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AWS lightsail-for-research: Add compliance note for regulated workloads

Service: lightsail-for-research · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: lightsail-for-research/latest/ug/SERVICE-compliance.md

Summary

Added guidance about AWS sign-up experience limitations for regulated workloads.

Security assessment

Documents compliance best practices for regulated environments without addressing specific vulnerabilities.

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.

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diff --git a/lightsail-for-research/latest/ug/SERVICE-compliance.md b/lightsail-for-research/latest/ug/SERVICE-compliance.md
index 2c938c9bd..93d39d8f4 100644
--- a//lightsail-for-research/latest/ug/SERVICE-compliance.md
+++ b//lightsail-for-research/latest/ug/SERVICE-compliance.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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