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AWS waf documentation change

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

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

Summary

Added 'protection pack' context to managed rule group version selection and introduced new console experience documentation

Security assessment

The change documents expanded usage of security features (protection packs) but doesn't address a specific vulnerability. It adds documentation about security-related capabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-versioning.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-versioning.md
index b09c5a69c..10f8074fd 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-versioning.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-managed-rule-groups-versioning.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). 
+
@@ -11 +15 @@ Many managed rule group providers use versioning to update a rule group's option
-When you use a versioned managed rule group in your web ACL, you can select the default version and let the provider manage which static version you use, or you can select a specific static version. 
+When you use a versioned managed rule group in your protection pack or web ACL, you can select the default version and let the provider manage which static version you use, or you can select a specific static version.