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AWS cloud-map documentation change

Service: cloud-map · 2025-08-16 · Documentation low

File: cloud-map/latest/dg/creating-namespaces.md

Summary

Clarified that private/public DNS namespace creation automatically creates corresponding Route 53 hosted zones

Security assessment

Change provides clearer technical documentation about hosted zone creation mechanics but does not address security vulnerabilities or introduce security features.

Diff

diff --git a/cloud-map/latest/dg/creating-namespaces.md b/cloud-map/latest/dg/creating-namespaces.md
index 0bdc0a406..10a068d82 100644
--- a//cloud-map/latest/dg/creating-namespaces.md
+++ b//cloud-map/latest/dg/creating-namespaces.md
@@ -23 +23 @@ HTTP  | API calls  | Resources in your application can discover other resources
-Private DNS | API calls and DNS queries in a VPC | Resources in your application can discover other resources by calling the `DiscoverInstances` API, and by querying the nameservers in the private Route 53 hosted zone that AWS Cloud Map automatically creates. The hosted zone created by AWS Cloud Map has the same name as the namespace and contains DNS records that have names in the format `service-name`.`namespace-name`.
+Private DNS | API calls and DNS queries in a VPC | When you create a private DNS namespace, AWS Cloud Map creates a corresponding Amazon Route 53 private hosted zone. Resources in your application can discover other resources by calling the `DiscoverInstances` API, and by querying the nameservers in the private Route 53 hosted zone that AWS Cloud Map automatically creates. The hosted zone created by AWS Cloud Map has the same name as the namespace and contains DNS records that have names in the format `service-name`.`namespace-name`.
@@ -33 +33 @@ Route 53 Resolver resolves DNS queries that originate in the VPC using records i
-Public DNS | API calls and public DNS queries | Resources in your application can discover other resources by calling the `DiscoverInstances` API and by querying the nameservers in the public Route 53 hosted zone that AWS Cloud Map automatically creates. The public hosted zone has the same name as the namespace and contains DNS records that have names in the format `service-name`.`namespace-name`.
+Public DNS | API calls and public DNS queries | When you create a private DNS namespace, AWS Cloud Map creates a corresponding Amazon Route 53 public hosted zone. Resources in your application can discover other resources by calling the `DiscoverInstances` API and by querying the nameservers in the public Route 53 hosted zone that AWS Cloud Map automatically creates. The public hosted zone has the same name as the namespace and contains DNS records that have names in the format `service-name`.`namespace-name`.