diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts
index 034d73586..8423d46f3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ export interface ResourceChange {
    * The changes made to the resource properties
    */
   readonly propertyUpdates: Record<string, PropertyDifference<unknown>>;
+  /**
+   * Resource metadata attached to the logical id from the cloud assembly
+   *
+   * This is only present if the resource is present in the current Cloud Assembly,
+   * i.e. resource deletions will not have metadata.
+   */
+  readonly metadata?: ResourceMetadata;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -109,6 +116,66 @@ export enum NonHotswappableReason {
   NESTED_STACK_CREATION = 'nested-stack-creation',
 }
 
+export interface RejectionSubject {
+  /**
+   * The type of the rejection subject, e.g. Resource or Output
+   */
+  readonly type: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The logical ID of the change that is not hotswappable
+   */
+  readonly logicalId: string;
+  /**
+   * Resource metadata attached to the logical id from the cloud assembly
+   *
+   * This is only present if the resource is present in the current Cloud Assembly,
+   * i.e. resource deletions will not have metadata.
+   */
+  readonly metadata?: ResourceMetadata;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceSubject extends RejectionSubject {
+  /**
+   * A rejected resource
+   */
+  readonly type: 'Resource';
+  /**
+   * The type of the rejected resource
+   */
+  readonly resourceType: string;
+  /**
+   * The list of properties that are cause for the rejection
+   */
+  readonly rejectedProperties?: string[];
+}
+
+export interface OutputSubject extends RejectionSubject {
+  /**
+   * A rejected output
+   */
+  readonly type: 'Output';
+}
+
+/**
+ * A change that can not be hotswapped
+ */
+export interface NonHotswappableChange {
+  /**
+   * The subject of the change that was rejected
+   */
+  readonly subject: ResourceSubject | OutputSubject;
+  /**
+   * Why was this change was deemed non-hotswappable
+   */
+  readonly reason: NonHotswappableReason;
+  /**
+   * Tells the user exactly why this change was deemed non-hotswappable and what its logical ID is.
+   * If not specified, `displayReason` default to state that the properties listed in `rejectedChanges` are not hotswappable.
+   */
+  readonly description: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Information about a hotswap deployment
  */
@@ -123,3 +190,31 @@ export interface HotswapDeployment {
    */
   readonly mode: 'hotswap-only' | 'fall-back';
 }
+
+/**
+ * The result of an attempted hotswap deployment
+ */
+export interface HotswapResult {
+  /**
+   * The stack that was hotswapped
+   */
+  readonly stack: cxapi.CloudFormationStackArtifact;
+  /**
+   * The mode the hotswap deployment was initiated with.
+   */
+  readonly mode: 'hotswap-only' | 'fall-back';
+  /**
+   * Whether hotswapping happened or not.
+   *
+   * `false` indicates that the deployment could not be hotswapped and full deployment may be attempted as fallback.
+   */
+  readonly hotswapped: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The changes that were deemed hotswappable
+   */
+  readonly hotswappableChanges: HotswappableChange[];
+  /**
+   * The changes that were deemed not hotswappable
+   */
+  readonly nonHotswappableChanges: NonHotswappableChange[];
+}
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
index d0355c786..930a85edd 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments/hotswap-deployments.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as cfn_diff from '@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff';
 import type * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
 import type { WaiterResult } from '@smithy/util-waiter';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
-import type { AffectedResource, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads';
+import type { AffectedResource, HotswapResult, ResourceSubject, ResourceChange, NonHotswappableChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads';
 import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads';
 import type { IMessageSpan, IoHelper } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
 import { IO, SPAN } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/private';
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import type {
   HotswapOperation,
   RejectedChange,
   HotswapPropertyOverrides,
-  HotswapResult,
 } from '../hotswap/common';
 import {
   ICON,
@@ -156,22 +155,24 @@ async function hotswapDeployment(
   });
 
   const stackChanges = cfn_diff.fullDiff(currentTemplate.deployedRootTemplate, stack.template);
-  const { hotswappable: hotswapOperations, nonHotswappable: nonHotswappableChanges } = await classifyResourceChanges(
+  const { hotswappable, nonHotswappable } = await classifyResourceChanges(
     stackChanges,
     evaluateCfnTemplate,
     sdk,
     currentTemplate.nestedStacks, hotswapPropertyOverrides,
   );
 
-  await logNonHotswappableChanges(ioSpan, nonHotswappableChanges, hotswapMode);
+  await logNonHotswappableChanges(ioSpan, nonHotswappable, hotswapMode);
 
-  const hotswappableChanges = hotswapOperations.map(o => o.change);
+  const hotswappableChanges = hotswappable.map(o => o.change);
+  const nonHotswappableChanges = nonHotswappable.map(n => n.change);
 
   // preserve classic hotswap behavior
   if (hotswapMode === 'fall-back') {
     if (nonHotswappableChanges.length > 0) {
       return {
         stack,
+        mode: hotswapMode,
         hotswapped: false,
         hotswappableChanges,
         nonHotswappableChanges,
@@ -180,10 +181,11 @@ async function hotswapDeployment(
   }
 
   // apply the short-circuitable changes
-  await applyAllHotswappableChanges(sdk, ioSpan, hotswapOperations);
+  await applyAllHotswappableChanges(sdk, ioSpan, hotswappable);
 
   return {
     stack,
+    mode: hotswapMode,
     hotswapped: true,
     hotswappableChanges,
     nonHotswappableChanges,
@@ -214,10 +216,15 @@ async function classifyResourceChanges(
   for (const logicalId of Object.keys(stackChanges.outputs.changes)) {
     nonHotswappableResources.push({
       hotswappable: false,
-      reason: NonHotswappableReason.OUTPUT,
-      description: 'output was changed',
-      logicalId,
-      resourceType: 'Stack Output',
+      change: {
+        reason: NonHotswappableReason.OUTPUT,
+        description: 'output was changed',
+        subject: {
+          type: 'Output',
+          logicalId,
+          metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
+        },
+      },
     });
   }
   // gather the results of the detector functions
@@ -237,7 +244,7 @@ async function classifyResourceChanges(
       continue;
     }
 
-    const hotswappableChangeCandidate = isCandidateForHotswapping(change, logicalId);
+    const hotswappableChangeCandidate = isCandidateForHotswapping(logicalId, change, evaluateCfnTemplate);
     // we don't need to run this through the detector functions, we can already judge this
     if ('hotswappable' in hotswappableChangeCandidate) {
       if (!hotswappableChangeCandidate.hotswappable) {
@@ -348,10 +355,16 @@ async function findNestedHotswappableChanges(
       nonHotswappable: [
         {
           hotswappable: false,
-          logicalId,
-          reason: NonHotswappableReason.NESTED_STACK_CREATION,
-          description: `physical name for AWS::CloudFormation::Stack '${logicalId}' could not be found in CloudFormation, so this is a newly created nested stack and cannot be hotswapped`,
-          resourceType: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack',
+          change: {
+            reason: NonHotswappableReason.NESTED_STACK_CREATION,
+            description: 'newly created nested stacks cannot be hotswapped',
+            subject: {
+              type: 'Resource',
+              logicalId,
+              resourceType: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack',
+              metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
+            },
+          },
         },
       ],
     };
@@ -414,36 +427,56 @@ function makeRenameDifference(
  * Returns a `NonHotswappableChange` if the change is not hotswappable
  */
 function isCandidateForHotswapping(
-  change: cfn_diff.ResourceDifference,
   logicalId: string,
+  change: cfn_diff.ResourceDifference,
+  evaluateCfnTemplate: EvaluateCloudFormationTemplate,
 ): RejectedChange | ResourceChange {
   // a resource has been removed OR a resource has been added; we can't short-circuit that change
   if (!change.oldValue) {
     return {
       hotswappable: false,
-      resourceType: change.newValue!.Type,
-      logicalId,
-      reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_CREATION,
-      description: `resource '${logicalId}' was created by this deployment`,
+      change: {
+        reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_CREATION,
+        description: `resource '${logicalId}' was created by this deployment`,
+        subject: {
+          type: 'Resource',
+          logicalId,
+          resourceType: change.newValue!.Type,
+          metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
+        },
+      },
     };
   } else if (!change.newValue) {
     return {
       hotswappable: false,
-      resourceType: change.oldValue!.Type,
       logicalId,
-      reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_DELETION,
-      description: `resource '${logicalId}' was destroyed by this deployment`,
+      change: {
+        reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_DELETION,
+        description: `resource '${logicalId}' was destroyed by this deployment`,
+        subject: {
+          type: 'Resource',
+          logicalId,
+          resourceType: change.oldValue.Type,
+          metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
+        },
+      },
     };
   }
 
   // a resource has had its type changed
-  if (change.newValue?.Type !== change.oldValue?.Type) {
+  if (change.newValue.Type !== change.oldValue.Type) {
     return {
       hotswappable: false,
-      resourceType: change.newValue?.Type,
-      logicalId,
-      reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_TYPE_CHANGED,
-      description: `resource '${logicalId}' had its type changed from '${change.oldValue?.Type}' to '${change.newValue?.Type}'`,
+      change: {
+        reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_TYPE_CHANGED,
+        description: `resource '${logicalId}' had its type changed from '${change.oldValue?.Type}' to '${change.newValue?.Type}'`,
+        subject: {
+          type: 'Resource',
+          logicalId,
+          resourceType: change.newValue.Type,
+          metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
+        },
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -452,6 +485,7 @@ function isCandidateForHotswapping(
     oldValue: change.oldValue,
     newValue: change.newValue,
     propertyUpdates: change.propertyUpdates,
+    metadata: evaluateCfnTemplate.metadataFor(logicalId),
   };
 }
 
@@ -547,25 +581,51 @@ async function logNonHotswappableChanges(
     messages.push(format('%s %s', chalk.red('⚠️'), chalk.red('The following non-hotswappable changes were found:')));
   }
 
-  for (const change of nonHotswappableChanges) {
-    if (change.rejectedProperties?.length) {
-      messages.push(format(
-        '    logicalID: %s, type: %s, rejected changes: %s, reason: %s',
-        chalk.bold(change.logicalId),
-        chalk.bold(change.resourceType),
-        chalk.bold(change.rejectedProperties),
-        chalk.red(change.description),
-      ));
-    } else {
-      messages.push(format(
-        '    logicalID: %s, type: %s, reason: %s',
-        chalk.bold(change.logicalId),
-        chalk.bold(change.resourceType),
-        chalk.red(change.description),
-      ));
-    }
+  for (const rejection of nonHotswappableChanges) {
+    messages.push('    ' + nonHotswappableChangeMessage(rejection.change));
   }
   messages.push(''); // newline
 
   await ioSpan.notify(IO.DEFAULT_TOOLKIT_INFO.msg(messages.join('\n')));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Formats a NonHotswappableChange
+ */
+function nonHotswappableChangeMessage(change: NonHotswappableChange): string {
+  const subject = change.subject;
+  const reason = change.description ?? change.reason;
+
+  switch (subject.type) {
+    case 'Output':
+      return format(
+        'output: %s, reason: %s',
+        chalk.bold(subject.logicalId),
+        chalk.red(reason),
+      );
+    case 'Resource':
+      return nonHotswappableResourceMessage(subject, reason);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Formats a non-hotswappable resource subject
+ */
+function nonHotswappableResourceMessage(subject: ResourceSubject, reason: string): string {
+  if (subject.rejectedProperties?.length) {
+    return format(
+      'resource: %s, type: %s, rejected changes: %s, reason: %s',
+      chalk.bold(subject.logicalId),
+      chalk.bold(subject.resourceType),
+      chalk.bold(subject.rejectedProperties),
+      chalk.red(reason),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return format(
+    'resource: %s, type: %s, reason: %s',
+    chalk.bold(subject.logicalId),
+    chalk.bold(subject.resourceType),
+    chalk.red(reason),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
index ffe8c14da..bccc23dc8 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/hotswap/common.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,11 @@
 import type { PropertyDifference } from '@aws-cdk/cloudformation-diff';
-import type { CloudFormationStackArtifact } from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
-import type { HotswappableChange, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
+import type { HotswappableChange, NonHotswappableChange, ResourceChange } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
 import { NonHotswappableReason } from '../../../../@aws-cdk/tmp-toolkit-helpers/src/api/io/payloads/hotswap';
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../toolkit/error';
 import type { SDK } from '../aws-auth';
 
 export const ICON = '✨';
 
-/**
- * The result of an attempted hotswap deployment
- */
-export interface HotswapResult {
-  /**
-   * The stack that was hotswapped
-   */
-  readonly stack: CloudFormationStackArtifact;
-  /**
-   * Whether hotswapping happened or not.
-   *
-   * `false` indicates that the deployment could not be hotswapped and full deployment may be attempted as fallback.
-   */
-  readonly hotswapped: boolean;
-  /**
-   * The changes that were deemed hotswappable
-   */
-  readonly hotswappableChanges: HotswappableChange[];
-  /**
-   * The changes that were deemed not hotswappable
-   */
-  readonly nonHotswappableChanges: any[];
-}
-
 export interface HotswapOperation {
   /**
    * Marks the operation as hotswappable
@@ -60,26 +35,9 @@ export interface RejectedChange {
    */
   readonly hotswappable: false;
   /**
-   * The friendly type of the rejected change
-   */
-  readonly resourceType: string;
-  /**
-   * The list of properties that are cause for the rejection
-   */
-  readonly rejectedProperties?: Array<string>;
-  /**
-   * The logical ID of the resource that is not hotswappable
-   */
-  readonly logicalId: string;
-  /**
-   * Why was this change was deemed non-hotswappable
-   */
-  readonly reason: NonHotswappableReason;
-  /**
-   * Tells the user exactly why this change was deemed non-hotswappable and what its logical ID is.
-   * If not specified, `displayReason` default to state that the properties listed in `rejectedChanges` are not hotswappable.
+   * The change that got rejected
    */
-  readonly description: string;
+  readonly change: NonHotswappableChange;
   /**
    * Whether or not to show this change when listing non-hotswappable changes in HOTSWAP_ONLY mode. Does not affect
    * listing in FALL_BACK mode.
@@ -209,22 +167,34 @@ export function nonHotswappableChange(
 ): RejectedChange {
   return {
     hotswappable: false,
-    rejectedProperties: Object.keys(nonHotswappableProps ?? change.propertyUpdates),
-    logicalId: change.logicalId,
-    resourceType: change.newValue.Type,
-    reason,
-    description,
     hotswapOnlyVisible,
+    change: {
+      reason,
+      description,
+      subject: {
+        type: 'Resource',
+        logicalId: change.logicalId,
+        resourceType: change.newValue.Type,
+        rejectedProperties: Object.keys(nonHotswappableProps ?? change.propertyUpdates),
+        metadata: change.metadata,
+      },
+    },
   };
 }
 
 export function nonHotswappableResource(change: ResourceChange): RejectedChange {
   return {
     hotswappable: false,
-    rejectedProperties: Object.keys(change.propertyUpdates),
-    logicalId: change.logicalId,
-    resourceType: change.newValue.Type,
-    reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_UNSUPPORTED,
-    description: 'This resource type is not supported for hotswap deployments',
+    change: {
+      reason: NonHotswappableReason.RESOURCE_UNSUPPORTED,
+      description: 'This resource type is not supported for hotswap deployments',
+      subject: {
+        type: 'Resource',
+        logicalId: change.logicalId,
+        resourceType: change.newValue.Type,
+        rejectedProperties: Object.keys(change.propertyUpdates),
+        metadata: change.metadata,
+      },
+    },
   };
 }