AWS AppConfig now provides deletion protection for additional guardrails

The article discusses a new deletion protection feature for AWS AppConfig resources like Configuration Profiles and Environments. This provides an additional safety guardrail to prevent accidental deletion of these resources.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Enabling deletion protection for AWS AppConfig resources like Configuration Profiles and Environments
• Specifying a "recently-used" timeframe for deletion protection tailored to an organization's workflows
• The need for explicitly bypassing deletion protection to delete a protected resource
• Other existing safety guardrails in AWS AppConfig like gradual deployment, rollback alarms, and configuration data validation
• Availability of the deletion protection feature in all AWS Regions including GovCloud