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AWS elasticbeanstalk documentation change

Service: elasticbeanstalk · 2025-04-03 · Documentation low

File: elasticbeanstalk/latest/relnotes/release-2025-03-28-al2023.md

Summary

Updated Tomcat platform documentation to include System.getenv for environment variable access

Security assessment

Similar to the AL2 release notes, this documents environment variable access methods without security-specific context.

Diff

diff --git a/elasticbeanstalk/latest/relnotes/release-2025-03-28-al2023.md b/elasticbeanstalk/latest/relnotes/release-2025-03-28-al2023.md
index c33a61406..22d8b78e4 100644
--- a//elasticbeanstalk/latest/relnotes/release-2025-03-28-al2023.md
+++ b//elasticbeanstalk/latest/relnotes/release-2025-03-28-al2023.md
@@ -50 +50 @@ The following table lists the changes included in this release.
-**Tomcat** |  **Tomcat 11 platform branches**
+**Tomcat** |  Starting with this release, you can also use `System.getenv` to access plaintext environment variables. You can continue to use `System.getProperty` to access plaintext environment variables. See [Using the Elastic Beanstalk Tomcat platform](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/java-tomcat-platform.html) for more information. **Tomcat 11 platform branches**