# Document revisions The following table describes the documentation for this release of the AWS Well-Architected Tool. + **API version: latest** + **Latest documentation update:** October 13, 2025 | Change | Description | Date | | --- |--- |--- | | [Added Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) section](#document-revisions) | Added a new section with guidance on performing a WAFR using the AWS Well-Architected Tool. | October 13, 2025 | | [New lens](#document-revisions) | This release added one new lens to the Lens Catalog. | April 17, 2025 | | [New and updated lenses](#document-revisions) | This release added one new lens to the Lens Catalog and updated one other lens. | June 27, 2024 | | [Jira](#document-revisions) | This release added the AWS Well-Architected Tool Connector for Jira. | April 16, 2024 | | [New lenses](#document-revisions) | This release added new lenses to the Lens Catalog. | March 26, 2024 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the Lens Catalog feature to AWS WA Tool. | November 26, 2023 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the Review Templates feature to AWS WA Tool. | October 3, 2023 | | [WellArchitectedConsoleReadOnlyAccess managed policy updated](security-iam-awsmanpol.md#security-iam-awsmanpol-WellArchitectedConsoleReadOnlyAccess) | Added `"wellarchitected:ExportLens"` to ` WellArchitectedConsoleReadOnlyAccess`. | June 22, 2023 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the Profiles feature to AWS WA Tool. | June 13, 2023 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release enhances the AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry integration, and adds the `AWSWellArchitectedDiscoveryServiceRolePolicy` to AWS managed policies. | May 3, 2023 | | [Content update](dashboard.md) | **Dashboard** page updated to include detailed risk and improvement plan information. The ability to create a consolidated workload report was also added. | March 30, 2023 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Corrected name of WellArchitectedConsoleReadOnlyAccess policy. | January 19, 2023 | | [Updated the IAM guidance for AWS WA Tool](iam-auth-access.md) | Updated guide to align with the IAM best practices. For more information, see [Security best practices in IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html). | January 4, 2023 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release removes the FTR lens from the tool. | December 14, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry integration. | November 7, 2022 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Corrected a problem in the custom lens JSON example for `choices`. | September 29, 2022 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | The `choices` section of the custom lens JSON specification was updated. | August 2, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](security-iam-awsmanpol.md) | This release adds tracking changes for its AWS managed policies and added a new action to grant the `ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization` permission to the `AWSWellArchitectedOrganizationsServiceRolePolicy`. | July 22, 2022 | | [Organization sharing added](sharing.md) | This release adds the ability to share workloads and custom lenses with an organization and organization units (OUs). | June 30, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the ability to specify additional resources for choices in a custom lens, to preview a custom lens before publishing it, and add tags to custom lenses. | June 21, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the ability to access the AWS Well-Architected community on AWS re:Post. | May 31, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the sustainability pillar and minor updates to Tutorial. | March 31, 2022 | | [EventBridge support added](eventbridge.md) | AWS WA Tool now sends an event to Amazon EventBridge when a change is made to a Well-Architected resource. | March 3, 2022 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | Individual best practices can now be marked as not applicable. | July 14, 2021 | | [Resource tagging available](tagging.md) | This release adds the ability to add tags to workloads. | March 3, 2021 | | [API now available](logging-using-cloudtrail.md) | This release adds the AWS WA Tool API. AWS CloudTrail logging information added. | December 16, 2020 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the FTR and SaaS lenses to the tool. | December 3, 2020 | | [Data protection updated](data-protection.md) | Data protection information updated. | November 5, 2020 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Clarified that after you upgrade a workload to use a new lens that you cannot go back to the previous version. | July 8, 2020 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Clarified sharing in AWS Regions introduced after March 20, 2019. | June 24, 2020 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | Access to a workload share is removed immediately when a workload share invitation is rejected. Shared access is granted when the share is accepted. | June 17, 2020 | | [Content update](workloads.md#wat-hri-mri) | Definitions for high risk issues (HRIs) and medium risk issues (MRIs) added. | June 12, 2020 | | [Content update](data-protection.md#data_protection-how-aws-uses-data) | Section on how AWS uses your data was added. | May 21, 2020 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds a review owner to the workload. | April 1, 2020 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds an architectural diagram link to the workload. | March 10, 2020 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Clarified that workload shares are AWS Region-specific. | January 10, 2020 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds workload sharing. | January 9, 2020 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | Security section updated with latest guidance. | December 6, 2019 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release makes the industry fields optional when defining a workload. | August 19, 2019 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds improvement plan items to the workload report. | July 29, 2019 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | The release adds the DeleteWorkload action to the policy. | July 18, 2019 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | The content in this guide has been updated with minor fixes. | June 19, 2019 | | [Content update](#document-revisions) | The content in this guide has been updated with minor fixes. | May 30, 2019 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release supports upgrading the version of the framework used for a workload review. | May 1, 2019 | | [Updated functionality](#document-revisions) | This release adds the ability to specify non-AWS Regions when defining a workload. | February 14, 2019 | | [AWS Well-Architected Tool general availability](#document-revisions) | This release introduces the AWS Well-Architected Tool. | November 29, 2018 |