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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2025-05-31 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.md

Summary

Added note about requiring IAM database authentication to be enabled for accessing IAM auth error logs

Security assessment

The change documents prerequisites for accessing security-related logs (IAM authentication errors) but does not address a specific vulnerability. It enhances documentation about security feature observability rather than introducing new security controls.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.md
index ea50116b6..0faf2d523 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.Concepts.PostgreSQL.md
@@ -16,0 +17,4 @@ You can monitor the following types of log files:
+###### Note
+
+To enable IAM database authentication error logs, you must first enable IAM database authentication for your RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance. For more information about enabling IAM database authentication, see [Enabling and disabling IAM database authentication](./UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Enabling.html).
+