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AWS resource-explorer documentation change

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

File: resource-explorer/latest/userguide/opt-in-region-considerations.md

Summary

Updated documentation to reflect immediate resource discovery availability without activation, changed terminology from 'turning on' to 'completing setup' and 'enabling cross-Region search'

Security assessment

Changes describe feature availability improvements and terminology updates without addressing security vulnerabilities or introducing security controls. No security-specific context or vulnerability mitigation mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/opt-in-region-considerations.md b/resource-explorer/latest/userguide/opt-in-region-considerations.md
index 6a45c7afd..67defdb2e 100644
--- a//resource-explorer/latest/userguide/opt-in-region-considerations.md
+++ b//resource-explorer/latest/userguide/opt-in-region-considerations.md
@@ -6,0 +7,2 @@ Opt-out behaviors
+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)
+
@@ -11 +13 @@ Opt-in Regions have higher security requirements than commercial Regions as it p
-You can activate opt-in Regions using the [AWS Resource Explorer console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer). See [ Turning on Resource Explorer in an AWS Region to index your resources](./manage-service-turn-on-region.html) for more information.
+You can activate opt-in Regions using the [AWS Resource Explorer console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/resource-explorer). See [ Completing setup for Resource Explorer in an AWS Region to index your resources](./manage-service-turn-on-region.html) for more information.
@@ -44 +46 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Turning on a Region
+Completing setup
@@ -46 +48 @@ Turning on a Region
-Turning on cross-Region search
+Enabling cross-Region search