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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

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

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-OTelEnrichment.md

Summary

Added CloudFormation support for OTel enrichment and updated multi-region guidance

Security assessment

Change adds CloudFormation as a deployment method for telemetry enrichment feature. No security vulnerabilities addressed or security features documented.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-OTelEnrichment.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-OTelEnrichment.md
index d67815639..54200f5bb 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-OTelEnrichment.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-OTelEnrichment.md
@@ -30 +30 @@ Before you start OTel enrichment, you must [enable resource tags on telemetry](h
-You can enable OTel enrichment for your account in a specific region using the CloudWatch console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK.
+You can enable OTel enrichment for your account in a specific region using the CloudWatch console, AWS CLI, CloudFormation, or AWS SDK.
@@ -50 +50,8 @@ You will need permissions for the following operation: `cloudwatch:StartOTelEnri
-To enable across multiple regions, invoke the API in each region of interest.
+**CloudFormation**
+    
+    
+    Resources:
+      OTelEnrichment:
+        Type: AWS::CloudWatch::OTelEnrichment
+
+To enable across multiple regions, create the same resource in each regional stack or invoke the API in each region of interest.