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AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-control-example-user-agent-exception.md

Summary

Added console experience note and updated rule processing order reference to include protection packs

Security assessment

The addition of 'protection pack' terminology suggests documentation for a new security-related feature (rule grouping/organization), but there is no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-control-example-user-agent-exception.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-control-example-user-agent-exception.md
index a65c55cd5..ba282f4c6 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-control-example-user-agent-exception.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-control-example-user-agent-exception.md
@@ -4,0 +5,4 @@
+**Introducing a new console experience for AWS WAF**
+
+You can now use the updated experience to access AWS WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see [Working with the updated console experience](./working-with-console.html). 
+
@@ -50 +54 @@ The following rule matches against the signal label that the Bot Control `Signal
-The following rule must run after the preceding Bot Control managed rule group in the web ACL processing order. 
+The following rule must run after the preceding Bot Control managed rule group in the protection pack or web ACL processing order.