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AWS AmazonCloudFront high security documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudFront · 2025-07-19 · Security-related high

File: AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-key-understand-cache-policy.md

Summary

Added warning about minimum TTL overriding Cache-Control headers

Security assessment

Duplicate of the TTL warning added elsewhere. Highlights potential security risk of caching sensitive content against origin directives.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-key-understand-cache-policy.md b/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-key-understand-cache-policy.md
index 1bba9c296..264343e16 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-key-understand-cache-policy.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/cache-key-understand-cache-policy.md
@@ -33,0 +34,4 @@ The minimum amount of time, in seconds, that you want objects to stay in the Clo
+###### Warning
+
+If your minimum TTL is greater than 0, CloudFront will cache content for at least the duration specified in the cache policy's minimum TTL, even if the `Cache-Control: no-cache`, `no-store`, or `private` directives are present in the origin headers.
+