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AWS acm documentation change

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

File: acm/latest/userguide/gs-acm-delete.md

Summary

Added deletion policy note for ACME-issued certificates

Security assessment

Documents certificate retention policy, which relates to key lifecycle management. Helps prevent accidental deletion of active certificates.

Diff

diff --git a/acm/latest/userguide/gs-acm-delete.md b/acm/latest/userguide/gs-acm-delete.md
index cd2c2b4ab..7d3057cdc 100644
--- a//acm/latest/userguide/gs-acm-delete.md
+++ b//acm/latest/userguide/gs-acm-delete.md
@@ -14,0 +15,2 @@ You can use the ACM console or the AWS CLI to delete a certificate. Deleting a t
+  * You can delete only _expired_ certificates issued through ACME (certificates with a `CertificateKeyPairOrigin` of `ACME`). An ACME certificate remains in your account until one year after it expires, when ACM automatically removes it.
+