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AWS mediaconnect: Note Zixi-protocol scope for ConsecutiveDrops metrics

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

File: mediaconnect/latest/ug/monitor-with-cloudwatch-metrics-flow-health.md

Summary

Added clarifications that the ConsecutiveDrops and ConsecutiveNotRecovered CloudWatch flow-health metrics apply only to sources that use the Zixi protocol.

Security assessment

The edit clarifies which protocol the packet-drop metrics apply to; it is operational monitoring documentation with no vulnerability, credential, encryption, or access-control content.

Evidence

+`ConsecutiveDrops` |  The number of data packets that were dropped in a row during transmission of data to or from MediaConnect. This metric applies only to sources that use the Zixi protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions:

Diff

diff --git a/mediaconnect/latest/ug/monitor-with-cloudwatch-metrics-flow-health.md b/mediaconnect/latest/ug/monitor-with-cloudwatch-metrics-flow-health.md
index de1c5f08d..d3666eecd 100644
--- a//mediaconnect/latest/ug/monitor-with-cloudwatch-metrics-flow-health.md
+++ b//mediaconnect/latest/ug/monitor-with-cloudwatch-metrics-flow-health.md
@@ -68 +68 @@ Metric | Description
-`ConsecutiveDrops` |  The number of data packets that were dropped in a row during transmission of data to or from MediaConnect. Units: Count Valid dimensions:
+`ConsecutiveDrops` |  The number of data packets that were dropped in a row during transmission of data to or from MediaConnect. This metric applies only to sources that use the Zixi protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions:
@@ -75 +75 @@ Metric | Description
-`ConsecutiveNotRecovered` |  The number of data packets that were not recovered in a row. After a data packet is dropped, error correction attempts to recover that packet. This metric helps to identify extended periods of data packets that were dropped and not recovered. Units: Count Valid dimensions:
+`ConsecutiveNotRecovered` |  The number of data packets that were not recovered in a row. After a data packet is dropped, error correction attempts to recover that packet. This metric helps to identify extended periods of data packets that were dropped and not recovered. This metric applies only to sources that use the Zixi protocol. Units: Count Valid dimensions: