Document history
The following table describes the important changes to the documentation since the last release of the IDR guide.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Updated architecture references | Removed references to architecture diagrams and replaced with architecture details. For more information, see Architecture of Incident Detection and Response and Workload onboarding. |
March 31, 2026 |
| Updated Test onboarded workloads in Incident Detection and Response | Added information about disabling CloudWatch alarm actions before changing alarm state during testing. For more information, see Test onboarded workloads in Incident Detection and Response. |
March 2, 2026 |
| Updated Incident management with Incident Detection and Response | Added information about repeating alarm behavior and incident manager engagement. For more information, see Incident management with Incident Detection and Response. |
March 2, 2026 |
| Updated steps in the Use a metric math function to suppress a CloudWatch alarm section | Updated steps in the Use a metric math function to suppress a CloudWatch alarm section. For more information, see Suppress alarms at the alarm source. |
February 3, 2026 |
| Added Korean as a supported language | Added Korean as a supported language. For more information, see Region availability for Incident Detection and Response. |
January 22 2026 |
| Added Mandarin as a supported language | Added Mandarin as a supported language. For more information, see Region availability for Incident Detection and Response. |
January 13, 2026 |
| Added a new section: Incident Detection and Response Customer Command Line Interface (CLI) | Added the Incident Detection and Response Customer Command Line Interface (CLI) section and updated the Get started chapter to include information about the Incident Detection and Response Customer Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information, see AWS Incident Detection and Response CLI. |
December 8, 2025 |
| Updated multiple sections: Workload onboarding and alarm ingestion questionnaires in Incident Detection and Response and Get started in Incident Detection and Response | The AWS service events handling process is no longer part of AWS Incident Detection and Response. Sections of this user guide were updated to remove references to this process. You will continue to receive service event notifications though the AWS Service Health Dashboard |
October 14, 2025 |
| Deleted section: Incident management for service events | The AWS service events handling process is no longer part of AWS Incident Detection and Response. This section of the user guide was removed to reflect this change. You will continue to receive service event notifications though the AWS Service Health Dashboard |
October 14, 2025 |
| Updated section: Region availability for Incident Detection and Response | AWS Incident Detection and Response is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West). For more information, see Region availability for Incident Detection and Response |
October 05, 2025 |
| Updated section: Workload onboarding and alarm ingestion questionnaires in Incident Detection and Response | Updated example email address for Alarm matrix table. For more information, see Workload onboarding and alarm ingestion questionnaires in Incident Detection and Response |
August 26, 2025 |
| Updated section: Subscribe a workload to AWS Incident Detection and Response | Removed reference to the Subscription start date field in the Description section of the Create case window. Updated section: Subscribe a workload to Incident Detection and Response |
August 4, 2025 |
| New function: Suppress alarms from engaging Incident Detection and Response | Added new sections to Managed workloads that provide information on how to suppress alarms temporarily or on a schedule New section: Suppress alarms from engaging Incident Detection and Response |
April 9, 2025 |
| Updated instructions for Request an Incident Response using the AWS Support Center Console | Added details on what information to enter in the Problem description field. Updated section: Request an Incident Response |
February 6, 2025 |
| Additional AWS Regions added | Additional AWS Regions have been added to the Incident Detection and Response availability section. Updated section: Region availability for Incident Detection and Response |
November 1, 2024 |
| Updates to Manage Incident Detection and Response support cases with the AWS Support App in Slack page | Moved page under Incident Management, revised text, and replaced screenshots.
Updated section: Manage Incident Detection and Response support cases with the AWS Support App in Slack |
October 10, 2024 |
| Added a new page AWS Support App in Slack Updated Incident management with AWS Incident Detection and Response |
Added a new page for AWS Support App in Slack Updated Incident management with AWS Incident Detection and Response to add a new section, "Request an Incident Response using the AWS Support App in Slack". |
September 10, 2024 |
| Updated Account subscription |
Updated the Account subscription section to include details on where to open a support case when you request to subscribe an account. Updated section: Subscribe a workload to Incident Detection and Response |
June 12, 2024 |
| Added a new section: Offboard a workload | Added the Offload a workload section in Getting started to include information about offboarding workloads For more information, see Offboard a workload from Incident Detection and Response. |
March 28, 2024 |
| Updated Account subscription | Updated the Account subscription section to include information about offboarding workloads For more information, see Account subscription |
March 28, 2024 |
| Updated Testing | Updated the Testing section to include information on gameday testing as the last step in the onboarding process. Updated section: Test onboarded workloads in Incident Detection and Response |
February 29, 2024 |
| Updated What is AWS Incident Detection and Response | Updated the What is AWS Incident Detection and Response section. Updated section: What is AWS Incident Detection and Response? |
February 19, 2024 |
| Updated Questionnaire section | Updated the Workload onboarding questionnaire and added Alarm ingestion questionnaire. Renamed the section from Onboarding questionnaire to Workload onboarding and Alarm ingestion questionnaires. Updated section: Workload onboarding and alarm ingestion questionnaires in Incident Detection and Response |
February 2, 2024 |
| Updated AWS Service Event and onboarding information | Updated several sections with new information for onboarding. Updated sections: New sections |
January 31, 2024 |
| Added a Related information section | Added a Related information section in Access provisioning. Updated section: Provision access for alert ingestion to Incident Detection and Response |
January 17, 2024 |
| Updated example steps | Updated the procedure for steps 2,3, and 4 in Example: Integrating notifications from Datadog and Splunk. Updated section: Example: Integrate notifications from Datadog and Splunk |
December 21, 2023 |
| Updated introduction graphic and text | Updated graphic in Ingest alarms from APMs that have direct integration with Amazon EventBridge. Updated section: Develop runbooks and response plans for responding to an incident in Incident Detection and Response |
December 21, 2023 |
| Updated runbook template | Updated the runbook template in Developing runbooks for AWS Incident Detection and Response. Updated section: Develop runbooks and response plans for responding to an incident in Incident Detection and Response |
December 4, 2023 |
| Updated Alarm Configurations |
Updated Alarm Configurations with detailed information on CloudWatch alarm configuration. New section: Create CloudWatch alarms that fit your business needs in Incident Detection and Response New section: Build CloudWatch alarms in Incident Detection and Response with CloudFormation templates New section: Example use cases for CloudWatch alarms in Incident Detection and Response |
September 28, 2023 |
| Updated Getting Started | Updated Getting Started with information on Workload change requests. New section: Request changes to an onboarded workload in Incident Detection and Response Updated section: Subscribe a workload to Incident Detection and Response |
September 05, 2023 |
| New section in Getting Started | Added Ingest alarms into AWS Incident Detection and ResponseIngesting alerts into AWS Incident Detection and Response. |
June 30, 2023 |
| Original document | AWS Incident Detection and Response first published |
March 15, 2023 |