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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-12-07 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/DocumentHistory.md

Summary

Removed policy update entry, added documentation for new CloudWatch pipelines feature and AI-powered incident report generation

Security assessment

New pipeline and incident reporting features are operational improvements without explicit security vulnerability fixes or security feature documentation

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@@ -11 +10,0 @@ Change| Description| Date
-Updated CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess policy| Permissions for observability administration actions were added to [CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.html#managed-policies-cloudwatch-CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess) to allow read-only access to telemetry pipelines and S3 table integrations.| December 2, 2025  
@@ -15,0 +15,3 @@ New AWSObservabilityAdminTelemetryEnablementServiceRolePolicy policy| CloudWatch
+Introduced CloudWatch pipelines| The new pipeline feature of CloudWatch connects data from a catalogue of data sources, so that you can add and configure pipeline processors from a library to parse, enrich, and standardize data. For more information, see [CloudWatch pipelines](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-pipelines.html).| December 2, 2025  
+Introduced CloudWatch pipelines| The new pipeline feature of CloudWatch connects data from a catalogue of data sources, so that you can add and configure pipeline processors from a library to parse, enrich, and standardize data. For more information, see [CloudWatch pipelines](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch-pipelines.html).| December 2, 2025  
+New CloudWatch investigations feature| Amazon CloudWatch now offers interactive incident report generation, enabling customers to create comprehensive post-incident analysis reports in minutes. The new capability, available within CloudWatch investigations, automatically gathers and correlates your telemetry data, as well as your input and any actions taken during an investigation, and produces a streamlined incident report. Amazon CloudWatch enhanced incident report generation capabilities with an AI-powered root-cause workflow that guides customers through the "Five Why’s" analysis technique. For more information, see [Generate incident reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Investigations-Incident-Reports)| November 30, 2025