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AWS config documentation change

Service: config · 2026-07-10 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/setup-autoremediation.md

Summary

Updated API references: replaced PutRemediationExceptions with PutRemediationConfigurations and added DescribeRemediationExecutionStatus/Configurations

Security assessment

Documents new APIs for managing auto-remediation configurations - a security feature for compliance enforcement. No security vulnerability addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/setup-autoremediation.md b/config/latest/developerguide/setup-autoremediation.md
index 7cd7f7d2a..51970c3cb 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/setup-autoremediation.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/setup-autoremediation.md
@@ -62 +62 @@ Use the following AWS Config API operation to set up auto remediation:
-  * [PutRemediationExceptions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_PutRemediationExceptions.html), adds a new exception or updates an existing exception for a specific resource with a specific AWS Config rule.
+  * [PutRemediationConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_PutRemediationConfigurations.html), adds or updates the remediation configuration with a specific AWS Config rule with the selected target or action.
@@ -64 +64,3 @@ Use the following AWS Config API operation to set up auto remediation:
-  * [DescribeRemediationExceptions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRemediationExceptions.html), returns the details of one or more remediation exceptions.
+  * [DescribeRemediationExecutionStatus](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRemediationExecutionStatus.html), provides a detailed view of a Remediation Execution for a set of resources including state, timestamps for when steps for the remediation execution occur, and any error messages for steps that have failed. 
+
+  * [DescribeRemediationConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeRemediationConfigurations.html), returns the details of one or more remediation configurations.