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AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2026-06-16 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md

Summary

Added two new metrics: MonetizeRequests and MonetizeRequestsFailedVerification.

Security assessment

Introduces monitoring for payment verification success/failure rates. Enhances observability of a security feature but doesn't mitigate vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
index 553c7fbc9..6c09c05ee 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/waf-metrics.md
@@ -68,0 +69,2 @@ AWS WAF core metrics Metric | Description
+`MonetizeRequests` |  The number of web requests that had monetize controls applied. It represents a terminating rule that has a Monetize action. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. A monetize web request is one that matches a rule that has a Monetize action setting. This metric records all requests that match. Valid statistics: Sum  
+`MonetizeRequestsFailedVerification` |  The number of web requests that had monetize controls applied and failed monetize verification. Reporting criteria: There is a nonzero value. Valid statistics: Sum