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 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
-| <a name="input_deletion_protection"></a> [deletion\_protection](#input\_deletion\_protection) | Whether the ECR should have deletion protection enabled for non-empty registry. Set this to false if you intend to delete your ECR resource or namespace. NOTE: PR owner has responsibility to ensure that no other environments are sharing this ECR. | `bool` | `true` | no |
+| <a name="input_deletion_protection"></a> [deletion\_protection](#input\_deletion\_protection) | (Optional) Whether the ECR should have deletion protection enabled for non-empty registry. Set this to false if you intend to delete your ECR resource or namespace. NOTE: PR owner has responsibility to ensure that no other environments are sharing this ECR. Defaults to true. | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_github_actions_prefix"></a> [github\_actions\_prefix](#input\_github\_actions\_prefix) | String prefix for GitHub Actions variable and secrets key | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_github_actions_secret_ecr_access_key"></a> [github\_actions\_secret\_ecr\_access\_key](#input\_github\_actions\_secret\_ecr\_access\_key) | The name of the github actions secret containing the ECR AWS access key | `string` | `"ECR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"` | no |
 | <a name="input_github_actions_secret_ecr_name"></a> [github\_actions\_secret\_ecr\_name](#input\_github\_actions\_secret\_ecr\_name) | The name of the github actions secret containing the ECR name | `string` | `"ECR_NAME"` | no |