AWS waf documentation change

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

File: waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-testing-activities.md

Summary

Added note about count action rules not emitting web ACL metrics

Security assessment

Clarifies metric visibility rules without security implications

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-testing-activities.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-testing-activities.md
index 4f777fbb7..4dd63d8b6 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-testing-activities.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/web-acl-testing-activities.md
@@ -46,0 +47,2 @@ For more information, see [Log fields for protection pack (web ACL) traffic](./l
+Count action rules in rule groups do NOT emit web ACL dimension metrics - only Rule, RuleGroup, and Region dimensions. This applies even when the rule group is referenced in a web ACL.
+