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AWS inspector: Add note on machine image scanning region availability

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

File: inspector/latest/user/scanning-machine-images.md

Summary

Added a note that machine image scanning is available only in commercial Regions, not GovCloud or China Regions.

Security assessment

Clarifies regional availability of a scanning feature; security-adjacent documentation with no vulnerability addressed.

Evidence

Machine image scanning is available in the commercial AWS Regions. Continuous machine image scanning and on-demand machine image scans aren't available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions or the China Regions.

Diff

diff --git a/inspector/latest/user/scanning-machine-images.md b/inspector/latest/user/scanning-machine-images.md
index 3cfd08e..68f3336 100644
--- a//inspector/latest/user/scanning-machine-images.md
+++ b//inspector/latest/user/scanning-machine-images.md
@@ -26,0 +27,4 @@ Amazon Inspector only scans machine images that your account owns. Amazon Inspec
+###### Note
+
+Machine image scanning is available in the commercial AWS Regions. Continuous machine image scanning and on-demand machine image scans aren't available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions or the China Regions. For more information, see [Region-specific feature availability](./inspector_regions.html#ins-regional-feature-availability). 
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