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AWS cli documentation change

Service: cli · 2025-07-01 · Documentation low

File: cli/latest/reference/iam/simulate-custom-policy.md

Summary

Updated CLI version number from 2.27.45 to 2.27.46 and added hyperlinks to referenced IAM API operations throughout documentation

Security assessment

The changes primarily add hyperlinks to related API documentation and update CLI version numbers. There is no indication these changes address security vulnerabilities or describe new security features. The modifications improve documentation navigation but don't impact security controls or disclose security fixes.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/iam/simulate-custom-policy.md b/cli/latest/reference/iam/simulate-custom-policy.md
index ec8e565ec..f523ad042 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/iam/simulate-custom-policy.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/iam/simulate-custom-policy.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.27.45 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.27.46 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -64 +64 @@ The simulation does not perform the API operations; it only checks the authoriza
-If you want to simulate existing policies that are attached to an IAM user, group, or role, use SimulatePrincipalPolicy instead.
+If you want to simulate existing policies that are attached to an IAM user, group, or role, use [SimulatePrincipalPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_SimulatePrincipalPolicy.html) instead.
@@ -66 +66 @@ If you want to simulate existing policies that are attached to an IAM user, grou
-Context keys are variables that are maintained by Amazon Web Services and its services and which provide details about the context of an API query request. You can use the `Condition` element of an IAM policy to evaluate context keys. To get the list of context keys that the policies require for correct simulation, use GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy .
+Context keys are variables that are maintained by Amazon Web Services and its services and which provide details about the context of an API query request. You can use the `Condition` element of an IAM policy to evaluate context keys. To get the list of context keys that the policies require for correct simulation, use [GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy.html) .
@@ -234 +234 @@ Syntax:
->> This data type is used as an input parameter to SimulateCustomPolicy and SimulatePrincipalPolicy .
+>> This data type is used as an input parameter to [SimulateCustomPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_SimulateCustomPolicy.html) and [SimulatePrincipalPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_SimulatePrincipalPolicy.html) .
@@ -483 +483 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->> This data type is used by the return parameter of `` SimulateCustomPolicy `` and `` SimulatePrincipalPolicy `` .
+>> This data type is used by the return parameter of `` [SimulateCustomPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_SimulateCustomPolicy.html) `` and `` [SimulatePrincipalPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_SimulatePrincipalPolicy.html) `` .
@@ -505 +505 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->>>> This data type is used by the `MatchedStatements` member of the `` EvaluationResult `` type.
+>>>> This data type is used by the `MatchedStatements` member of the `` [EvaluationResult](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_EvaluationResult.html) `` type.
@@ -541 +541 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->>> A list of context keys that are required by the included input policies but that were not provided by one of the input parameters. This list is used when the resource in a simulation is “*”, either explicitly, or when the `ResourceArns` parameter blank. If you include a list of resources, then any missing context values are instead included under the `ResourceSpecificResults` section. To discover the context keys used by a set of policies, you can call GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy or GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy .
+>>> A list of context keys that are required by the included input policies but that were not provided by one of the input parameters. This list is used when the resource in a simulation is “*”, either explicitly, or when the `ResourceArns` parameter blank. If you include a list of resources, then any missing context values are instead included under the `ResourceSpecificResults` section. To discover the context keys used by a set of policies, you can call [GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy.html) or [GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy.html) .
@@ -583 +583 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->>>> This data type is used by a member of the EvaluationResult data type.
+>>>> This data type is used by a member of the [EvaluationResult](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_EvaluationResult.html) data type.
@@ -601 +601 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->>>>>> This data type is used by the `MatchedStatements` member of the `` EvaluationResult `` type.
+>>>>>> This data type is used by the `MatchedStatements` member of the `` [EvaluationResult](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_EvaluationResult.html) `` type.
@@ -637 +637 @@ EvaluationResults -> (list)
->>>>> A list of context keys that are required by the included input policies but that were not provided by one of the input parameters. This list is used when a list of ARNs is included in the `ResourceArns` parameter instead of “*”. If you do not specify individual resources, by setting `ResourceArns` to “*” or by not including the `ResourceArns` parameter, then any missing context values are instead included under the `EvaluationResults` section. To discover the context keys used by a set of policies, you can call GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy or GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy .
+>>>>> A list of context keys that are required by the included input policies but that were not provided by one of the input parameters. This list is used when a list of ARNs is included in the `ResourceArns` parameter instead of “*”. If you do not specify individual resources, by setting `ResourceArns` to “*” or by not including the `ResourceArns` parameter, then any missing context values are instead included under the `EvaluationResults` section. To discover the context keys used by a set of policies, you can call [GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetContextKeysForCustomPolicy.html) or [GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetContextKeysForPrincipalPolicy.html) .
@@ -675 +675 @@ Marker -> (string)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.27.45 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.27.46 Command Reference](../../index.html) »