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AWS lake-formation documentation change

Service: lake-formation · 2025-08-16 · Documentation low

File: lake-formation/latest/dg/granting-catalog-perms-TBAC.md

Summary

Added documentation about enabling LF-Tags for existing federated catalogs and migration requirements

Security assessment

Explains security feature (LF-Tags) implementation process but does not address vulnerabilities

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+###### Note
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+The following steps are not needed for S3 Tables catalogs. You can use LF-Tags to grant permissions on existing S3 Tables catalogs without deleting and recreating them.
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+###### Enabling LF-Tags support for existing federated catalogs that uses Lake Formation permissions
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+Follow these steps,iIf you have existing federated catalogs that are using Lake Formation permissions, such as Amazon Redshift or Amazon DynamoDB federated catalogs that were created before LF-Tags support was available for federated catalogs. 
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+This scenario is not applicable to S3 tables catalog.
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+  1. Delete the existing catalog – Call the `deleteCatalog` API operation to remove the existing federated catalog that uses Lake Formation permissions.
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+Create a new federated catalog – Create a new catalog and point the new catalog to your existing namespace/datashare. 
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+  2. Use a new name for the catalog – This process updates your pre-existing federated catalogs to support LF-Tag functionality. 
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+If you want to use the same catalog name, contact AWS support team for assistance. 
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