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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-03-16 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/telemetry-config-cloudwatch.md

Summary

Added Amazon EC2 Instance Detailed Metrics to the list of log sources supported by CloudWatch Ingestion

Security assessment

The change adds a new telemetry source but does not introduce or address security-specific functionality.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/telemetry-config-cloudwatch.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/telemetry-config-cloudwatch.md
index b7b77f072..7de587fe7 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/telemetry-config-cloudwatch.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/telemetry-config-cloudwatch.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ You can use Amazon CloudWatch to discover and audit the state of telemetry confi
-CloudWatch Ingestion can be used to audit and configure telemetry for popular AWS Log Sources such as Amazon VPC Flow Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), AWS WAF Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), Amazon Route 53 Resolver Query Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), Amazon NLB (Configuration Available), Amazon EKS Control Plane Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), AWS CloudTrail Data Events and Management Events (Configuration Available), and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Logs (Configuration Available). 
+CloudWatch Ingestion can be used to audit and configure telemetry for popular AWS Log Sources such as Amazon VPC Flow Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), AWS WAF Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), Amazon Route 53 Resolver Query Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), Amazon NLB (Configuration Available), Amazon EKS Control Plane Logs (Auditing and Configuration Available), AWS CloudTrail Data Events and Management Events (Configuration Available), Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Logs (Configuration Available), and Amazon EC2 Instance Detailed Metrics (Auditing and Configuration Available).