AWS CloudFormation Guard Document history

The following table describes the documentation releases for AWS CloudFormation Guard.

• Latest documentation update: July 30, 2025

• Latest version: 3.1.2

Change	Description	Date
Documentation update	Updated Guard CLI command reference documentation to align with current implementation. Version references updated to Guard 3.1.2.	July 30, 2025
Version 3.0.0 release	Version 3.0.0 introduces the following improvements: Introduction and installation topics updated for release of Guard 3.0.0. Added installation instructions for Homebrew and Chocolatey. Information related to migrating Guard rules updated to reflect changes in Guard version 3.0.0. Added a prominent link to the AWS CloudFormation Guard GitHub repository.	June 30, 2023
Version 2.1.3 release	Version 2.1.3 introduces the following improvements: Information on Guard 2.1.3 enhancements has been added. References to Guard 2.0 have been updated to Guard 2.1.3.	June 9, 2023
Version 2.0.4 release	Version 2.0.4 introduces the following improvements: The --payload flag was added to the validate command. For more information, see validate in the Guard CLI reference.	October 19, 2021
Version 2.0.3 release	Version 2.0.3 introduces the following improvements: You can provide test names for each test in your unit testing file. For more information, see Testing Guard rules. The following options were added to the validate command: --output-format --show-summary --type For more information, see validate in the Guard CLI reference.	July 27, 2021
Initial release	Initial release of the AWS CloudFormation Guard User Guide.	July 15, 2021