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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2026-05-10 · Documentation low

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

Summary

Updated list of supported EC2 instance types in General Purpose and Memory Optimized categories

Security assessment

The changes only add new instance type identifiers (M8idb, R8idn, R8idb) to existing categories. No security-related context, vulnerability fixes, or security feature documentation was added/modified.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/data-protection.md
index ec769f99e..9b4841643 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, M8in, M8ine, M8ib, 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, M8idn, M8ine, M8ib, M8idb, Mac-m4, Mac-m4pro
@@ -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, 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
+    * **Memory optimized:** R5dn, R5n, R6a, R6i, R6id, R6idn, R6in, R7a, R7g, R7gd, R7i, R7iz, R8a, R8g, R8gb, R8gd, R8gn, R8i, R8id, R8i-flex, R8in, R8idn, R8ib, R8idb, 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