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AWS res documentation change

Service: res · 2025-12-25 · Documentation low

File: res/latest/ug/launch-the-product.md

Summary

Updated CloudFormation template URL encoding and added tagging instructions with reserved key restrictions

Security assessment

URL fix and operational guidance about resource tagging. Reserved key enforcement prevents conflicts but doesn't address security vulnerabilities or document security features.

Diff

diff --git a/res/latest/ug/launch-the-product.md b/res/latest/ug/launch-the-product.md
index 110a25ff1..a6a2e06e4 100644
--- a//res/latest/ug/launch-the-product.md
+++ b//res/latest/ug/launch-the-product.md
@@ -25 +25 @@ The AWS CloudFormation template deploys Research and Engineering Studio on AWS i
-  2. Launch the [ template ](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-east-1#/stacks/quickcreate?templateURL=https://research-engineering-studio-us-east-1.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/latest/ResearchAndEngineeringStudio.template.json).
+  2. Launch the [ template ](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/quickcreate?templateURL=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch-engineering-studio-us-east-1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Freleases%2Flatest%2FResearchAndEngineeringStudio.template.json).
@@ -75 +75,3 @@ CognitoUserPoolDomainUrl  |  | Cognito user pool domain for managed login. This
-  5. Choose **Create stack** to deploy the stack. 
+  5. Under **Configure stack options → Tags -_optional_** , add the tags (key-value pairs) you want to apply to RES deployed resources. Tag key `Name` and `res:*` are preserved by RES and could not be used as tag key.
+
+  6. Choose **Create stack** to deploy the stack.