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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2026-04-22 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/use-launch-templates-to-control-launching-instances.md

Summary

Added a note deprecating Spot Fleet in the context of launch templates and recommending alternative fleet methods.

Security assessment

This change mirrors the deprecation notice in the spot-fleet-prerequisites.md file. It is a consistency update for feature deprecation, not related to any security incident or the addition of security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/use-launch-templates-to-control-launching-instances.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/use-launch-templates-to-control-launching-instances.md
index f2dea7717..18bd48ff0 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/use-launch-templates-to-control-launching-instances.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/use-launch-templates-to-control-launching-instances.md
@@ -30,0 +31,4 @@ Take care when granting users permissions to use the `ec2:CreateLaunchTemplate`
+###### Note
+
+Spot Fleet uses a legacy API with no planned investment. We recommend using EC2 Fleet or an Auto Scaling group instead. For more information, see [Which is the best fleet method to use?](./which-fleet-method-to-use.html).
+