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AWS drs documentation change

Service: drs · 2025-06-16 · Documentation low

File: drs/latest/userguide/post-launch-action-settings-roles.md

Summary

Updated wording for clarity in IAM role installation instructions and simplified UI guidance. Changed passive voice to active voice (e.g., 'click the button' → 'select').

Security assessment

The changes clarify how to install IAM roles required for post-launch actions, which are security-relevant infrastructure. However, there is no evidence this addresses a newly discovered vulnerability - it appears to be documentation refinement for an existing security control.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/post-launch-action-settings-roles.md b/drs/latest/userguide/post-launch-action-settings-roles.md
index 2e49b1d18..10f56cf75 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/post-launch-action-settings-roles.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/post-launch-action-settings-roles.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ To operate post-launch actions and allow to run SSM documents on launched instan
-If you have already initialized Elastic Disaster Recovery in your account before September 13, 2023, it may happen that the required IAM roles were not installed in your account.
+If you have already initialized Elastic Disaster Recovery in your account before September 13, 2023, it's possible that the required IAM roles were not installed in your account.
@@ -11,3 +11 @@ If you have already initialized Elastic Disaster Recovery in your account before
-To verify the IAM roles are installed or install them if not installed (a one time operation, go to **Settings → Default post-launch actions** and check **Post-launch actions settings** to see if there is a message labelled: **Install the required IAM roles to allow using post-launch actions**. If this message appears, click the button labelled **Install post-launched IAM roles**. If the roles were installed successfully, the message to install the roles will not be present in **Post-launch actions settings**. 
-
-![Post-launch action settings panel showing inactive status and option to install IAM roles.](/images/drs/latest/userguide/images/drs-new-post-launch-actions-1.png)
+To verify the IAM roles are installed or install them if not installed (a one time operation, go to **Settings → Default post-launch actions** and check **Post-launch actions settings**. If you see the message **Install the required IAM roles to allow using post-launch actions** select **Install post-launched IAM roles**. If the roles were installed successfully, the message to install the roles is not present in **Post-launch actions settings**.