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AWS config documentation change

Service: config · 2026-03-22 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/efs-resources-protected-by-backup-plan.md

Summary

Updated the list of unsupported AWS regions by adding 'Asia Pacific (New Zealand)' to the exception list for the Config rule checking EFS backup protection.

Security assessment

This is a routine update to region support for a backup control. No security vulnerability or incident is addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/efs-resources-protected-by-backup-plan.md b/config/latest/developerguide/efs-resources-protected-by-backup-plan.md
index ef2df78e3..d725daddc 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/efs-resources-protected-by-backup-plan.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/efs-resources-protected-by-backup-plan.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ Checks if Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) File Systems are protected by
-**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region
+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Mexico (Central), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), China (Ningxia) Region