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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-03-13 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Transaction-Search-ingesting-span-log-groups.md

Summary

Updated feature name from 'Log outlier detection' to 'Log anomaly detection' for spans sent to the aws/spans log group.

Security assessment

This change updates the name of a CloudWatch Logs feature from 'outlier detection' to 'anomaly detection'. It's a terminology change with no indication of addressing security issues or adding security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Transaction-Search-ingesting-span-log-groups.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Transaction-Search-ingesting-span-log-groups.md
index 9ab0825a0..c5711a4c3 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Transaction-Search-ingesting-span-log-groups.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Transaction-Search-ingesting-span-log-groups.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ The following CloudWatch Logs features are available for transaction spans.
-  * [Log outlier detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/LogsAnomalyDetection.html) – Use log outlier detection to establish a baseline for spans sent to the `aws/spans` log group. 
+  * [Log anomaly detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/LogsAnomalyDetection.html) – Use log anomaly detection to establish a baseline for spans sent to the `aws/spans` log group.