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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2026-03-22 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md

Summary

Added a release note entry for the AmazonSSMAutomationRole policy update.

Security assessment

This adds documentation about a security-related IAM policy update in the release history. It does not fix a security issue but informs users of permission changes.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md
index 9f9097b5b..2067f8d6e 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-release-history.md
@@ -12,0 +13 @@ Change| Description| Date
+Updated managed policy AmazonSSMAutomationRole| Systems Manager has updated the managed policy `AmazonSSMAutomationRole` to add the `cloudformation:TagResource` and `cloudformation:UntagResource` permissions. These permissions allow Automation runbooks that create CloudFormation stacks to add and remove tags from resources. For information, see [Systems Manager updates to AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates).| March 20, 2026