machine \
# delete state machine
aws stepfunctions delete-state-machine \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:stateMachine:test_state_machine \
# confirm state machine deletion
aws stepfunctions list-state-machines \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
# re-create state machine
aws stepfunctions create-state-machine \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--name "test_state_machine" \
--definition "{\"Comment\": \"LocalStack testing\",\"StartAt\":\"mockState\",\"States\": {\"mockState\": {\"Type\":\"Succeed\",\"QueryLanguage\":\"JSONata\"}}}" \
--role-arn "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MockSFNStateMachineRole" \
# list executions for re-created state machine
aws stepfunctions list-executions \
--endpoint-url http://localhost:4566 \
--region us-east-1 \
--state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:stateMachine:test_state_machine \running these steps against LocalStack, the final list-executions returns:
{
"executions": [
{
"executionArn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:execution:test_state_machine:7956b874-3bfa-4bec-a294-b5d7e10f0386",
"stateMachineArn": "arn:aws:states:us-east-1:000000000000:stateMachine:test_state_machine",
"name": "7956b874-3bfa-4bec-a294-b5d7e10f0386",
"status": "SUCCEEDED",
"startDate": "2025-09-16T19:46:01.803240-05:00",
"stopDate": "2025-09-16T19:46:01.953284-05:00"
}
]
}running these steps against AWS, the final list-executions returns:
{
"executions": []
}Environment
- OS: macos Sequoia 15.6.1
- LocalStack:
LocalStack version: 4.8.2.dev6
LocalStack Docker image sha: sha256:bc9bac26855f3554dd1a4c326353581cc1ecfcac3f62c6d884dbda5af5d37646
LocalStack build date: 2025-09-17
LocalStack build git hash: e080fb7beAnything else?
No response
cjp0421 and herm95