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AWS general documentation change

Service: general · 2026-05-16 · Documentation low

File: general/latest/gr/cfn.md

Summary

Standardized throttle rate limits across all regions for multiple CloudFormation API actions, removing special lower limits for ap-southeast-6 region

Security assessment

The changes update rate limit documentation but contain no evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities. Rate limiting is a standard reliability feature, not a security fix. No CVEs, vulnerabilities, or security incidents are referenced.

Diff

diff --git a/general/latest/gr/cfn.md b/general/latest/gr/cfn.md
index 9955f70db..76b704b8f 100644
--- a//general/latest/gr/cfn.md
+++ b//general/latest/gr/cfn.md
@@ -113 +113 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackDriftDetectionStatus | Each supported Regio
-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  
+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  
@@ -115 +115 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackInstance | Each supported Region: 2 per sec
-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  
+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  
@@ -117 +117 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackResourceDrifts | Each supported Region: 2 p
-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  
+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  
@@ -120 +120 @@ Throttle rate limit for DescribeStackSetOperation | Each supported Region: 2 per
-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  
+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  
@@ -124 +124 @@ Throttle rate limit for DetectStackDrift | Each supported Region: 2 per second |
-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  
+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  
@@ -130 +130 @@ Throttle rate limit for GetStackPolicy | Each supported Region: 2 per second | N
-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  
+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  
@@ -133 +133 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListChangeSets | Each supported Region: 2 per second | N
-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  
+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  
@@ -141 +141 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListStackInstances | Each supported Region: 2 per second
-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  
+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  
@@ -146 +146 @@ Throttle rate limit for ListStackSets | Each supported Region: 2 per second | No
-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  
+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  
@@ -151 +151 @@ Throttle rate limit for PublishType | Each supported Region: 2 per second | No |
-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  
+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