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AWS systems-manager documentation change

Service: systems-manager · 2026-06-25 · Documentation low

File: systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md

Summary

Removed outdated Ubuntu Server 16.04 entries from SSM agent status/restart commands documentation

Security assessment

Change only removes end-of-life Ubuntu 16.04 references without mentioning security vulnerabilities or patching requirements. No evidence of security incident remediation.

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md b/systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
index 601d42682..c23f9a04c 100644
--- a//systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
+++ b//systems-manager/latest/userguide/ssm-agent-status-and-restart.md
@@ -19,3 +19 @@ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent`
-Ubuntu Server 16.04 (32-bit) |  `sudo status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit instances (deb package installation) |  `sudo systemctl status amazon-ssm-agent` |  `sudo systemctl enable amazon-ssm-agent` `sudo systemctl start amazon-ssm-agent`  
-Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04 |  `sudo systemctl status snap.amazon-ssm-agent.amazon-ssm-agent.service` |  `sudo snap start amazon-ssm-agent`  
+Ubuntu Server 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 LTS, 23.10, 24.04 LTS, 24.0, and 25.04 |  `sudo systemctl status snap.amazon-ssm-agent.amazon-ssm-agent.service` |  `sudo snap start amazon-ssm-agent`