AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2026-07-01 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/pipeline-sinks.md

Summary

Added documentation for CloudWatch Metrics sink configuration and separated sink types documentation. Updated structure to distinguish between Logs and Metrics sinks.

Security assessment

Changes introduce new metrics pipeline capabilities without security implications. No IAM permissions, vulnerabilities, or security controls are mentioned - purely functional documentation for new sink type.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/pipeline-sinks.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/pipeline-sinks.md
index b9083a06e..809a061e4 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/pipeline-sinks.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/pipeline-sinks.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-Requirements and limitations
+CloudWatch Logs sink (cloudwatch_logs)CloudWatch Metrics sink (cloudwatch_metrics)
@@ -11 +11,5 @@ Requirements and limitations
-Sinks define the destination where processed log data is sent. Each pipeline must have exactly one sink. Currently, only CloudWatch Logs sink is supported.
+Sinks define the destination where processed data is sent. Each pipeline must have exactly one sink. Logs pipelines use the `cloudwatch_logs` sink and metrics pipelines use the `cloudwatch_metrics` sink.
+
+## CloudWatch Logs sink (`cloudwatch_logs`)
+
+For logs pipelines, the `cloudwatch_logs` sink sends processed log events to a CloudWatch Logs log group.
@@ -57 +61 @@ When present, stores a copy of each raw log event before any transformation take
-## Requirements and limitations
+### Requirements and limitations
@@ -102,0 +107,12 @@ Log events are subject to CloudWatch Logs quotas and limitations.
+## CloudWatch Metrics sink (`cloudwatch_metrics`)
+
+For metrics pipelines, the `cloudwatch_metrics` sink stores processed metrics in CloudWatch. Processed metrics are queryable via PromQL in Query Studio and fully compatible with CloudWatch Alarms, Anomaly Detection, and Dashboards.
+
+###### Configuration
+
+The `cloudwatch_metrics` sink has no parameters:
+    
+    
+    sink:
+      - cloudwatch_metrics: {}
+