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AWS cognito documentation change

Service: cognito · 2025-04-03 · Documentation low

File: cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-verify-auth-challenge-response.md

Summary

Expanded explanation of challenge verification process and parameter references

Security assessment

Clarifies authentication flow mechanics but doesn't introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-verify-auth-challenge-response.md b/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-verify-auth-challenge-response.md
index 6cedee369..b444fef38 100644
--- a//cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-verify-auth-challenge-response.md
+++ b//cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-verify-auth-challenge-response.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Verify Auth challenge Lambda trigger parametersVerify Auth challenge response example
+ParametersExample: compare challenge answer
@@ -101 +101,3 @@ If the user successfully completes the challenge, Amazon Cognito sets this param
-In this example, the Lambda function checks whether the user's response to a challenge matches the expected response. If the user's response matches the expected response, Amazon Cognito sets the `answerCorrect` parameter to `true`.
+This verify auth challenge function checks whether the user's response to a challenge matches the expected response. The user's answer is defined by input from your application and the preferred answer is defined by `privateChallengeParameters.answer` in the response from the [create auth challenge trigger response](./user-pool-lambda-create-auth-challenge.html#aws-lambda-triggers-create-auth-challenge-example). Both the correct answer and the given answer are part of the input event to this function.
+
+In this example, if the user's response matches the expected response, Amazon Cognito sets the `answerCorrect` parameter to `true`.
@@ -129 +131 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Create auth challenge Lambda trigger
+Create auth challenge
@@ -131 +133 @@ Create auth challenge Lambda trigger
-Pre token generation Lambda trigger
+Pre token generation