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AWS cli medium security documentation change

Service: cli · 2025-10-01 · Security-related medium

File: cli/latest/reference/transfer/describe-certificate.md

Summary

Added documentation about CloudWatch DaysUntilExpiry metric tracking

Security assessment

The DaysUntilExpiry metric documentation helps prevent security incidents from certificate expiration by enabling proactive monitoring of certificate lifecycle.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/transfer/describe-certificate.md b/cli/latest/reference/transfer/describe-certificate.md
index 25dbb7ebb..4bec12601 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/transfer/describe-certificate.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/transfer/describe-certificate.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.31.3 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.31.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -60,0 +61,4 @@ Describes the certificate that’s identified by the `CertificateId` .
+### Note
+
+Transfer Family automatically publishes a Amazon CloudWatch metric called `DaysUntilExpiry` for imported certificates. This metric tracks the number of days until the certificate expires based on the `InactiveDate` . The metric is available in the `AWS/Transfer` namespace and includes the `CertificateId` as a dimension.
+
@@ -387 +391 @@ Certificate -> (structure)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.31.3 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.31.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »