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AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-with-tokens.md

Summary

Added new console experience notice and updated web ACL references to include protection pack terminology

Security assessment

Updates focus on terminology consistency (protection pack references) and UI changes. The security guidance about Challenge/CAPTCHA actions remains unchanged except for naming. No evidence of security vulnerability fixes or new security features.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-with-tokens.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-with-tokens.md
index 4f2f6d3d9..12fef48b2 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-with-tokens.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-bot-with-tokens.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). 
+
@@ -15 +19 @@ We highly recommend implementing the application integration SDKs, for the most
-  * If you're unable to use the SDKs, you can configure your web ACL so that it runs the Challenge or CAPTCHA rule action against all requests that will be inspected by the Bot Control rule group. Using the Challenge or CAPTCHA rule action can incur additional fees. For pricing details, see [AWS WAF Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/waf/pricing/). 
+  * If you're unable to use the SDKs, you can configure your protection pack or web ACL so that it runs the Challenge or CAPTCHA rule action against all requests that will be inspected by the Bot Control rule group. Using the Challenge or CAPTCHA rule action can incur additional fees. For pricing details, see [AWS WAF Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/waf/pricing/). 
@@ -34 +38 @@ Bot Control components
-Adding the Bot Control managed rule group to your web ACL
+Adding the Bot Control managed rule group to your protection pack or web ACL