Bug report about ControlTower and Cognito control

Thank you for reporting this issue. It appears there is indeed a problem with the display of the CONFIG.COGNITO-IDP.DT.1 control in AWS Control Tower. The title and description showing as "guardrail.configCognitoIdpDt1.displayName" and "guardrail.configCognitoIdpDt1.description" respectively suggests that there's a localization or string resource issue.

It's worth noting that AWS has been transitioning terminology from "guardrails" to "controls" to better align with industry usage and other AWS services. During this transition period, you might encounter instances where the term "guardrail" is still present in various parts of the documentation, console, and other materials.

This particular issue seems to be a bug where the placeholder text for the control's name and description is being displayed instead of the actual content. It's likely that the localization strings for this specific control haven't been properly set or are encountering an error when being retrieved.

I recommend reporting this issue directly to AWS support so they can investigate and fix the problem. In the meantime, you may still be able to use the control, but you'll need to refer to other documentation to understand its purpose and function.

Remember that while this display issue is inconvenient, it shouldn't affect the actual functionality of the control itself. The Control Tower service should still be applying the intended policy, even if the description isn't displaying correctly.
Sources
About controls in AWS Control Tower - AWS Control Tower