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AWS inspector: Fix ECR re-scan default date and update nav link text

Service: inspector · 2026-10-10 · Documentation low

File: inspector/latest/user/scanning-ecr.md

Summary

Corrects the legacy-account cutoff date for the default ECR re-scan duration from May 16th, 2025 to May 16, 2024, and renames a navigation entry from 'On-demand machine image scanning' to 'Scanning Windows EC2 instance'.

Security assessment

The only substantive edit is a factual date correction (2025 -> 2024) for when the legacy 90-day re-scan default applies, plus a navigation label change. This is documentation accuracy maintenance for vulnerability-scanning coverage windows, not a fix for a vulnerability or a new security control.

Evidence

+If continuous scanning is enabled, Amazon Inspector monitors images as long as they were pushed within 14 days (by default), the last-in-use date is within 14 days (by default), or the images are scanned within the configured re-scan duration. For Amazon Inspector accounts that were created prior to May 16, 2024, the default configuration is for re-scan to monitor images if they were pushed or pulled within the last 90 days. For more information, see [Configuring the Amazon ECR re-scan duration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/scanning_resources_configure_duration_setting_ecr.html). 

Diff

diff --git a/inspector/latest/user/scanning-ecr.md b/inspector/latest/user/scanning-ecr.md
index 90ca52f..a756939 100644
--- a//inspector/latest/user/scanning-ecr.md
+++ b//inspector/latest/user/scanning-ecr.md
@@ -33 +33 @@ When you first activate Amazon ECR scanning, Amazon Inspector detects images pus
-If continuous scanning is enabled, Amazon Inspector monitors images as long as they were pushed within 14 days (by default), the last-in-use date is within 14 days (by default), or the images are scanned within the configured re-scan duration. For Amazon Inspector accounts that were created prior to May 16th, 2025, the default configuration is for re-scan to monitor images if they were pushed or pulled within the last 90 days. For more information, see [Configuring the Amazon ECR re-scan duration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/scanning_resources_configure_duration_setting_ecr.html). 
+If continuous scanning is enabled, Amazon Inspector monitors images as long as they were pushed within 14 days (by default), the last-in-use date is within 14 days (by default), or the images are scanned within the configured re-scan duration. For Amazon Inspector accounts that were created prior to May 16, 2024, the default configuration is for re-scan to monitor images if they were pushed or pulled within the last 90 days. For more information, see [Configuring the Amazon ECR re-scan duration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/scanning_resources_configure_duration_setting_ecr.html). 
@@ -134 +134 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-On-demand machine image scanning
+Scanning Windows EC2 instance