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AWS AWSEC2: Add T8i to default credit specification list

Service: AWSEC2 · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-how-to.md

Summary

Updates the list of instance families that launch as unlimited to include T8i.

Security assessment

Purely a documentation update listing a new instance family's default credit mode; no security implications.

Evidence

+  * T8i, T4g, T3a, and T3 instances launch as `unlimited`

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-how-to.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-how-to.md
index 22aedb0c6..ce571048d 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-how-to.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-how-to.md
@@ -15 +15 @@ Each T instance family comes with the following _default credit specification_ :
-  * T4g, T3a, and T3 instances launch as `unlimited`
+  * T8i, T4g, T3a, and T3 instances launch as `unlimited`