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AWS inspector: Add machine image scanning region availability table

Service: inspector · 2026-10-31 · Documentation low

File: inspector/latest/user/inspector_regions.md

Summary

Added a section documenting that Amazon Inspector machine image (AMI) scanning is available in commercial Regions but not GovCloud or China Regions.

Security assessment

Documents availability of a vulnerability-scanning feature across regions; informational security feature documentation, not a fix.

Evidence

Amazon Inspector supports machine image (AMI) scanning in the commercial AWS Regions, but not in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions or the China Regions.

Diff

diff --git a/inspector/latest/user/inspector_regions.md b/inspector/latest/user/inspector_regions.md
index 81bae40..23a0612 100644
--- a//inspector/latest/user/inspector_regions.md
+++ b//inspector/latest/user/inspector_regions.md
@@ -187,0 +188,10 @@ Asia Pacific (Singapore) | ap-southeast-1
+**Machine image scanning Regions**
+    
+
+Amazon Inspector supports machine image (AMI) scanning in the commercial AWS Regions, but not in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions or the China Regions. The following table shows where continuous machine image scanning and on-demand machine image scans are available. 
+
+Feature | Commercial AWS Regions | AWS GovCloud (US) Regions | China Regions  
+---|---|---|---  
+Continuous machine image scanning | Available | Not available | Not available  
+On-demand machine image scans | Available | Not available | Not available  
+