For me, as I was using pretty standard React fetch calls, this could have been fixed using some of the AWS Console and Lambda fixes above, but my Lambda returned the right headers (I was also using Proxy mode) and I needed to package my application up into a SAM Template, so I could not spend my time clicking around the console.
I noticed that all of the CORS stuff worked fine UNTIL I put Cognito Auth onto my application. I just basically went very slow doing a SAM package / SAM deploy with more and more configurations until it broke and it broke as soon as I added Auth to my API Gateway. I spent a whole day clicking around wonderful discussions like this one, looking for an easy fix, but then ended up having to actually read about what CORS was doing. I'll save you the reading and give you another easy fix (at least for me).
Here is an example of an API Gateway template that finally worked (YAML):
Resources:
MySearchApi:
Type: AWS::Serverless::Api
Properties:
StageName: 'Dev'
Cors:
AllowMethods: "'OPTIONS, GET'"
AllowHeaders: "'Content-Type,X-Amz-Date,Authorization,X-Api-Key,X-Amz-Security-Token'"
AllowOrigin: "'*'"
Auth:
DefaultAuthorizer: MyCognitoSearchAuth
Authorizers:
MyCognitoSearchAuth:
UserPoolArn: "<my hardcoded user pool ARN>"
AuthType: "COGNITO_USER_POOLS"
AddDefaultAuthorizerToCorsPreflight: False
Note the AddDefaultAuthorizerToCorsPreflight at the bottom. This defaults to True if you DON'T have it in your template, as as far as I can tell from my reading. And, when True, it sort of blocks the normal OPTIONS behavior to announce what the Resource supports in terms of Allowed Origins. Once I explicitly added it and set it to False, all of my issues were resolved.
The implication is that if you are having this issue and want to diagnose it more completely, you should visit your Resources in API Gateway and check to see if your OPTIONS method contains some form of Authentication. Your GET or POST needs Auth, but if your OPTIONS has Auth enabled on it, then you might find yourself in this situation. If you are clicking around the AWS console, then try removing from OPTIONS, re-deploy, then test. If you are using SAM CLI, then try my fix above.
Bucket Policy
? Make sure you have the method in your policy – CominformThe response had HTTP status code 403
specifically hints that you're receiving an error response, and the error response likely does not have said cors header. – Cytoplasm