aws-cdk: Getting "Error: EOF: end of file, read" on Windows

description of the bug:

returns JSII error on empty stack. May be related to https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/5187.

stack trace references SyncStdio.readLine (myfolder\jsii_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13278:33) Comment in code at ‘throw e’:

// HACK: node may set O_NONBLOCK on it's STDIN depending on what kind of input it is made
// of (see https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues/2663).
. . .
// "tracked" at https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/5187

Reproduction Steps

(using powershell) This follows example from https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/latest/guide/ecs_example.html

mkdir myfolder
cd myfolder
cdk init --language python
.env\Scripts\activate.ps1
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
cdk synth

What did you expect to happen?

return an empty stack with no error

What actually happened?

(.env) p$[myfolder]> cdk synth                                                                                                                      D:\d:\myfolder\.env\lib\site-packages\jsii\_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13295
                    throw e;
                    ^

Error: EOF: end of file, read
    at Object.readSync (fs.js:592:3)
    at SyncStdio.readLine (D:\d:\myfolder\.env\lib\site-packages\jsii\_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13278:33)
    at InputOutput.read (D:\d:\myfolder\.env\lib\site-packages\jsii\_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13203:34)
    at KernelHost.run (D:\d:\myfolder\.env\lib\site-packages\jsii\_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13021:32)
    at Immediate.<anonymous> (D:\d:\myfolder\.env\lib\site-packages\jsii\_embedded\jsii\jsii-runtime.js:13029:37)
    at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:461:21) {
  errno: -4095,
  syscall: 'read',
  code: 'EOF'
}
Resources:
  CDKMetadata:
    Type: AWS::CDK::Metadata
    Properties:
      Modules: aws-cdk=1.69.0,@aws-cdk/cloud-assembly-schema=1.69.0,@aws-cdk/core=1.69.0,@aws-cdk/cx-api=1.69.0,@aws-cdk/region-info=1.69.0,jsii-runtime=Python/3.7.4
    Metadata:
      aws:cdk:path: myfolder/CDKMetadata/Default
    Condition: CDKMetadataAvailable

Environment

• CLI Version : aws-cli/2.0.61 Python/3.7.7 Windows/10 exe/AMD64
• Framework Version: 1.69.0 (build 2b474b9)
• Node.js Version: v14.15.0
• OS : Windows 10
• Language (Version): python 3.7.4

Other

Error is persistent and easily reproduced on my machine. I re-installed/upgraded aws cli to 2.0.61 I re-installed node.js I re-installed cdk Note: As noted in the section above, this ‘hello world’ level error still creates a stack. However, when more code is added, more jsii errors occur and the stack fails. Also, code that errors on my machine runs normally on other machines.