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AWS network-firewall documentation change

Service: network-firewall · 2026-06-25 · Documentation low

File: network-firewall/latest/developerguide/session-holding-tls.md

Summary

Expanded session-holding incompatibility to include server-directed drop rules

Security assessment

Clarifies security feature limitations by adding new rule type to incompatibility list, enhancing documentation of security controls without addressing a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/session-holding-tls.md b/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/session-holding-tls.md
index 4408d6d27..eeff7e9c0 100644
--- a//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/session-holding-tls.md
+++ b//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/session-holding-tls.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ To use session holding, you must have TLS Inspection configuration and TLS Inspe
-Application Layer drop established default rules are incompatible with a session-holding configuration. You can read more at [Managing evaluation order for Suricata compatible rules in AWS Network Firewall.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/suricata-rule-evaluation-order.html)
+Application drop established (bidirectional) and Application drop established (server-directed only) default rules are incompatible with a session-holding configuration. You can read more at [Managing evaluation order for Suricata compatible rules in AWS Network Firewall.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/suricata-rule-evaluation-order.html)