AWS elasticbeanstalk documentation change
Summary
Clarified platform version lifecycle and availability rules, added details about superseding versions
Security assessment
Changes describe platform version management without mentioning security vulnerabilities or security-specific features
Diff
diff --git a/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-glossary.md b/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-glossary.md index bccf73baf..14e2dff71 100644 --- a//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-glossary.md +++ b//elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/platforms-glossary.md @@ -33 +33 @@ A platform version can be in one of the following states: - * _Recommended_ – The latest platform version in a supported platform branch. This version contains the most up-to-date components and is recommended for use in production environments. + * _Recommended_ – The latest platform version in a supported platform branch. This version contains the most up-to-date components and is recommended for use in production environments. When Elastic Beanstalk releases a new platform version, the new version supersedes the previous version and becomes the recommended platform version for the corresponding platform branch. @@ -47 +47 @@ A line of platform versions sharing specific (typically major) versions of some -The recommended version in each supported platform branch is available to you unconditionally for environment creation. A previous platform version is available to you if you were using an environment with it at the time the platform version was superceded by a new platform version. Previous platform versions lack the most up-to-date components and aren't recommended for use. +The recommended version in each supported platform branch is available to you unconditionally for environment creation. A previous platform version remains available to you if you had environments using it at the time it was superseded by a newer version. This includes both active environments and recently created environments that may have since been terminated. Previous platform versions lack the most up-to-date components and aren't recommended for use. @@ -69 +69 @@ You can verify the state of a platform branch using the AWS CLI command **[descr -A release of new platform versions that contain updates to some components of the platform—OS, runtime, web server, application server, and Elastic Beanstalk components. Platform updates follow semantic version taxonomy, and can have three levels: +A release of a new platform version that contains updates to some components of the platform—OS, runtime, web server, application server, and Elastic Beanstalk components. When Elastic Beanstalk releases a new platform version, the new version supersedes the previous version and becomes the recommended platform version for the corresponding platform branch. Platform updates follow semantic version taxonomy, and can have three levels: