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AWS glue high security documentation change

Service: glue · 2025-04-11 · Security-related high

File: glue/latest/dg/optimizer-notes.md

Summary

Added warning about path configuration to prevent data loss from overlapping table locations

Security assessment

Explicitly warns about potential unrecoverable data loss if table paths overlap, indicating a security-related configuration risk

Diff

diff --git a/glue/latest/dg/optimizer-notes.md b/glue/latest/dg/optimizer-notes.md
index df1b33545..f4c4323fa 100644
--- a//glue/latest/dg/optimizer-notes.md
+++ b//glue/latest/dg/optimizer-notes.md
@@ -60,0 +61,2 @@ For detailed instructions on setting up versioning and creating life cycle rules
+  * For proper orphan file determination, ensure that the provided table location and any sub-paths don't overlap with or contain data from any other tables or data sources. If paths overlap, you risk unrecoverable data loss from unintended deletion of files. 
+