# Document history for the Amazon Verified Permissions User Guide
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The following table describes the documentation releases for Verified Permissions.

| Change | Description | Date | 
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| [Policy names and policy template names](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/policies.html) | You can now assign names to policies and policy templates to reference them by friendly names. | March 4, 2025 | 
| [Policy store aliases](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/policy-store-aliases.html) | You can now create policy store aliases to refer to your policy stores by friendly names. | February 26, 2025 | 
| [New AWS managed policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html) | You can now use the `AmazonVerifiedPermissionsFullAccess` and `AmazonVerifiedPermissionsReadOnlyAccess` IAM managed policies with Verified Permissions. | October 11, 2024 | 
| [OIDC identity sources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/identity-sources.html) | You can now authorize users from OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity providers. | June 8, 2024 | 
| [Batch authorization with identity source tokens](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/authorization.html) | You can now authorize users from a Amazon Cognito user pool in a single `BatchIsAuthorizedWithToken` API request. | April 5, 2024 | 
| [Creating a policy store with API Gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/policy-stores-create.html) | You can now create a policy store from an existing API and Amazon Cognito user pool. | April 1, 2024 | 
| [Context concepts and example](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/context.html) | Added information about context in authorization requests with Verified Permissions. | February 1, 2024 | 
| [Authorization concepts and example](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/authorization.html) | Added information about authorization requests with Verified Permissions. | February 1, 2024 | 
| [AWS CloudFormation integration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/verifiedpermissions/latest/userguide/cloudformation-verified-permissions.html) | Verified Permissions supports creating identity sources, policies, policy stores, and policy templates in CloudFormation. | June 30, 2023 | 
| [Initial release](#doc-history) | Initial release of the Amazon Verified Permissions User Guide | June 13, 2023 |