in activity/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/stepfunctions/cloudformation/activity/ReadHandler.java [19:63]
    public ProgressEvent<ResourceModel, CallbackContext> handleRequest(
            final AmazonWebServicesClientProxy proxy,
            final ResourceHandlerRequest<ResourceModel> request,
            final CallbackContext callbackContext,
            final Logger logger) {
        logger.log("INFO Activity ReadHandler with clientRequestToken: " + request.getClientRequestToken());
        final ResourceModel model = request.getDesiredResourceState();
        try {
            verifyActivityArnIsPresent(model.getArn());
            final AWSStepFunctions sfnClient = ClientBuilder.getClient();
            final DescribeActivityRequest describeActivityRequest = new DescribeActivityRequest()
                    .withActivityArn(model.getArn());
            final DescribeActivityResult describeActivityResult =
                    proxy.injectCredentialsAndInvoke(describeActivityRequest, sfnClient::describeActivity);
            List<Tag> activityTags = null;
            try {
                activityTags = TaggingHelper.listTagsForResource(model.getArn(), proxy, sfnClient);
            } catch (final AmazonServiceException e) {
                // To provide backwards compatibility, do not fail the request if ListTagsForResource
                // permissions are not present
                if (!Constants.ACCESS_DENIED_ERROR_CODE.equals(e.getErrorCode())) {
                    throw e;
                }
                logger.log("INFO ListTagsForResource permission not present, excluding tags from resource model");
            }
            final ResourceModel updatedModel =
                    ResourceModelUtils.getUpdatedResourceModelFromReadResults(describeActivityResult, activityTags);
            return ProgressEvent.<ResourceModel, CallbackContext>builder()
                    .resourceModel(updatedModel)
                    .status(OperationStatus.SUCCESS)
                    .build();
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            logger.log("ERROR Reading Activity, caused by " + e.toString());
            return handleDefaultError(request, e);
        }
    }