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AWS autoscaling documentation change

Service: autoscaling · 2025-05-31 · Documentation medium

File: autoscaling/ec2/userguide/migrate-to-launch-templates.md

Summary

Added migration considerations for security groups/IAM profiles and rollback testing

Security assessment

The change emphasizes preventing accidental deletion of security-related resources (security groups, IAM profiles) during migration. While it promotes security best practices, there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/migrate-to-launch-templates.md b/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/migrate-to-launch-templates.md
index 5a6390045..55278e8c5 100644
--- a//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/migrate-to-launch-templates.md
+++ b//autoscaling/ec2/userguide/migrate-to-launch-templates.md
@@ -15 +15,5 @@ To migrate your Auto Scaling groups from launch configurations to launch templat
-Before you continue, confirm that you have the permissions required to work with launch templates. For more information, see [Permissions to work with launch templates](./launch-templates.html#launch-templates-permissions).
+Verify that you have the permissions required to work with launch templates. For more information, see [Permissions to work with launch templates](./launch-templates.html#launch-templates-permissions).
+
+Make sure that resources associated with the launch configuration, such as security groups and IAM instance profiles, are not deleted unintentionally.
+
+Test the rollback operation to make sure that changes can be safely reverted.