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# AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform now re-applies customizations when accounts move between OUs

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## Summary

AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) now supports automatic re-application of account customizations when accounts move between Organizational Units (OUs). Previously this required manual intervention, risking configuration drift. To enable it, set aft_customization_triggers = ["account_move"] in your AFT config. The workflow skips bootstrap and provisioning phases for faster execution, and individual accounts can be excluded via account_skip_customization_triggers = "true". The release also adds custom Terraform Cloud/Enterprise workspace naming variables, tighter AFT logging bucket access controls, and improved scaling for large-scale AWS Enterprise Support enrollment.

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