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AWS iot low security documentation change

Service: iot · 2025-07-19 · Security-related low

File: iot/latest/developerguide/metrics_dimensions.md

Summary

Renamed metric from 'RuleMessageThrottled' to 'RuleExecutionThrottled' with identical description

Security assessment

The metric tracks throttling due to malicious behavior, indicating security monitoring capabilities. The name change suggests improved clarity around security-related rule execution limitations.

Diff

diff --git a/iot/latest/developerguide/metrics_dimensions.md b/iot/latest/developerguide/metrics_dimensions.md
index 1e83c4a44..5c92869b5 100644
--- a//iot/latest/developerguide/metrics_dimensions.md
+++ b//iot/latest/developerguide/metrics_dimensions.md
@@ -90 +90 @@ Metric | Description
-`RuleMessageThrottled` |  The number of messages throttled by the rules engine because of malicious behavior or because the number of messages exceeds the rules engine's throttle limit. The `RuleName` dimension contains the name of the rule to be triggered.  
+`RuleExecutionThrottled` |  The number of messages throttled by the rules engine because of malicious behavior or because the number of messages exceeds the rules engine's throttle limit. The `RuleName` dimension contains the name of the rule to be triggered.