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AWS managedservices documentation change

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

File: managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.md

Summary

Reorganized report columns, added compliance severity breakdowns, instance tags, and maintenance window fields while restructuring field order

Security assessment

Added documentation for tracking patch compliance by severity levels (critical/high/medium/low) which improves visibility into security patching status. However, there is no evidence this change addresses a specific security vulnerability or incident.

Diff

diff --git a/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.md b/managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.md
index e653be433..9be569ccd 100644
--- a//managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.md
+++ b//managedservices/latest/accelerate-guide/daily-patch-report.md
@@ -37 +37 @@ This is an informational report that helps identify all the instances onboarded
-Report Datetime | dataset_datetime | The date and time the report was generated.  
+Access Restrictions | access_restrictions | Regions to which access is restricted  
@@ -41 +40,0 @@ Account Name | account_name | AWS account name
-Production Account | prod_account | Identifier of AMS prod, non-prod accounts, depending on whether account name include value 'PROD', 'NONPROD'.  
@@ -44 +42,0 @@ Account Status | account_status | AMS account status
-Landing Zone | malz_flag | Flag for MALZ-related account  
@@ -46 +44 @@ Account Type | malz_role | MALZ role
-Access Restrictions | access_restrictions | Regions to which access is restricted  
+Auto Scaling Group Name | instance_asg_name | Name of Auto Scaling Group (ASG) that contains the instance  
@@ -49,5 +46,0 @@ Instance Name | instance_name | Name of EC2 instance
-Instance Platform Type | instance_platform_type | Operating System (OS) type  
-Instance Platform Name | instance_platform_name | Operating System (OS) name  
-Stack Name | instance_stack_name | Name of stack that contains instance  
-Stack Type | instance_stack_type | AMS stack (AMS infrastructure within customer account) or Customer stack (AMS managed infrastructure that supports customer applications)  
-Auto Scaling Group Name | instance_asg_name | Name of Auto Scaling Group (ASG) that contains the instance  
@@ -55,0 +49,2 @@ Instance Patch Group Type | instance_patch_group_type | Patch group type
+Instance Platform Type | instance_platform_type | Operating System (OS) type  
+Instance Platform Name | instance_platform_name | Operating System (OS) name  
@@ -56,0 +52,2 @@ Instance State | instance_state | State within the EC2 instance lifecycle
+Instance Tags | ec2_tags | The tags associated with the Amazon EC2 instance ID  
+Landing Zone | malz_flag | Flag for MALZ-related account  
@@ -59,0 +57,4 @@ Maintenance Window Execution Datetime | earliest_window_execution_time | Next ti
+Production Account | prod_account | Identifier of AMS prod, non-prod accounts, depending on whether account name include value 'PROD', 'NONPROD'.  
+Report Datetime | dataset_datetime | The date and time the report was generated.  
+Stack Name | instance_stack_name | Name of stack that contains instance  
+Stack Type | instance_stack_type | AMS stack (AMS infrastructure within customer account) or Customer stack (AMS managed infrastructure that supports customer applications)  
@@ -80,0 +82,8 @@ Account Name | account_name | AWS account name
+Account Status | account_status | AMS account status  
+Compliant - Critical | compliant_critical | Count of compliant patches with "critical" severity  
+Compliant - High | compliant_high | Count of compliant patches with "high" severity  
+Compliant - Medium | compliant_medium | Count of compliant patches with "medium" severity  
+Compliant - Low  | compliant_low | Count of compliant patches with "low" severity  
+Compliant - Informational | compliant_informational | Count of compliant patches with "informational" severity  
+Compliant - Unspecified | compliant_unspecified | Count of compliant patches with "unspecified" severity  
+Compliant - Total | compliant_total | Count of compliant patches (all severities)  
@@ -83,2 +91,0 @@ Instance Name | instance_name | Name of EC2 instance
-Production Account | prod_account | Identifier of AMS prod, non-prod accounts, depending on whether account name include value 'PROD', 'NONPROD'.  
-Account Status | account_status | AMS account status  
@@ -88 +94,0 @@ Instance Platform Name | instance_platform_name | Operating System (OS) name
-Stack Type | instance_stack_type | AMS stack (AMS infrastructure within customer account) or Customer stack (AMS managed infrastructure that supports customer applications)  
@@ -91,0 +98,2 @@ Instance State | instance_state | State within the EC2 instance life cycle
+Instance Tags | ec2_tags | The tags associated with the Amazon EC2 instance ID  
+Last Execution Maintenance Window | last_execution_window | The latest time the maintenance window was executed  
@@ -96,5 +103,0 @@ Maintenance Window Next Execution Datetime |  window_next execution_time | Next
-Last Execution Maintenance Window | last_execution_window | The latest time the maintenance window was executed  
-| window_next_exec_yyyy | Year part of window_next_execution_time  
-| window_next_exec_mm | Month part of window_next_execution_time  
-| window_next_exec_D | Day part of window_next_execution_time  
-|  window_next  _exec_HHMI  | Hour:Minute part of window_next_execution_time  
@@ -103,9 +105,0 @@ Maintenance Window Coverage | mw_covered_flag | If an instance has at least one
-Patch Baseline Id | patch_baseline_id | Patch baseline currently attached to instance  
-Patch Status | patch_status | Overall patch compliance status. If there is at least one missing patch, instance is considered noncompliant, otherwise compliant.  
-Compliant - Critical | compliant_critical | Count of compliant patches with "critical" severity  
-Compliant - High | compliant_high | Count of compliant patches with "high" severity  
-Compliant - Medium | compliant_medium | Count of compliant patches with "medium" severity  
-Compliant - Low  | compliant_low | Count of compliant patches with "low" severity  
-Compliant - Informational | compliant_informational | Count of compliant patches with "informational" severity  
-Compliant - Unspecified | compliant_unspecified | Count of compliant patches with "unspecified" severity  
-Compliant - Total | compliant_total | Count of compliant patches (all severities)  
@@ -118,0 +113,8 @@ Noncompliant - Total | noncompliant_total | Count of noncompliant patches (all s
+Patch Baseline Id | patch_baseline_id | Patch baseline currently attached to instance  
+Patch Status | patch_status | Overall patch compliance status. If there is at least one missing patch, instance is considered noncompliant, otherwise compliant.  
+Production Account | prod_account | Identifier of AMS prod, non-prod accounts, depending on whether account name include value 'PROD', 'NONPROD'.  
+Stack Type | instance_stack_type | AMS stack (AMS infrastructure within customer account) or Customer stack (AMS managed infrastructure that supports customer applications)  
+| window_next_exec_yyyy | Year part of window_next_execution_time  
+| window_next_exec_mm | Month part of window_next_execution_time  
+| window_next_exec_D | Day part of window_next_execution_time  
+| window_next _exec_HHMI | Hour:Minute part of window_next_execution_time  
@@ -147,0 +150 @@ Instance State | instance_state | State within the EC2 instance life cycle
+Instance Tags | ec2_tags | The tags associated with the Amazon EC2 instance ID