Unable to bootstrap SES v1 Email Identity without Pro

[JonathanAtCenterEdge]

Given a template yaml

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Resources:
  ExampleEmailIdentity:
    Type: AWS::SES::EmailIdentity
    Properties:
      EmailIdentity: no-reply@example.com

with this Aspire resource

var awsResources = builder.AddAWSCloudFormationTemplate("aws-resources", "app-resources.yaml")
    .WithReference(localstack);

Cloud Formation fails with the following

2026-03-16T14:31:24 Provisioning aws-resources...
2026-03-16T14:31:24 Waiting for resource 'localstack' to enter the 'Running' state.
2026-03-16T14:31:32 Waiting for resource 'localstack' to become healthy.
2026-03-16T14:31:36 Waiting for resource ready to execute for 'localstack'.
2026-03-16T14:31:36 Finished waiting for resource 'localstack'.
2026-03-16T14:31:36 Creating CloudFormation change set.
2026-03-16T14:31:36 ... Waiting for change set to be reviewed
2026-03-16T14:31:39 Executing CloudFormation change set
2026-03-16T14:31:39 Initiated CloudFormation stack creation for aws-resources
2026-03-16T14:31:39 ... Waiting for CloudFormation stack aws-resources to be ready
2026-03-16T14:31:39 --------------------------------------------------------------
2026-03-16T14:31:42 03/16/2026 18:31     aws-resources                            CREATE_IN_PROGRESS                      
2026-03-16T14:31:42 03/16/2026 18:31     ExampleEmailIdentity                     CREATE_IN_PROGRESS                      
2026-03-16T14:31:42 03/16/2026 18:31     ExampleEmailIdentity                     CREATE_FAILED                            Resource provider operation failed: 
2026-03-16T14:31:42 03/16/2026 18:31     aws-resources                            CREATE_FAILED                           
2026-03-16T14:31:42 03/16/2026 18:31     aws-resources                            ROLLBACK_COMPLETE                       
2026-03-16T14:31:42  CloudFormation provisioning failed
2026-03-16T14:31:42  Error provisioning aws-resources
Aspire.Hosting.AWS.Provisioning.AWSProvisioningException: Failed to apply CloudFormation template
   at Aspire.Hosting.AWS.Provisioning.CloudFormationTemplateResourceProvisioner`1.GetOrCreateResourceAsync(T resource, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\build\src\Aspire.Hosting.AWS\Provisioning\CloudFormationTemplateResourceProvisioner.cs:line 60
   at Aspire.Hosting.AWS.Provisioning.AWSResourceProvisioner`1.GetOrCreateResourceAsync(IAWSResource resource, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\build\src\Aspire.Hosting.AWS\Provisioning\AWSResourceProvisionerOfT.cs:line 29
   at Aspire.Hosting.AWS.AWSLifecycleHook.ProvisionAWSResourcesAsync(IList`1 awsResources, ILookup`2 parentChildLookup, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in C:\build\src\Aspire.Hosting.AWS\AWSLifecycleHook.cs:line 131

Upon further research AWS::SES::EmailIdentity is only supported by SESv2, not v1. Using a callback on the Localstack resource works, but something more officially supported would be much cleaner.

    .OnResourceReady(async (resource, _, ct) =>
    {
        var sesConfig = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceConfig
        {
            ServiceURL = await resource.GetConnectionStringAsync(ct),
            AuthenticationRegion = "us-east-1"
        };

        using var sesClient = new AmazonSimpleEmailServiceClient(
            new BasicAWSCredentials(resource.Options.Session.AwsAccessKeyId, resource.Options.Session.AwsAccessKey),
            sesConfig);

        await sesClient.VerifyEmailIdentityAsync(new VerifyEmailIdentityRequest
        {
            EmailAddress = "no-reply@example.com"
        }, ct);
    });

I attempted to use a BindMount with some shell scripts on the localstack resource, but there isn't any exposure of the underlying container, so it's not possible publicly.