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AWS general documentation change

Service: general · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: general/latest/gr/cfn.md

Summary

Updated CloudFormation API throttle rate limits for the ap-southeast-6 region, reducing most limits to 2 requests per second (from 10, 20, or 0.5 in other regions) for operations like DescribeStackEvents, DescribeStackResource, ListStacks, and others.

Security assessment

This change documents rate limiting adjustments for a specific region (ap-southeast-6), which is a standard operational update for new region deployments. Rate limiting is a security control that helps prevent API abuse and denial-of-service attacks by restricting request frequency. However, there is no evidence in the diff that this change addresses a specific security vulnerability or incident; it appears to be routine documentation of regional service limits.

Diff

diff --git a/general/latest/gr/cfn.md b/general/latest/gr/cfn.md
index 4897c648a..6ca42151c 100644
--- a//general/latest/gr/cfn.md
+++ b//general/latest/gr/cfn.md
@@ -111 +111 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus | Each supported Regio
-Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackEvents | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackEvents requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackEvents |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackEvents requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -113 +113 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackInstance | Each supported Region: 2 per sec
-Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResource | Each supported Region: 20 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackResource requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResource |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 20 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackResource requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -115 +115 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResourceDrifts | Each supported Region: 2 p
-Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResources | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackResources requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResources |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStackResources requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -118 +118 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackSetOperation | Each supported Region: 2 per
-Throttle rate limit for DescribeStacks | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStacks requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for DescribeStacks |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of DescribeStacks requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -122 +122 @@ Throttle rate limit for DetectStackDrift | Each supported Region: 2 per second |
-Throttle rate limit for DetectStackResourceDrift | Each supported Region: 3 per second | No | The maximum number of DetectStackResourceDrift requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for DetectStackResourceDrift |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 3 per second | No | The maximum number of DetectStackResourceDrift requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -128 +128 @@ Throttle rate limit for GetStackPolicy | Each supported Region: 2 per second | N
-Throttle rate limit for GetTemplate | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of GetTemplate requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for GetTemplate |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of GetTemplate requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -131 +131 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListChangeSets | Each supported Region: 2 per second | N
-Throttle rate limit for ListExports | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListExports requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for ListExports |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListExports requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -139 +139 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListStackInstances | Each supported Region: 2 per second
-Throttle rate limit for ListStackResources | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListStackResources requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for ListStackResources |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListStackResources requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -144 +144 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListStackSets | Each supported Region: 2 per second | No
-Throttle rate limit for ListStacks | Each supported Region: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListStacks requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for ListStacks |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 10 per second | No | The maximum number of ListStacks requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
@@ -149 +149 @@ Throttle rate limit for PublishType | Each supported Region: 2 per second | No |
-Throttle rate limit for RegisterType | Each supported Region: 0.5 per second | No | The maximum number of RegisterType requests you can make per second per account, in the current region  
+Throttle rate limit for RegisterType |  ap-southeast-6: 2 per second Each of the other supported Regions: 0.5 per second | No | The maximum number of RegisterType requests you can make per second per account, in the current region