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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/cluster-insights.md

Summary

Updated documentation about cluster insights refresh frequency and console navigation

Security assessment

Changes relate to operational aspects of cluster insights (manual refresh capability and UI navigation) rather than security controls or vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/cluster-insights.md b/eks/latest/userguide/cluster-insights.md
index d143f47bb..b25b7fd80 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/cluster-insights.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/cluster-insights.md
@@ -26 +26 @@ Amazon EKS cluster insights provide detection of issues and recommendations to r
-  * **Frequency** : Amazon EKS refreshes cluster insights every 24 hours. You cannot manually refresh cluster insights. If you fix a cluster issue, it will take some time for cluster insights to update. To determine if a fix was successful, compare the time that the change deployed to the "last refresh time" of the insight check.
+  * **Frequency** : Amazon EKS refreshes cluster insights every 24 hours, or you can manually refresh them to see the latest status. For example, you can manually refresh cluster insights after addressing an issue to see if the issue was resolved.
@@ -28 +28 @@ Amazon EKS cluster insights provide detection of issues and recommendations to r
-  * **Permissions** : Amazon EKS automatically creates a cluster access entry for cluster insights in every EKS cluster. This entry gives EKS permission to view information about your cluster. EKS uses this information to generate the insights. For more information, see [AmazonEKSClusterInsightsPolicy](./access-policy-permissions.html#access-policy-permissions-AmazonEKSClusterInsightsPolicy).
+  * **Permissions** : Amazon EKS automatically creates a cluster access entry for cluster insights in every EKS cluster. This entry gives EKS permission to view information about your cluster. Amazon EKS uses this information to generate the insights. For more information, see [AmazonEKSClusterInsightsPolicy](./access-policy-permissions.html#access-policy-permissions-AmazonEKSClusterInsightsPolicy).
@@ -47 +47 @@ For more information about updating your cluster, see [Step 3: Update cluster co
-Before updating your cluster Kubernetes version, you can use the **Cluster insights** tab of the observability dashboard in the [Amazon EKS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/eks/home#/clusters). If your cluster has identified issues, review them and make appropriate fixes. The issues include links to Amazon EKS and Kubernetes documentation. After fixing the issue, wait for the cluster insights to refresh. If all issues have been resolved, [update your cluster](./update-cluster.html).
+Before updating your cluster Kubernetes version, you can use the **Upgrade insights** tab of the observability dashboard in the [Amazon EKS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/eks/home#/clusters). If your cluster has identified issues, review them and make appropriate fixes. The issues include links to Amazon EKS and Kubernetes documentation. After fixing the issue, refresh cluster insights on-demand to fetch the latest insights. If all issues have been resolved, [update your cluster](./update-cluster.html).