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AWS amplify documentation change

Service: amplify · 2025-05-25 · Documentation low

File: amplify/latest/userguide/monitoring-with-cloudwatch.md

Summary

Updated navigation steps for accessing CloudWatch metrics/alarms and added instructions for viewing SSR application logs in Amplify console

Security assessment

Changes focus on UI navigation simplification and logging visibility improvements. No evidence of addressing vulnerabilities or security weaknesses. Mention of IAM service roles is part of existing security best practices documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/amplify/latest/userguide/monitoring-with-cloudwatch.md b/amplify/latest/userguide/monitoring-with-cloudwatch.md
index f08011b59..ab77427b9 100644
--- a//amplify/latest/userguide/monitoring-with-cloudwatch.md
+++ b//amplify/latest/userguide/monitoring-with-cloudwatch.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Supported CloudWatch metricsAccessing CloudWatch metricsCreating CloudWatch alar
-# Monitoring an application with Amazon CloudWatch
+# Monitoring an Amplify application with Amazon CloudWatch
@@ -9 +9 @@ Supported CloudWatch metricsAccessing CloudWatch metricsCreating CloudWatch alar
-AWS Amplify is integrated with Amazon CloudWatch, enabling you to monitor metrics for your Amplify applications in near real-time. You can create alarms that send notifications when a metric exceeds a threshold you set. For more information about how the CloudWatch service works, see the [Amazon CloudWatch User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.html).
+AWS Amplify is integrated with Amazon CloudWatch, enabling you to monitor metrics for your Amplify applications in near real-time, and create alarms that send notifications when a metric exceeds a threshold you set. For more information about how the CloudWatch service works, see the [Amazon CloudWatch User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.html).
@@ -47,3 +47 @@ You can also access CloudWatch metrics in the AWS Management Console at [https:/
-  3. In the navigation pane, choose **App Settings** , **Monitoring**.
-
-  4. On the **Monitoring** page, choose **Metrics**.
+  3. In the navigation pane, choose **Monitoring** , then choose **Metrics**.
@@ -70,3 +68 @@ Use the following procedure to create an alarm in the Amplify console.
-  3. In the navigation pane, choose **App Settings** , **Monitoring**.
-
-  4. On the **Monitoring** page, choose **Alarms**.
+  3. In the navigation pane, choose **Monitoring** , then choose **Alarms**.
@@ -74 +70 @@ Use the following procedure to create an alarm in the Amplify console.
-  5. Choose **Create alarm**.
+  4. On the **Alarms** page, choose **Create alarm**.
@@ -76 +72 @@ Use the following procedure to create an alarm in the Amplify console.
-  6. In the **Create alarm** window, configure your alarm as follows:
+  5. In the **Create alarm** window, configure your alarm as follows:
@@ -104 +100 @@ Use the following procedure to create an alarm in the Amplify console.
-    5. Choose **Create alarm**.
+    5. Choose **Confirm**.
@@ -115 +111 @@ Each Amazon SNS recipient that you specify receives a confirmation email from AW
-Amplify sends information about your Next.js runtime to Amazon CloudWatch Logs in your AWS account. When you deploy an SSR app, the app requires an IAM service role that Amplify assumes when calling other services on your behalf. You can either allow Amplify Hosting compute to automatically create a service role for you or you can specify a role that you have created.
+Amplify sends information about your SSR runtime to Amazon CloudWatch Logs in your AWS account. When you deploy an SSR app to Amplify Hosting compute, the app requires an IAM service role that Amplify assumes when calling other services on your behalf. You can either allow Amplify Hosting compute to automatically create a service role for you or you can specify a role that you have created.
@@ -126,0 +123,15 @@ For more information about adding a service role, see [Adding a service role wit
+You can view the Amplify Hosting compute logs for an SSR application in the CloudWatch console or in the Amplify console. Use the following instructions to view the logs in the Amplify console. 
+
+###### To view CloudWatch logs for an SSR application in the Amplify console
+
+  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the [Amplify console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/amplify/).
+
+  2. Choose the SSR app to view the CloudWatch logs for.
+
+  3. In the navigation pane, choose **Monitoring** , then choose **Hosting compute logs**.
+
+  4. On the **Hosting compute logs** page, search and select a CloudWatch log group for a specific branch.
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@@ -135 +146 @@ Monitoring applications
-Monitoring access logs
+Access logs