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AWS cli medium security documentation change

Service: cli · 2026-06-19 · Security-related medium

File: cli/latest/reference/directconnect/describe-hosted-connections.md

Summary

Added 'rateLimiterStatus' field documentation for hosted connections showing rate limiter metrics and updated CLI version

Security assessment

Documentation of rate limiter status on hosted connections enables security monitoring of traffic shaping controls that prevent network abuse and ensure service availability.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/directconnect/describe-hosted-connections.md b/cli/latest/reference/directconnect/describe-hosted-connections.md
index 94e3c1066..54511d8ad 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/directconnect/describe-hosted-connections.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/directconnect/describe-hosted-connections.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.35.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.35.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -461,0 +462,20 @@ connections -> (list)
+>> rateLimiterStatus -> (structure)
+>>
+>>> The rate limiter status for the connection, including how many rate limiters are in use and the maximum allowed.
+>>> 
+>>> maxAllowed -> (integer)
+>>>
+>>>> The maximum number of rate limiters allowed on the connection.
+>>> 
+>>> inUse -> (integer)
+>>>
+>>>> The number of rate limiters currently in use on the connection.
+>>> 
+>>> remaining -> (integer)
+>>>
+>>>> The number of rate limiters remaining (available) on the connection.
+>>> 
+>>> totalBandwidth -> (string)
+>>>
+>>>> The total bandwidth allocated across all rate limiters on the connection.
+>> 
@@ -480 +500 @@ nextToken -> (string)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.35.5 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.35.8 Command Reference](../../index.html) »