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+"@guardian/cdk": patch
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+fix(experimental-ec2-pattern): Add buffer to rolling update timeout
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+If we consider the health check grace period to be the time it takes the "normal" user data to run,
+the rolling update should be configured to be a little longer to cover the additional time spent polling the target group.
+
+A buffer of 1 minute is somewhat arbitrarily chosen.
+Too high a value, then we increase the time it takes to automatically rollback from a failing healthcheck.
+Too low a value, then we risk flaky deploys.