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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2025-07-25 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-proxy.md

Summary

Added guidance about avoiding session initialization via DB parameter group with RDS Proxy

Security assessment

Prevents misconfiguration that could lead to unexpected session state behavior, improving security posture

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-proxy.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-proxy.md
index 81ed171c0..17074466d 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-proxy.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-proxy.md
@@ -181,0 +182,2 @@ The following additional limitations apply to RDS Proxy with RDS for MySQL datab
+  * RDS Proxy might not work as expected when you configure the `init_connect` parameter in your RDS DB parameter group to set session state variables. Instead, set the initialization query for your proxy to run session initialization statements when using proxy to connect to your database.
+