Amazon GameLift Update: Amazon GameLift Servers launches UDP ping beacons in the Beijing and Ningxia (China) Regions to help measure real-time network latency for multiplayer games. The ListLocations API is now available in these regions to provide endpoint domain and port information as part of the locations list.

Author: AWS

.changes/next-release/feature-AmazonGameLift-83d6e44.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "feature",
+    "category": "Amazon GameLift",
+    "contributor": "",
+    "description": "Amazon GameLift Servers launches UDP ping beacons in the Beijing and Ningxia (China) Regions to help measure real-time network latency for multiplayer games. The ListLocations API is now available in these regions to provide endpoint domain and port information as part of the locations list."
+}

services/gamelift/src/main/resources/codegen-resources/service-2.json

@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@
         {"shape":"InvalidRequestException"},
         {"shape":"InternalServiceException"}
       ],
-      "documentation":"<p> <b>This API works with the following fleet types:</b> Anywhere</p> <p>Lists all custom and Amazon Web Services locations where Amazon GameLift Servers can host game servers. </p> <p>Note that if you call this API using a location that doesn't have a service endpoint, such as one that can only be a remote location in a multi-location fleet, the API returns an error.</p> <p>Consult the table of supported locations in <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-regions.html\">Amazon GameLift Servers service locations</a> to identify home Regions that support single and multi-location fleets.</p> <p> <b>Learn more</b> </p> <p> <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-regions.html\">Service locations</a> </p>"
+      "documentation":"<p> <b>This API works with the following fleet types:</b> EC2, Anywhere, Container</p> <p>Lists all custom and Amazon Web Services locations where Amazon GameLift Servers can host game servers. This operation also returns UDP ping beacon information for locations, which you can use to measure network latency between player devices and potential hosting locations.</p> <p> <b>Learn more</b> </p> <p> <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift-regions.html\">Service locations</a> </p>"
     },
     "ListScripts":{
       "name":"ListScripts",
@@ -7968,7 +7968,7 @@
         },
         "PingBeacon":{
           "shape":"PingBeacon",
-          "documentation":"<p>Information about the UDP ping beacon for this location. </p>"
+          "documentation":"<p>Information about the UDP ping beacon for this location. Ping beacons are fixed endpoints that you can use to measure network latency between a player device and an Amazon GameLift Servers hosting location.</p>"
         }
       },
       "documentation":"<p>Properties of a location, which can include its name, ARN (for custom locations), and ping beacon information.</p>"
@@ -8450,7 +8450,7 @@
       "members":{
         "UDPEndpoint":{
           "shape":"UDPEndpoint",
-          "documentation":"<p>The domain name and port of the UDP ping beacon. </p>"
+          "documentation":"<p>The domain name and port of the UDP ping beacon. Your game client can send UDP messages to this endpoint and receive responses to measure network latency.</p>"
         }
       },
       "documentation":"<p>Information about a UDP ping beacon that can be used to measure network latency between a player device and an Amazon GameLift Servers hosting location.</p>"
@@ -9871,11 +9871,11 @@
       "members":{
         "Domain":{
           "shape":"NonZeroAndMaxString",
-          "documentation":"<p>The domain name of the UDP endpoint. </p>"
+          "documentation":"<p>The domain name of the UDP endpoint.</p>"
         },
         "Port":{
           "shape":"PositiveInteger",
-          "documentation":"<p>The port number of the UDP endpoint. </p>"
+          "documentation":"<p>The port number of the UDP endpoint. For Amazon GameLift Servers ping beacons, this is typically port 7770.</p>"
         }
       },
       "documentation":"<p>The domain name and port information for a UDP endpoint.</p>"