Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/mainline' into priv/provisioned-control-plane

Author: georgejohnis

latest/ug/book.adoc

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ include::outposts/eks-outposts.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 
 include::ml/machine-learning-on-eks.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 
+include::tools/eks-tools.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+
 include::versioning/versioning.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
 
 include::troubleshooting/troubleshooting.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

latest/ug/clusters/create-cluster.adoc

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Learn how to create an Amazon EKS cluster to run Kubernetes applications, includ
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-This topic covers creating EKS clusters without EKS Auto Mode. 
+This topic covers creating Amazon EKS clusters without EKS Auto Mode. 
 
 For detailed instructions on creating an EKS Auto Mode cluster, see <<create-cluster-auto>>.
 

latest/ug/doc-history.adoc

@@ -19,6 +19,27 @@ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.rss
 [.updates]
 == Updates
 
+[.update,date="2025-11-21"]
+=== New {aws} managed policy
+[.update-ulink]
+link:eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates[type="documentation"]
+
+Amazon EKS has released a new managed policy `AmazonEKSMCPReadOnlyAccess` to enable read-only tools in the Amazon EKS MCP Server for observability and troubleshooting. For information, see link:eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-updates[Amazon EKS updates to {aws} managed policies,type="documentation"].
+
+[.update,date="2025-11-19"]
+=== Network observability
+[.update-ulink]
+link:eks/latest/userguide/network-observability.html[type="documentation"]
+
+Amazon EKS now provides enhanced container network observability with performance monitoring and workload traffic visibility.
+
+[.update,date="2025-11-17"]
+=== {aws} managed policy updates
+[.update-ulink]
+link:eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html[type="documentation"]
+
+Added `ec2:CopyVolumes` permission to `AmazonEBSCSIDriverPolicy` to allow the EBS CSI Driver to copy EBS volumes directly. 
+
 
 [.update,date="2025-10-22"]
 === {aws} managed policy updates