AWS cognito: Auth guide link retargeted to console application creation page

Service: cognito · 2026-10-09 · Documentation low

File: cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-how-to-authenticate.md

Summary

A bullet link in the authentication how-to was changed from 'Getting started with user pools' to 'Create a new application in the Amazon Cognito console' with a new target URL.

Security assessment

Only the link text and href of a getting-started reference were updated; no authentication logic, policy, or security guidance changed.

Evidence

+  * [Create a new application in the Amazon Cognito console](./getting-started-user-pools-application.html)

Diff

diff --git a/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-how-to-authenticate.md b/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-how-to-authenticate.md
index 7e8a332..e062386 100644
--- a//cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-how-to-authenticate.md
+++ b//cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-how-to-authenticate.md
@@ -155 +155 @@ You can augment this flow with additional challenges—for example, your own cus
-  * [Getting started with user pools](./getting-started-user-pools.html)
+  * [Create a new application in the Amazon Cognito console](./getting-started-user-pools-application.html)