Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling offers the ability to filter out instance details for the DescribeAutoScalingGroups API

Posted on: Jun 19, 2025

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now offers the ability to filter out instance details from the DescribeAutoScalingGroups API. With the new parameter, IncludeInstances, set to false, you can quickly access metadata and configurations about your Auto Scaling Groups without the overhead of instance details, reducing the size of the API response and improving API response time.

The new parameter is available in both Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. To learn more, see the EC2 Auto Scaling API Reference.