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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-04-23 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md

Summary

Updated instance type lists to include new M8gd, C8gd, and R8gd instance types in respective categories

Security assessment

Changes reflect hardware updates without security implications. No security features or vulnerabilities are mentioned in the context of these instance type additions.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
index 4c346a8ca..3587d3be3 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
@@ -92 +92 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **General purpose** : M5dn, M5n, M5zn, M6a, M6i, M6id, M6idn, M6in, M7a, M7g, M7gd, M7i, M7i-flex, M8g
+    * **General purpose** : M5dn, M5n, M5zn, M6a, M6i, M6id, M6idn, M6in, M7a, M7g, M7gd, M7i, M7i-flex, M8g, M8gd
@@ -94 +94 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **Compute optimized:** C5n, C6a, C6gn, C6i, C6id, C6in, C7a, C7g, C7gd, C7gn, C7i, C7i-flex, C8g
+    * **Compute optimized:** C5n, C6a, C6gn, C6i, C6id, C6in, C7a, C7g, C7gd, C7gn, C7i, C7i-flex, C8g, C8gd
@@ -96 +96 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **Memory optimized:** R5dn, R5n, R6a, R6i, R6idn, R6in, R6id, R7a, R7g, R7gd, R7i, R7iz, R8g, U-3tb1, U-6tb1, U-9tb1, U-12tb1, U-18tb1, U-24tb1, U7i-6tb, U7i-8tb, U7i-12tb, U7in-16tb, U7in-24tb, U7in-32tb, U7inh-32tb, X2idn, X2iedn, X2iezn, X8g
+    * **Memory optimized:** R5dn, R5n, R6a, R6i, R6idn, R6in, R6id, R7a, R7g, R7gd, R7i, R7iz, R8g, R8gd, U-3tb1, U-6tb1, U-9tb1, U-12tb1, U-18tb1, U-24tb1, U7i-6tb, U7i-8tb, U7i-12tb, U7in-16tb, U7in-24tb, U7in-32tb, U7inh-32tb, X2idn, X2iedn, X2iezn, X8g