bug: `aws ds describe-directories` does not return resource tags

[RoseSecurity]

Describe the bug

The aws ds describe-directories command does not include tags in its response, making it difficult to retrieve tag data without calling list-tags-for-resource separately.

Regression Issue

• Select this option if this issue appears to be a regression.

Expected Behavior

• The response should include a Tags field containing key-value pairs for each directory.

{
    "DirectoryDescriptions": [
        {
            "DirectoryId": "d-xxxxxxxxxx",
            "Name": "example.com",
            "Tags": [
                {"Key": "Environment", "Value": "Production"},
                {"Key": "Owner", "Value": "DevOps"}
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Current Behavior

• The response does not include any Tags field.
• Currently, retrieving tags requires an additional API call:

aws ds list-tags-for-resource --resource-id d-xxxxxxxxxx

Reproduction Steps

1. Describe directory services

aws ds describe-directories

Possible Solution

• Update the AWS CLI’s describe-directories command to optionally include tags.
• This could be done via:
  • A new flag, e.g., --include-tags
  • Expanding the default output schema if AWS Directory Service supports it.

Additional Information/Context

No response

CLI version used

aws-cli/2.24.9

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

Python/3.12.6 Linux/6.12.5-orbstack-00287-gf8da5d508983 exe/aarch64.debian.12

[RyanFitzSimmonsAK]

Hi @RoseSecurity, thanks for reaching out. I definitely see how including tags in the response would be helpful here. This isn't a bug though; the operation documentation doesn't include tags in the response. I've reached out to the Directory Service with this as a feature request. Please refer to an SDK or AWS CLI changelog for updates about this going forward. Thanks!

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