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AWS datasync documentation change

Service: datasync · 2025-05-10 · Documentation low

File: datasync/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-service-action-2.md

Summary

Updated service-linked role description to include Secrets Manager access

Security assessment

Documents new security-related capability (secrets management) but does not indicate a security issue being addressed

Diff

diff --git a/datasync/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-service-action-2.md b/datasync/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-service-action-2.md
index 055dd7c95..ac8c10552 100644
--- a//datasync/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-service-action-2.md
+++ b//datasync/latest/userguide/using-service-linked-roles-service-action-2.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ For information about other services that support service-linked roles, see [AWS
-DataSync uses the service-linked role named **AWSServiceRoleForDataSync** – Allows DataSync to create Amazon CloudWatch logs for tasks using [Enhanced mode](./choosing-task-mode.html).
+DataSync uses the service-linked role named **AWSServiceRoleForDataSync** – Allows DataSync to perform essential operations for transfer task execution, including reading secrets from AWS Secrets Manager, and creating CloudWatch log groups and events.