AWS AmazonECS documentation change

Service: AmazonECS · 2025-08-10 · Documentation low

File: AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-scale-in-protection-endpoint.md

Summary

Added PowerShell examples for Windows container task protection configuration

Security assessment

Expands documentation for an existing security feature (task scale-in protection) by adding Windows examples. Enhances security documentation but doesn't address a new vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-scale-in-protection-endpoint.md b/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-scale-in-protection-endpoint.md
index c633f7cec..e3a837125 100644
--- a//AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-scale-in-protection-endpoint.md
+++ b//AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task-scale-in-protection-endpoint.md
@@ -63,0 +64,25 @@ This example shows how to protect a task for 24 hours using the `expiresInMinute
+**Examples for Windows containers**
+
+For Windows containers, you can use PowerShell's `Invoke-RestMethod` cmdlet instead of curl. The following examples show the PowerShell equivalents of the previous curl commands.
+
+**Example of how to protect a Windows container task with the default time period**
+
+This example shows how to protect a task with the default time period of 2 hours using PowerShell.
+    
+    
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $env:ECS_AGENT_URI/task-protection/v1/state -Method Put -Body '{"ProtectionEnabled":true}' -ContentType 'application/json'
+
+**Example of how to protect a Windows container task for 60 minutes**
+
+This example shows how to protect a task for 60 minutes using the `expiresInMinutes` parameter with PowerShell.
+    
+    
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $env:ECS_AGENT_URI/task-protection/v1/state -Method Put -Body '{"ProtectionEnabled":true,"ExpiresInMinutes":60}' -ContentType 'application/json'
+
+**Example of how to protect a Windows container task for 24 hours**
+
+This example shows how to protect a task for 24 hours using the `expiresInMinutes` parameter with PowerShell.
+    
+    
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $env:ECS_AGENT_URI/task-protection/v1/state -Method Put -Body '{"ProtectionEnabled":true,"ExpiresInMinutes":1440}' -ContentType 'application/json'
+
@@ -98,0 +124,5 @@ The following example shows the details returned for a protected task.
+For Windows containers, use the following PowerShell command to get the protection status:
+    
+    
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $env:ECS_AGENT_URI/task-protection/v1/state -Method Get
+