AWS athena documentation change

Service: athena · 2025-07-18 · Documentation low

File: athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md

Summary

Added JDBC driver version 3.5.1 release note and updated view syntax to include 'PROTECTED MULTI DIALECT' terminology

Security assessment

The change introduces 'CREATE PROTECTED MULTI DIALECT VIEW' terminology, suggesting enhanced security controls for view creation. However, there is no explicit mention of addressing a vulnerability or security incident.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md b/athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
index b43258032..bdca9fd83 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/release-notes.md
@@ -35,0 +36,6 @@ Describes Amazon Athena features, improvements, and bug fixes by release date.
+### July 17, 2025
+
+Published on 2025-07-17
+
+Athena releases JDBC driver version 3.5.1. For more information about this version of the driver, see [Amazon Athena JDBC 3.x release notes](./jdbc-v3-driver-release-notes.html). To download the latest JDBC driver, see [JDBC 3.x driver download](./jdbc-v3-driver.html#jdbc-v3-driver-download).
+
@@ -1123 +1129 @@ Apache Iceberg support in Athena engine version 3 now offers the following enhan
-  * CTAS and VIEW support – Use the `CREATE TABLE AS SELECT` (CTAS) and `CREATE VIEW` statements with Iceberg tables. For more information, see [CREATE TABLE AS](./create-table-as.html) and [CREATE VIEW and CREATE DIALECT VIEW](./create-view.html).
+  * CTAS and VIEW support – Use the `CREATE TABLE AS SELECT` (CTAS) and `CREATE VIEW` statements with Iceberg tables. For more information, see [CREATE TABLE AS](./create-table-as.html) and [CREATE VIEW and CREATE PROTECTED MULTI DIALECT VIEW](./create-view.html).
@@ -2693 +2699 @@ Published on _2018-06-05_
-Added support for views. You can now use [CREATE VIEW and CREATE DIALECT VIEW](./create-view.html), [DESCRIBE VIEW](./describe-view.html), [DROP VIEW](./drop-view.html), [SHOW CREATE VIEW](./show-create-view.html), and [SHOW VIEWS](./show-views.html) in Athena. The query that defines the view runs each time you reference the view in your query. For more information, see [Work with views](./views.html).
+Added support for views. You can now use [CREATE VIEW and CREATE PROTECTED MULTI DIALECT VIEW](./create-view.html), [DESCRIBE VIEW](./describe-view.html), [DROP VIEW](./drop-view.html), [SHOW CREATE VIEW](./show-create-view.html), and [SHOW VIEWS](./show-views.html) in Athena. The query that defines the view runs each time you reference the view in your query. For more information, see [Work with views](./views.html).