AWS Cognito: user pool delete protection?

Question

Is there a way to prevent a cloud formation update from deleting or recreating a Cognito user pool resource? I'd like to remove the possibility of this from ever happening. Is there a way?

Answer 1

I found the answer. Use DeletionPolicy. Works for any Cloud Formation resource:

MyPool:
  Type: AWS::Cognito::UserPool
  DeletionPolicy: Retain