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AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2025-05-16 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md

Summary

Added documentation for new silent Challenge metrics and updated metric descriptions

Security assessment

Expands documentation for security feature telemetry without indicating a security issue resolution.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
index 032aff0c4..f5e4c6ce8 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
@@ -54,0 +55,2 @@ AWS WAF core metrics Metric | Description
+`ChallengesAttempted` |  The number of attempts that were submitted by an end user in response to a silent challenge served by a Challenge rule. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. Valid statistics: Sum  
+`ChallengesSolved` |  The number of silent challenge solutions submitted that successfully passed the silent challenge served by a Challenge rule. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. Valid statistics: Sum  
@@ -132 +134 @@ Free bot visibility dimensions Dimension | Description
-Account metrics provide account-wide information about CAPTCHA puzzles that were serviced through the JavaScript API. 
+Account metrics provide account-wide information about CAPTCHA puzzles and silent Challenge rule actions that were serviced through the JavaScript API.
@@ -137,0 +140,2 @@ Account metrics Metric | Description
+`ChallengesAttemptedSdk` |  The number of attempts that were submitted by an end user in response to a silent challenge served by the Challenge JavaScript API. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. Valid statistics: Sum  
+`ChallengesSolvedSdk` |  The number of silent challenge solutions submitted that successfully passed the silent challenge served by the Challenge JavaScript API. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. Valid statistics: Sum