AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change
Summary
Updated CloudWatchFullAccessV2 policy with new iam:PassRole permissions for PutLogAlarm API, and updated link texts for metric math and publishing custom metrics documentation
Security assessment
Adds documentation for new IAM permissions (iam:PassRole) required for security posture when using PutLogAlarm API. While this relates to access control, there's no evidence of a security vulnerability being fixed.
Diff
diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/DocumentHistory.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/DocumentHistory.md index cd7578291..b7e3f1c3b 100644 --- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/DocumentHistory.md +++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/DocumentHistory.md @@ -12,0 +13 @@ Change| Description| Date +Updated CloudWatchFullAccessV2 policy| CloudWatch added two `iam:PassRole` permissions to [CloudWatchFullAccessV2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/auth-and-access-control-cw.html#managed-policies-cloudwatch-CloudWatchFullAccessV2) to support the new `PutLogAlarm` API. The new permissions allow customers to pass a Scheduled Query Execution Role to `logs.amazonaws.com` and a Log Lines Role to `cloudwatch.amazonaws.com`.| June 15, 2026 @@ -189 +190 @@ Change | Description | Release date -Metric math | You can now perform math expressions on CloudWatch metrics, producing new time series that you can add to graphs on your dashboard. For more information, see [Using math expressions with CloudWatch metrics](./using-metric-math.html). | April 4, 2018 +Metric math | You can now perform math expressions on CloudWatch metrics, producing new time series that you can add to graphs on your dashboard. For more information, see [Math expressions with metrics](./using-metric-math.html). | April 4, 2018 @@ -234 +235 @@ New feature | You can now access metrics from Amazon Simple Notification Servic -New Feature | Added information about using the `PutMetricData` API to publish custom metrics. For more information, see [Publish custom metrics](./publishingMetrics.html). | May 10, 2011 +New Feature | Added information about using the `PutMetricData` API to publish custom metrics. For more information, see [Publish custom metrics (PutMetricData / EMF)](./publishingMetrics.html). | May 10, 2011