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AWS codepipeline: Add warning about new AWS sign-up for regulated workloads

Service: codepipeline · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: codepipeline/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md · Type: compliance

Summary

Added documentation noting limitations of the new AWS sign-up experience for regulated workloads with mitigation links.

Security assessment

The change adds security-adjacent compliance guidance for regulated environments but does not address a specific vulnerability.

Evidence

+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.

Diff

diff --git a/codepipeline/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md b/codepipeline/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
index 6029fd1b8..53b336f11 100644
--- a//codepipeline/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//codepipeline/latest/userguide/compliance-validation.md
@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.
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