AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-best-practice.md

Summary

Added announcement about new console experience and expanded references to include 'protection pack' terminology alongside web ACL

Security assessment

Changes introduce UI updates and terminology expansion ('protection pack'), but no direct security vulnerabilities or security feature documentation

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-best-practice.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-best-practice.md
index 3f4a1969b..58c4e605e 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-best-practice.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-best-practice.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). 
+
@@ -9 +13 @@ Follow this best practice guidance for handling versioning when you use a versio
-When you use a managed rule group in your web ACL, you can choose to use a specific, static version of the rule group, or you can choose to use the default version: 
+When you use a managed rule group in your protection pack or web ACL, you can choose to use a specific, static version of the rule group, or you can choose to use the default version: 
@@ -11 +15 @@ When you use a managed rule group in your web ACL, you can choose to use a speci
-  * **Default version** – AWS WAF always sets the default version to the static version that's currently recommended by the provider. When the provider updates their recommended static version, AWS WAF automatically updates the default version setting for the rule group in your web ACL. 
+  * **Default version** – AWS WAF always sets the default version to the static version that's currently recommended by the provider. When the provider updates their recommended static version, AWS WAF automatically updates the default version setting for the rule group in your protection pack or web ACL.