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AWS wellarchitected documentation change

Service: wellarchitected · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: wellarchitected/2023-04-10/framework/sus_sus_user_a2.md

Summary

Replaced generic 'Auto Scaling group' references with 'Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group' for service specificity

Security assessment

Terminology clarification without security impact. Scaling best practices remain unchanged.

Diff

diff --git a/wellarchitected/2023-04-10/framework/sus_sus_user_a2.md b/wellarchitected/2023-04-10/framework/sus_sus_user_a2.md
index 86d536121..3f107f9c0 100644
--- a//wellarchitected/2023-04-10/framework/sus_sus_user_a2.md
+++ b//wellarchitected/2023-04-10/framework/sus_sus_user_a2.md
@@ -63 +63 @@ Auto scaling mechanism | Where to use
-    * The metric value must increase or decrease proportionally to the number of instances in the Auto Scaling group. 
+    * The metric value must increase or decrease proportionally to the number of instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. 
@@ -65 +65 @@ Auto scaling mechanism | Where to use
-  * Use [dynamic scaling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scale-based-on-demand.html) instead of [manual scaling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-manual-scaling.html) for your Auto Scaling group. We also recommend that you use [target tracking scaling policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scaling-target-tracking.html) in your dynamic scaling. 
+  * Use [dynamic scaling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scale-based-on-demand.html) instead of [manual scaling](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-manual-scaling.html) for your Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. We also recommend that you use [target tracking scaling policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-scaling-target-tracking.html) in your dynamic scaling. 
@@ -67 +67 @@ Auto scaling mechanism | Where to use
-  * Verify that workload deployments can handle both scale-out and scale-in events. Create test scenarios for scale-in events to verify that the workload behaves as expected and does not affect the user experience (like losing sticky sessions). You can use [Activity history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-verify-scaling-activity.html) to verify a scaling activity for an Auto Scaling group. 
+  * Verify that workload deployments can handle both scale-out and scale-in events. Create test scenarios for scale-in events to verify that the workload behaves as expected and does not affect the user experience (like losing sticky sessions). You can use [Activity history](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/ec2/userguide/as-verify-scaling-activity.html) to verify a scaling activity for an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. 
@@ -92 +92 @@ Auto scaling mechanism | Where to use
-  * [Deep Dive on Amazon ECS Cluster Auto Scaling](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/deep-dive-on-amazon-ecs-cluster-auto-scaling/)
+  * [Deep Dive on Amazon ECS Cluster Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/deep-dive-on-amazon-ecs-cluster-auto-scaling/)