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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-06-13 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/automode.md

Summary

Expanded automated event handling to include EC2 instance health/scheduled maintenance and status check failures

Security assessment

The change enhances reliability documentation by listing additional automated recoverable events, but doesn't address vulnerabilities or document security features. Minor phrasing improvement in responsibility model section.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/automode.md b/eks/latest/userguide/automode.md
index 6d8a0d461..3ff41f6bf 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/automode.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/automode.md
@@ -61 +61 @@ The following is a list of data plane components that are automated:
-      * Automatically handles [EC2 Spot Instance interruption notices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-instance-termination-notices.html) and EC2 Instance health events
+      * Automatically handles [EC2 Spot Instance interruption notices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/spot-instance-termination-notices.html), EC2 instance health/scheduled maintenance events, and EC2 instance status check failures
@@ -103 +103 @@ For more information about options for configuring EKS Auto Mode, see [Configure
-The AWS Shared Responsibility Model defines security and compliance responsibilities between AWS and customers. The images and text below compare and contrast how customer and AWS responsibilities differ between EKS Auto Mode and EKS standard mode.
+The AWS Shared Responsibility Model defines security and compliance responsibilities between AWS and customers. The following images and text compare and contrast how customer and AWS responsibilities differ between EKS Auto Mode and EKS standard mode.