AWS cost-management documentation change
Summary
Added multiple documentation updates including new cost efficiency metrics, AWS managed monitoring expansion, Amazon Q enhancements, and updates to AWSBudgets/CostOptimizationHub managed policies
Security assessment
The updates to AWSBudgetsActionsWithAWSResourceControlAccess and CostOptimizationHub policies relate to access control documentation, which is security-adjacent. However, there's no evidence these changes address specific vulnerabilities.
Diff
diff --git a/cost-management/latest/userguide/doc-history.md b/cost-management/latest/userguide/doc-history.md index c77a9cf9d..3cbb13e0c 100644 --- a//cost-management/latest/userguide/doc-history.md +++ b//cost-management/latest/userguide/doc-history.md @@ -10,0 +11,3 @@ Change| Description| Date +[Launching Cost efficiency metric in Cost Optimization Hub](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/coh-cost-efficiency.html)| Cost efficiency is a metric that measures how effectively a customer is optimizing their AWS cloud resources.| November 19, 2025 +[AWS Cost Anomaly Detection expands AWS managed monitoring](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/getting-started-ad.html)| AWS Cost Anomaly Detection now enables you to monitor all linked accounts, cost allocation tags, or cost categories with a single AWS managed monitor.| November 19, 2025 +Enhanced cost management capabilities in Amazon Q| Amazon Q now provides enhanced cost management capabilities, including improved analytical capabilities and additional service integrations.| November 18, 2025 @@ -12,0 +16,12 @@ Change| Description| Date +Updated AWS managed policies| Updated the following managed policies. + + * [AWSBudgetsActionsWithAWSResourceControlAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#budget-managedIAM-full) + * [AWSBudgetsReadOnlyAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#budget-managedIAM-read-only) + +| August 15, 2025 +Updated AWS managed policies| Updated the following managed policies. + + * [AWSBudgetsActionsWithAWSResourceControlAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#budget-managedIAM-full) + * [AWSBudgetsReadOnlyAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#budget-managedIAM-read-only) + +| August 15, 2025 @@ -66,0 +82,7 @@ Updated documentation| For an overview of your AWS cloud financial management da +Updated AWS managed policies| Cost Optimization Hub updated the following two managed policies: + + * [CostOptimizationHubReadOnlyAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#cost-optimization-hub-read-only) + * [CostOptimizationHubAdminAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html#cost-optimization-hub-admin) + +| November 19, 2020 +[Launched RI/SP Sharing in AWS Pricing Calculator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/pc-bill-estimate.html)| You can specify a group sharing preference in Bill Estimates for designating reserved instance and savings plans sharing settings.| November 19, 2020