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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
AWS is retiring Shield Advanced Layer 7 automatic mitigation on 1 January 2027, replacing it with a new Anti-DDoS managed rule group in AWS WAF. Customers must migrate their protection rules by the deadline or lose application-layer DDoS defence.
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Your DDoS protection stops working on 1 January 2027 unless you migrate to AWS WAF's Anti-DDoS rule group by then. The good news: it costs less to run (50 WCUs instead of 150), requires immediate infrastructure-as-code updates, and you've got five months to test it in Count mode before the automatic cutover forces your hand.
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