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AWS r53recovery documentation change

Service: r53recovery · 2025-10-16 · Documentation medium

File: r53recovery/latest/dg/working-with-rs-create-plan.md

Summary

Updated CloudWatch alarms IAM policy reference to dedicated CloudWatch health permissions documentation

Security assessment

The change provides clearer documentation about required permissions for monitoring application health, which relates to security best practices. However, there's no indication this fixes an existing security flaw or vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/r53recovery/latest/dg/working-with-rs-create-plan.md b/r53recovery/latest/dg/working-with-rs-create-plan.md
index e59c7a02d..0aa110231 100644
--- a//r53recovery/latest/dg/working-with-rs-create-plan.md
+++ b//r53recovery/latest/dg/working-with-rs-create-plan.md
@@ -38 +38 @@ You can create two different kinds of plans in Region switch: an active/active p
-Before you add CloudWatch alarms to a Region switch plan, make sure that you have the correct IAM policy in place. For more information, see [Sample policy for alarms](./security_iam_id-based-policy-examples-region-switch.html#ARCSwitchIAM_Alarms).
+Before you add CloudWatch alarms to a Region switch plan, make sure that you have the correct IAM policy in place. For more information, see [CloudWatch alarms for application health permissions](./security_iam_region_switch_cloudwatch.html).