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AWS resource-explorer documentation change

Service: resource-explorer · 2025-10-07 · Documentation low

File: resource-explorer/latest/userguide/listing-managed-views.md

Summary

Announced immediate access to Resource Explorer without activation, clarified command output details, and updated policy example version placeholder.

Security assessment

The changes include a feature announcement (immediate access) and documentation clarifications. The policy example's version field was changed from a valid policy version (2012-10-17) to a placeholder (YYYY-MM-DD), which could lead to misconfiguration if users copy it without correction. However, there is no explicit evidence in the diff that this addresses a security vulnerability or incident. The immediate access feature may impact security posture but is not framed as a security fix.

Diff

diff --git a/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/listing-managed-views.md b/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/listing-managed-views.md
index 64a4605d6..cea397211 100644
--- a//resource-explorer/latest/userguide/listing-managed-views.md
+++ b//resource-explorer/latest/userguide/listing-managed-views.md
@@ -4,0 +5,2 @@
+AWS Resource Explorer now provides immediate access to resource search and discovery capabilities in a Region. With this launch, you no longer need to activate Resource Explorer to discover your resources. [Learn more](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/manage-immediate-resource-discovery-experience.html)
+
@@ -47 +49 @@ Run the following command to retrieve details about a specified managed view usi
-The command output is details about the specified managed view. 
+The command output provides details about the specified managed view, similar to the following:
@@ -66 +68 @@ The command output is details about the specified managed view.
-        "ResourcePolicy": "{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Sid\":\"EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111_ACCESS_TO_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL\",\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"PrincipalGroup\":{\"AWS\":\"sservicea.amazonaws.com\"},\"Action\":[\"resource-explorer-2:GetManagedView\",\"resource-explorer-2:DeleteManagedView\",\"resource-explorer-2:Search\"],\"Resource\":\"arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-east-1:111122223333:managed-view/ExampleManagedViewName/EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111\",\"Condition\":{\"StringEquals\":{\"aws:SourceAccount\":\"111122223333\"}}},{\"Sid\":\"EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111_DENY_ACCESS_TO_NON_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL\",\"Effect\":\"Deny\",\"Principal\":\"*\",\"NotAction\":\"resource-explorer-2:GetManagedView\",\"Resource\":\"arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-east-1:111122223333:managed-view/ExampleManagedViewName/EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111\",\"Condition\":{\"ForAllValues:StringNotEquals\":{\"aws:PrincipalServiceNamesList\":\"servicea.amazonaws.com\"}}}]}",
+        "ResourcePolicy": "{\"Version\":\"YYYY-MM-DD\",\"Statement\":[{\"Sid\":\"EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111_ACCESS_TO_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL\",\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"PrincipalGroup\":{\"AWS\":\"sservicea.amazonaws.com\"},\"Action\":[\"resource-explorer-2:GetManagedView\",\"resource-explorer-2:DeleteManagedView\",\"resource-explorer-2:Search\"],\"Resource\":\"arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-east-1:111122223333:managed-view/ExampleManagedViewName/EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111\",\"Condition\":{\"StringEquals\":{\"aws:SourceAccount\":\"111122223333\"}}},{\"Sid\":\"EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111_DENY_ACCESS_TO_NON_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL\",\"Effect\":\"Deny\",\"Principal\":\"*\",\"NotAction\":\"resource-explorer-2:GetManagedView\",\"Resource\":\"arn:aws:resource-explorer-2:us-east-1:111122223333:managed-view/ExampleManagedViewName/EXAMPLE8-90ab-cdef-fedc-EXAMPLE11111\",\"Condition\":{\"ForAllValues:StringNotEquals\":{\"aws:PrincipalServiceNamesList\":\"servicea.amazonaws.com\"}}}]}",