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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2026-04-28 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md

Summary

Updated instance type lists for General Purpose, Compute Optimized, and Memory Optimized categories

Security assessment

Changes only add new instance types (e.g., M8in/M8ine/M8ib, C8ine/C8ib, R8in/R8ib) to existing categories. No security context, vulnerability fixes, or security features mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
index d9d33e5a0..ec769f99e 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
@@ -96 +96 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **General purpose** : M5dn, M5n, M5zn, M6a, M6i, M6id, M6idn, M6in, M7a, M7g, M7gd, M7i, M7i-flex, M8a, M8azn, M8g, M8gb, M8gd, M8gn, M8i, M8id, M8i-flex, Mac-m4, Mac-m4pro
+    * **General purpose** : M5dn, M5n, M5zn, M6a, M6i, M6id, M6idn, M6in, M7a, M7g, M7gd, M7i, M7i-flex, M8a, M8azn, M8g, M8gb, M8gd, M8gn, M8i, M8id, M8i-flex, M8in, M8ine, M8ib, Mac-m4, Mac-m4pro
@@ -98 +98 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **Compute optimized:** C5n, C6a, C6gn, C6i, C6id, C6in, C7a, C7g, C7gd, C7gn, C7i, C7i-flex, C8a, C8g, C8gb, C8gd, C8gn, C8i, C8ib, C8id, C8in, C8i-flex
+    * **Compute optimized:** C5n, C6a, C6gn, C6i, C6id, C6in, C7a, C7g, C7gd, C7gn, C7i, C7i-flex, C8a, C8g, C8gb, C8gd, C8gn, C8i, C8id, C8i-flex, C8in, C8ine, C8ib
@@ -100 +100 @@ AWS provides secure and private connectivity between EC2 instances of all types.
-    * **Memory optimized:** R5dn, R5n, R6a, R6i, R6id, R6idn, R6in, R7a, R7g, R7gd, R7i, R7iz, R8a, R8g, R8gb, R8gd, R8gn, R8i, R8id, R8i-flex, U-3tb1, U-6tb1, U-9tb1, U-12tb1, U-18tb1, U-24tb1, U7i-6tb, U7i-8tb, U7i-12tb, U7in-16tb, U7in-24tb, U7in-32tb, U7inh-32tb, X2idn, X2iedn, X2iezn, X8g, X8aedz, X8i
+    * **Memory optimized:** R5dn, R5n, R6a, R6i, R6id, R6idn, R6in, R7a, R7g, R7gd, R7i, R7iz, R8a, R8g, R8gb, R8gd, R8gn, R8i, R8id, R8i-flex, R8in, R8ib, U-3tb1, U-6tb1, U-9tb1, U-12tb1, U-18tb1, U-24tb1, U7i-6tb, U7i-8tb, U7i-12tb, U7in-16tb, U7in-24tb, U7in-32tb, U7inh-32tb, X2idn, X2iedn, X2iezn, X8g, X8aedz, X8i