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AWS amazondynamodb documentation change

Service: amazondynamodb · 2025-08-13 · Documentation low

File: amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DocumentHistory.md

Summary

Updated document history with capacity mode switching limit increase and removed outdated feature announcements

Security assessment

Changes include product capability updates and content pruning. The AWS PrivateLink mention reinforces existing security controls but doesn't introduce new security documentation.

Diff

diff --git a/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DocumentHistory.md b/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DocumentHistory.md
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--- a//amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DocumentHistory.md
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@@ -12,0 +13 @@ Change| Description| Date
+Increased limit for switching between capacity modes| Increased the limit for switching a table from provisioned to on-demand capacity mode from once every 24 hours to four times every 24 hours. This change provides more flexibility for workloads that require loading large volumes of data multiple times per day or need to accommodate unexpected traffic increases. For more information, see [ Considerations when switching capacity modes in DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/bp-switching-capacity-modes.html).| August 12, 2025  
@@ -20 +21 @@ New scoped-down full access policy AmazonDynamoDBFullAccess_v2 replaces AmazonDy
-DynamoDB introduces AWS PrivateLink support for DynamoDB Streams| AWS added PrivateLink support for DynamoDB Streams, enabling customers to invoke DynamoDB Streams APIs from within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using private network connectivity. This feature allows simplified private network access without traversing the public internet, supporting compliance and security requirements for DynamoDB workloads. For more information, see [AWS PrivateLink for Amazon DynamoDB Streams](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/privatelink-streams.html).| March 26, 2025  
+DynamoDB introduces AWS PrivateLink support for DynamoDB Streams| AWS added AWS PrivateLink support for DynamoDB Streams, enabling customers to invoke DynamoDB Streams APIs from within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using private network connectivity. This feature allows simplified private network access without traversing the public internet, supporting compliance and security requirements for DynamoDB workloads. For more information, see [AWS PrivateLink for Amazon DynamoDB Streams](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/privatelink-streams.html).| March 26, 2025  
@@ -26,2 +26,0 @@ Amazon DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time recovery (PITR)| DynamoD
-Amazon DynamoDB now supports configurable point-in-time recovery (PITR)| DynamoDB now supports configurable recovery periods for PITR. You can now set the PITR period for each table to between 1 and 35 days. For more information, see [Point-in-time backups for DynamoDB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Point-in-time-recovery.html).| January 7, 2025  
-Published new topic on integrating Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka with Amazon DynamoDB| Learn how Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka integrates with Amazon DynamoDB by reading data from Apache Kafka topics and storing it in DynamoDB. For more information, see [Integrating DynamoDB with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/msk-for-dynamodb.html).| December 26, 2024  
@@ -30,2 +28,0 @@ DynamoDB introduces support for a zero-ETL integration with SageMaker AI Lakehou
-DynamoDB introduces support for a zero-ETL integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse| DynamoDB introduces a zero-ETL integration that automates the extracting and loading of data from Amazon DynamoDB into a customer's data lake. For more information, see [DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/amazon-sagemaker-lakehouse-for-DynamoDB.html).| December 3, 2024  
-DynamoDB global tables now supports multi-Region strong consistency| With multi-Region strong consistency, you can build highly available multi-Region applications with a recovery point objective (RPO) of zero, achieving the highest level of resilience. For more information, see [Global tables with multi-Region strong consistency](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/multi-region-strong-consistency-gt.html).| December 3, 2024