diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2b8efe2b912dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "version": "36.0.0",
+  "files": {
+    "21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22": {
+      "source": {
+        "path": "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.template.json",
+        "packaging": "file"
+      },
+      "destinations": {
+        "current_account-current_region": {
+          "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "objectKey": "21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22.json",
+          "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dockerImages": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ad9d0fb73d1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+ "Parameters": {
+  "BootstrapVersion": {
+   "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
+   "Default": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+   "Description": "Version of the CDK Bootstrap resources in this environment, automatically retrieved from SSM Parameter Store. [cdk:skip]"
+  }
+ },
+ "Rules": {
+  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+   "Assertions": [
+    {
+     "Assert": {
+      "Fn::Not": [
+       {
+        "Fn::Contains": [
+         [
+          "1",
+          "2",
+          "3",
+          "4",
+          "5"
+         ],
+         {
+          "Ref": "BootstrapVersion"
+         }
+        ]
+       }
+      ]
+     },
+     "AssertDescription": "CDK bootstrap stack version 6 required. Please run 'cdk bootstrap' with a recent version of the CDK CLI."
+    }
+   ]
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2068c7a0b9b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "version": "36.0.0",
+  "files": {
+    "7ba8b87b0747e6c3e548e85d4dd454f09746ed79a29633c3e0fbb869281f9406": {
+      "source": {
+        "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ.template.json",
+        "packaging": "file"
+      },
+      "destinations": {
+        "current_account-current_region": {
+          "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "objectKey": "7ba8b87b0747e6c3e548e85d4dd454f09746ed79a29633c3e0fbb869281f9406.json",
+          "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dockerImages": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f96776c49591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/aws-stepfunctions-integ.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{
+ "Resources": {
+  "StateMachineRoleB840431D": {
+   "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
+   "Properties": {
+    "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
+     "Statement": [
+      {
+       "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
+       "Effect": "Allow",
+       "Principal": {
+        "Service": "states.amazonaws.com"
+       }
+      }
+     ],
+     "Version": "2012-10-17"
+    }
+   }
+  },
+  "StateMachine2E01A3A5": {
+   "Type": "AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine",
+   "Properties": {
+    "DefinitionString": "{\"StartAt\":\"StartState\",\"States\":{\"StartState\":{\"Type\":\"Pass\",\"End\":true}},\"Comment\":\"a super cool state machine\"}",
+    "RoleArn": {
+     "Fn::GetAtt": [
+      "StateMachineRoleB840431D",
+      "Arn"
+     ]
+    },
+    "TracingConfiguration": {
+     "Enabled": false
+    }
+   },
+   "DependsOn": [
+    "StateMachineRoleB840431D"
+   ],
+   "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Delete",
+   "DeletionPolicy": "Delete"
+  }
+ },
+ "Parameters": {
+  "BootstrapVersion": {
+   "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
+   "Default": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+   "Description": "Version of the CDK Bootstrap resources in this environment, automatically retrieved from SSM Parameter Store. [cdk:skip]"
+  }
+ },
+ "Rules": {
+  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+   "Assertions": [
+    {
+     "Assert": {
+      "Fn::Not": [
+       {
+        "Fn::Contains": [
+         [
+          "1",
+          "2",
+          "3",
+          "4",
+          "5"
+         ],
+         {
+          "Ref": "BootstrapVersion"
+         }
+        ]
+       }
+      ]
+     },
+     "AssertDescription": "CDK bootstrap stack version 6 required. Please run 'cdk bootstrap' with a recent version of the CDK CLI."
+    }
+   ]
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/cdk.out b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/cdk.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f0068d32659a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/cdk.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"36.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/integ.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/integ.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9888945e3632b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/integ.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "version": "36.0.0",
+  "testCases": {
+    "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest": {
+      "stacks": [
+        "aws-stepfunctions-integ"
+      ],
+      "assertionStack": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert",
+      "assertionStackName": "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0d630730497f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+{
+  "version": "36.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets": {
+      "type": "cdk:asset-manifest",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+      }
+    },
+    "aws-stepfunctions-integ": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "aws-stepfunctions-integ.template.json",
+        "terminationProtection": false,
+        "validateOnSynth": false,
+        "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/7ba8b87b0747e6c3e548e85d4dd454f09746ed79a29633c3e0fbb869281f9406.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+        "additionalDependencies": [
+          "aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets"
+        ],
+        "lookupRole": {
+          "arn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 8,
+          "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+        }
+      },
+      "dependencies": [
+        "aws-stepfunctions-integ.assets"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "/aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Role/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "StateMachineRoleB840431D"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "StateMachine2E01A3A5"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-stepfunctions-integ/BootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "BootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-stepfunctions-integ/CheckBootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "CheckBootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "aws-stepfunctions-integ"
+    },
+    "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets": {
+      "type": "cdk:asset-manifest",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+      }
+    },
+    "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.template.json",
+        "terminationProtection": false,
+        "validateOnSynth": false,
+        "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+        "additionalDependencies": [
+          "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets"
+        ],
+        "lookupRole": {
+          "arn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 8,
+          "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+        }
+      },
+      "dependencies": [
+        "StateMachineDisableXrayDefaultTestDeployAssert24D3F33C.assets"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "/StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/BootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "BootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/CheckBootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "CheckBootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert"
+    },
+    "Tree": {
+      "type": "cdk:tree",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "tree.json"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bb1895ae1923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+{
+  "version": "tree-0.1",
+  "tree": {
+    "id": "App",
+    "path": "",
+    "children": {
+      "aws-stepfunctions-integ": {
+        "id": "aws-stepfunctions-integ",
+        "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ",
+        "children": {
+          "StartState": {
+            "id": "StartState",
+            "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StartState",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_stepfunctions.Pass",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "StateMachine": {
+            "id": "StateMachine",
+            "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine",
+            "children": {
+              "Role": {
+                "id": "Role",
+                "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Role",
+                "children": {
+                  "ImportRole": {
+                    "id": "ImportRole",
+                    "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Role/ImportRole",
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.Resource",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "Resource": {
+                    "id": "Resource",
+                    "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Role/Resource",
+                    "attributes": {
+                      "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
+                      "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                        "assumeRolePolicyDocument": {
+                          "Statement": [
+                            {
+                              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
+                              "Effect": "Allow",
+                              "Principal": {
+                                "Service": "states.amazonaws.com"
+                              }
+                            }
+                          ],
+                          "Version": "2012-10-17"
+                        }
+                      }
+                    },
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_iam.CfnRole",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_iam.Role",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              },
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/StateMachine/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "definitionString": "{\"StartAt\":\"StartState\",\"States\":{\"StartState\":{\"Type\":\"Pass\",\"End\":true}},\"Comment\":\"a super cool state machine\"}",
+                    "roleArn": {
+                      "Fn::GetAtt": [
+                        "StateMachineRoleB840431D",
+                        "Arn"
+                      ]
+                    },
+                    "tracingConfiguration": {
+                      "enabled": false
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_stepfunctions.CfnStateMachine",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_stepfunctions.StateMachine",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "BootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "BootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/BootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnParameter",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-stepfunctions-integ/CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnRule",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.Stack",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "StateMachineDisableXray": {
+        "id": "StateMachineDisableXray",
+        "path": "StateMachineDisableXray",
+        "children": {
+          "DefaultTest": {
+            "id": "DefaultTest",
+            "path": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest",
+            "children": {
+              "Default": {
+                "id": "Default",
+                "path": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/Default",
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
+                  "version": "10.3.0"
+                }
+              },
+              "DeployAssert": {
+                "id": "DeployAssert",
+                "path": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert",
+                "children": {
+                  "BootstrapVersion": {
+                    "id": "BootstrapVersion",
+                    "path": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/BootstrapVersion",
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnParameter",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+                    "id": "CheckBootstrapVersion",
+                    "path": "StateMachineDisableXray/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/CheckBootstrapVersion",
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnRule",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.Stack",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha.IntegTestCase",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha.IntegTest",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "Tree": {
+        "id": "Tree",
+        "path": "Tree",
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
+          "version": "10.3.0"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "constructInfo": {
+      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.App",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4196d8ed1239d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-stepfunctions/test/integ.state-machine-disable-xray.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { IntegTest } from '@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha';
+import * as sfn from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'aws-stepfunctions-integ');
+
+new sfn.StateMachine(stack, 'StateMachine', {
+  comment: 'a super cool state machine',
+  definition: new sfn.Pass(stack, 'StartState'),
+  tracingEnabled: false,
+});
+
+new IntegTest(app, 'StateMachineDisableXray', { testCases: [stack] });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apprunner-alpha/lib/service.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apprunner-alpha/lib/service.ts
index d70d0730034c8..80040c76ad560 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apprunner-alpha/lib/service.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apprunner-alpha/lib/service.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ export class Runtime {
    */
   public static readonly NODEJS_16 = Runtime.of('NODEJS_16')
 
+  /**
+   * NodeJS 18
+   */
+  public static readonly NODEJS_18 = Runtime.of('NODEJS_18')
+
   /**
    * PHP 8.1
    */
@@ -212,6 +217,11 @@ export class Runtime {
    */
   public static readonly PYTHON_3 = Runtime.of('PYTHON_3')
 
+  /**
+   * Python 3.11
+   */
+  public static readonly PYTHON_311 = Runtime.of('PYTHON_311')
+
   /**
    * Ruby 3.1
    */
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/README.md
index 72d5f5cefae4d..4dccb1716255f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Kinesis Analytics Flink 
+# Kinesis Analytics Flink
 <!--BEGIN STABILITY BANNER-->
 
 ---
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const flinkApp = new flink.Application(this, 'Application', {
     },
   },
   // ...
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
 });
 ```
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ snapshotting, monitoring, and parallelism.
 declare const bucket: s3.Bucket;
 const flinkApp = new flink.Application(this, 'Application', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
   checkpointingEnabled: true, // default is true
   checkpointInterval: Duration.seconds(30), // default is 1 minute
   minPauseBetweenCheckpoints: Duration.seconds(10), // default is 5 seconds
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ declare const bucket: s3.Bucket;
 declare const vpc: ec2.Vpc;
 const flinkApp = new flink.Application(this, 'Application', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
   vpc,
 });
 ```
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/lib/types.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/lib/types.ts
index 9dbca48bcdeaa..6e4dad7da8ea9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/lib/types.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ export class Runtime {
   /** Flink Version 1.18 */
   public static readonly FLINK_1_18 = Runtime.of('FLINK-1_18');
 
+  /** Flink Version 1.19 */
+  public static readonly FLINK_1_19 = Runtime.of('FLINK-1_19');
+
   /** Create a new Runtime with with an arbitrary Flink version string */
   public static of(value: string) {
     return new Runtime(value);
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/application.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/application.test.ts
index 996a018649db7..e9323c26d3fef 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/application.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/application.test.ts
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ describe('Application', () => {
     stack = new core.Stack();
     bucket = new s3.Bucket(stack, 'CodeBucket');
     requiredProps = {
-      runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_11,
+      runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
       code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
     };
   });
 
   test('default Flink Application', () => {
     new flink.Application(stack, 'FlinkApplication', {
-      runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_11,
+      runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
       code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, 'my-app.jar'),
       applicationName: 'MyFlinkApplication',
     });
 
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::KinesisAnalyticsV2::Application', {
       ApplicationName: 'MyFlinkApplication',
-      RuntimeEnvironment: 'FLINK-1_11',
+      RuntimeEnvironment: 'FLINK-1_19',
       ServiceExecutionRole: {
         'Fn::GetAtt': [
           'FlinkApplicationRole2F7BCBF6',
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.assets.json
index 512342f1e3cfc..e0607d544076b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.assets.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.assets.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "1bb9d6dca32d920930c65ef51caf5b52af031dde0168b5e26ba8384c5a3d0eba": {
+    "44fd92b7a5ccc7121c21de7cd5b1b4d06367ff64dd6b6e4c7471fdb07e352470": {
       "source": {
         "path": "FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.template.json",
         "packaging": "file"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       "destinations": {
         "current_account-current_region": {
           "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-          "objectKey": "1bb9d6dca32d920930c65ef51caf5b52af031dde0168b5e26ba8384c5a3d0eba.json",
+          "objectKey": "44fd92b7a5ccc7121c21de7cd5b1b4d06367ff64dd6b6e4c7471fdb07e352470.json",
           "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.template.json
index 7468c5f86bde2..6b8047bec78fa 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppCodeFromBucketTest.template.json
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
       "SnapshotsEnabled": true
      }
     },
-    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
     "ServiceExecutionRole": {
      "Fn::GetAtt": [
       "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
index b2e8fdbe2bedb..7e2a71cacbae7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "validateOnSynth": false,
         "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
         "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/1bb9d6dca32d920930c65ef51caf5b52af031dde0168b5e26ba8384c5a3d0eba.json",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/44fd92b7a5ccc7121c21de7cd5b1b4d06367ff64dd6b6e4c7471fdb07e352470.json",
         "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
         "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
         "additionalDependencies": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
index 380a8cfac2686..7451a25459e91 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
                         "snapshotsEnabled": true
                       }
                     },
-                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
                     "serviceExecutionRole": {
                       "Fn::GetAtt": [
                         "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.ts
index 56fd6661b1aeb..3e351e48062a2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application-code-from-bucket.lit.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const fileKey = asset.s3ObjectKey;
 ///! show
 new flink.Application(stack, 'App', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromBucket(bucket, fileKey),
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
 });
 ///! hide
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
index 03b680411ffa8..dce3d0ca52cd9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "48dd04d48b618ae68b67e5b8cf8896c84fb9c39997deb11669ac2a4a5205a3db": {
+    "1c62c36f9601016c7fec8f26431c7c7438490b95747135095f9af7ecd84ddb1d": {
       "source": {
         "path": "FlinkAppTest.template.json",
         "packaging": "file"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       "destinations": {
         "current_account-current_region": {
           "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-          "objectKey": "48dd04d48b618ae68b67e5b8cf8896c84fb9c39997deb11669ac2a4a5205a3db.json",
+          "objectKey": "1c62c36f9601016c7fec8f26431c7c7438490b95747135095f9af7ecd84ddb1d.json",
           "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
index 641754e087da3..e818a2566e993 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
       "SnapshotsEnabled": true
      }
     },
-    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
     "ServiceExecutionRole": {
      "Fn::GetAtt": [
       "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
index fec94be2b694b..0109af83fd75c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "validateOnSynth": false,
         "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
         "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/48dd04d48b618ae68b67e5b8cf8896c84fb9c39997deb11669ac2a4a5205a3db.json",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/1c62c36f9601016c7fec8f26431c7c7438490b95747135095f9af7ecd84ddb1d.json",
         "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
         "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
         "additionalDependencies": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
index dbea05c652f46..a5810d986631b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
                         "snapshotsEnabled": true
                       }
                     },
-                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
                     "serviceExecutionRole": {
                       "Fn::GetAtt": [
                         "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.ts
index 4503fb68b607d..392d8290c1a1b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.application.lit.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const stack = new core.Stack(app, 'FlinkAppTest');
 
 const flinkApp = new flink.Application(stack, 'App', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'code-asset')),
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
 });
 
 new cloudwatch.Alarm(stack, 'Alarm', {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
index 40297376933cc..0c67c6ec545e3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.assets.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "fe970e1e860316af219eaa6f9d8b7a5281e9d62e630b8cdeb13c470780eb8edb": {
+    "116dffd1e9c0ae39910a7ab73510d002f510b36a58698a15374ed21483f86792": {
       "source": {
         "path": "FlinkAppTest.template.json",
         "packaging": "file"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       "destinations": {
         "current_account-current_region": {
           "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-          "objectKey": "fe970e1e860316af219eaa6f9d8b7a5281e9d62e630b8cdeb13c470780eb8edb.json",
+          "objectKey": "116dffd1e9c0ae39910a7ab73510d002f510b36a58698a15374ed21483f86792.json",
           "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
index 761924982d37b..1fa3b9d549299 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/FlinkAppTest.template.json
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
       }
      ]
     },
-    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+    "RuntimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
     "ServiceExecutionRole": {
      "Fn::GetAtt": [
       "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/manifest.json
index 2007d0265edd2..f69aef7c2da3c 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/manifest.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         "validateOnSynth": false,
         "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
         "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
-        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/fe970e1e860316af219eaa6f9d8b7a5281e9d62e630b8cdeb13c470780eb8edb.json",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/116dffd1e9c0ae39910a7ab73510d002f510b36a58698a15374ed21483f86792.json",
         "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
         "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
         "additionalDependencies": [
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/tree.json
index b5c9ccfc97f1a..7aa0235f83a65 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/tree.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@
                         }
                       ]
                     },
-                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_18",
+                    "runtimeEnvironment": "FLINK-1_19",
                     "serviceExecutionRole": {
                       "Fn::GetAtt": [
                         "AppRole1AF9B530",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.ts
index a2c78ba68f1db..9b3e99fca99a5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-kinesisanalytics-flink-alpha/test/integ.vpc-application.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'VPC', { restrictDefaultSecurityGroup: false });
 
 new flink.Application(stack, 'App', {
   code: flink.ApplicationCode.fromAsset(path.join(__dirname, 'code-asset')),
-  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_18,
+  runtime: flink.Runtime.FLINK_1_19,
   vpc,
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/place-index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/place-index.ts
index ae62abe343bea..144059b6469a2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/place-index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/lib/place-index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ export interface PlaceIndexProps {
   /**
    * A name for the place index
    *
+   * Must be between 1 and 100 characters and contain only alphanumeric characters,
+   * hyphens, periods and underscores.
+   *
    * @default - A name is automatically generated
    */
   readonly placeIndexName?: string;
@@ -175,6 +178,10 @@ export class PlaceIndex extends PlaceIndexBase {
   public readonly placeIndexUpdateTime: string;
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: PlaceIndexProps = {}) {
+    if (props.description && !Token.isUnresolved(props.description) && props.description.length > 1000) {
+      throw new Error(`\`description\` must be between 0 and 1000 characters. Received: ${props.description.length} characters`);
+    }
+
     if (props.placeIndexName && !Token.isUnresolved(props.placeIndexName) && !/^[-.\w]{1,100}$/.test(props.placeIndexName)) {
       throw new Error(`Invalid place index name. The place index name must be between 1 and 100 characters and contain only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, periods and underscores. Received: ${props.placeIndexName}`);
     }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/place-index.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/place-index.test.ts
index 763ff44c573f6..a600705339445 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/place-index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-location-alpha/test/place-index.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ test('create a place index', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('create a place index with description', () => {
+  new PlaceIndex(stack, 'PlaceIndex', {
+    description: 'my-description',
+  });
+
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::Location::PlaceIndex', {
+    DataSource: 'Esri',
+    IndexName: 'PlaceIndex',
+    Description: 'my-description',
+  });
+});
+
+test('creates a place index with empty description', () => {
+  new PlaceIndex(stack, 'PlaceIndex', {
+    description: '',
+  });
+
+  Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::Location::PlaceIndex', {
+    Description: '',
+  });
+});
+
+test('throws with invalid description', () => {
+  expect(() => new PlaceIndex(stack, 'PlaceIndex', {
+    description: 'a'.repeat(1001),
+  })).toThrow('`description` must be between 0 and 1000 characters. Received: 1001 characters');
+});
+
 test('throws with invalid name', () => {
   expect(() => new PlaceIndex(stack, 'PlaceIndex', {
     placeIndexName: 'inv@lid',
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/state-machine.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/state-machine.ts
index a7636ec6c14a4..83465bf354e54 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/state-machine.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/lib/state-machine.ts
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ export class StateMachine extends StateMachineBase {
       stateMachineType: props.stateMachineType ?? undefined,
       roleArn: this.role.roleArn,
       loggingConfiguration: props.logs ? this.buildLoggingConfiguration(props.logs) : undefined,
-      tracingConfiguration: props.tracingEnabled ? this.buildTracingConfiguration() : undefined,
+      tracingConfiguration: this.buildTracingConfiguration(props.tracingEnabled),
       ...definitionBody.bind(this, this.role, props, graph),
       definitionSubstitutions: props.definitionSubstitutions,
     });
@@ -532,21 +532,27 @@ export class StateMachine extends StateMachineBase {
     };
   }
 
-  private buildTracingConfiguration(): CfnStateMachine.TracingConfigurationProperty {
-    this.addToRolePolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
-      // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.html#xray-permissions-resources
-      // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/xray-iam.html
-      actions: [
-        'xray:PutTraceSegments',
-        'xray:PutTelemetryRecords',
-        'xray:GetSamplingRules',
-        'xray:GetSamplingTargets',
-      ],
-      resources: ['*'],
-    }));
+  private buildTracingConfiguration(isTracing?: boolean): CfnStateMachine.TracingConfigurationProperty | undefined {
+    if (isTracing === undefined) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (isTracing) {
+      this.addToRolePolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/security_iam_id-based-policy-examples.html#xray-permissions-resources
+        // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/xray-iam.html
+        actions: [
+          'xray:PutTraceSegments',
+          'xray:PutTelemetryRecords',
+          'xray:GetSamplingRules',
+          'xray:GetSamplingTargets',
+        ],
+        resources: ['*'],
+      }));
+    }
 
     return {
-      enabled: true,
+      enabled: isTracing,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/test/state-machine.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/test/state-machine.test.ts
index c60c05105c649..2f7d0f8e46afd 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/test/state-machine.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions/test/state-machine.test.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,25 @@ describe('State Machine', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('disable tracing configuration', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+
+    // WHEN
+    new sfn.StateMachine(stack, 'MyStateMachine', {
+      definitionBody: sfn.DefinitionBody.fromChainable(sfn.Chain.start(new sfn.Pass(stack, 'Pass'))),
+      tracingEnabled: false,
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::StepFunctions::StateMachine', {
+      DefinitionString: '{"StartAt":"Pass","States":{"Pass":{"Type":"Pass","End":true}}}',
+      TracingConfiguration: {
+        Enabled: false,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   test('grant access', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/stack.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/stack.ts
index b946d73974973..ce3cb9c9b9fd8 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/stack.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/stack.ts
@@ -1171,8 +1171,6 @@ export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
    * remove the reference from the consuming stack. After that, you can remove
    * the resource and the manual export.
    *
-   * ## Example
-   *
    * Here is how the process works. Let's say there are two stacks,
    * `producerStack` and `consumerStack`, and `producerStack` has a bucket
    * called `bucket`, which is referenced by `consumerStack` (perhaps because
@@ -1183,7 +1181,7 @@ export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
    *
    * Instead, the process takes two deployments:
    *
-   * ### Deployment 1: break the relationship
+   * **Deployment 1: break the relationship**:
    *
    * - Make sure `consumerStack` no longer references `bucket.bucketName` (maybe the consumer
    *   stack now uses its own bucket, or it writes to an AWS DynamoDB table, or maybe you just
@@ -1193,7 +1191,7 @@ export class Stack extends Construct implements ITaggable {
    *   between the two stacks is being broken.
    * - Deploy (this will effectively only change the `consumerStack`, but it's safe to deploy both).
    *
-   * ### Deployment 2: remove the bucket resource
+   * **Deployment 2: remove the bucket resource**:
    *
    * - You are now free to remove the `bucket` resource from `producerStack`.
    * - Don't forget to remove the `exportValue()` call as well.