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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/performing-safe-canary-upgrades.md

Summary

Updated 'AWS CloudFormation' to 'CloudFormation' in canary deployment documentation

Security assessment

Terminology standardization in dry run deployment instructions. No security features added or vulnerabilities addressed

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/performing-safe-canary-upgrades.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/performing-safe-canary-upgrades.md
index b2fbed9ca..fe6c30b53 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/performing-safe-canary-upgrades.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/performing-safe-canary-upgrades.md
@@ -145 +145 @@ The _State_ , _StateReason_ , and _StateReasonCode_ displays the status of the d
-**Using AWS CloudFormation**
+**Using CloudFormation**
@@ -149 +149 @@ In your template for a Synthetics Canary, provide the field `DryRunAndUpdate` wh
-when the value is `true` every update executes a dry run to validate the changes before automatically updating the canary. When the dry run fails, the canary does not update and fails the deployment and AWS CloudFormation deployment with a valid reason. To debug this issue, use the [AWS Synthetics console ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Troubleshoot.html) or if using an API, get the `ArtifactS3Location` using the `GetCanaryRuns` API, and download the `*-log.txt` files to review the canary log executions for errors. After validation, modify the AWS CloudFormation template and retry the deployment or use the above API to validate.
+when the value is `true` every update executes a dry run to validate the changes before automatically updating the canary. When the dry run fails, the canary does not update and fails the deployment and CloudFormation deployment with a valid reason. To debug this issue, use the [AWS Synthetics console ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Synthetics_Canaries_Troubleshoot.html) or if using an API, get the `ArtifactS3Location` using the `GetCanaryRuns` API, and download the `*-log.txt` files to review the canary log executions for errors. After validation, modify the CloudFormation template and retry the deployment or use the above API to validate.