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AWS ebs documentation change

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

File: ebs/latest/userguide/provisioned-iops.md

Summary

Removed instructions for creating encrypted io2 Block Express volumes from unencrypted snapshots.

Security assessment

Change simplifies documentation without explicit security context. Removal of encryption-related steps could impact security posture but lacks direct evidence of addressing a vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/ebs/latest/userguide/provisioned-iops.md b/ebs/latest/userguide/provisioned-iops.md
index 7cc6ee7b1..b5a5fa9ae 100644
--- a//ebs/latest/userguide/provisioned-iops.md
+++ b//ebs/latest/userguide/provisioned-iops.md
@@ -47,6 +46,0 @@ Provisioned IOPS SSD (`io2`) Block Express volumes deliver their provisioned IOP
-  * To create an encrypted `io2` Block Express volume, with a size larger than 16 TiB or IOPS greater than 64,000, from an unencrypted snapshot or shared encrypted snapshot, you must:
-
-    1. Create an encrypted copy of that snapshot in your account
-
-    2. Use that snapshot copy to create the volume
-