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AWS sns medium security documentation change

Service: sns · 2025-11-13 · Security-related medium

File: sns/latest/dg/sns-email-notifications.md

Summary

Added documentation about subscription suspension when exceeding 10 TPS for email endpoints

Security assessment

The change documents a rate limiting mechanism that prevents email endpoint abuse. This addresses potential denial-of-service risks by automatically suspending subscriptions that exceed message thresholds, which is a security control measure.

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diff --git a/sns/latest/dg/sns-email-notifications.md b/sns/latest/dg/sns-email-notifications.md
index a1df6d463..72d2d2778 100644
--- a//sns/latest/dg/sns-email-notifications.md
+++ b//sns/latest/dg/sns-email-notifications.md
@@ -24 +24,6 @@ You can subscribe an email address to an Amazon SNS topic using the AWS Manageme
-To prevent mailing list recipients from unsubscribing all recipients from Amazon SNS topic emails, see [Set up an email subscription that requires authentication to unsubscribe](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/prevent-unsubscribe-all-sns-topic/) from AWS Support.
+  * To prevent mailing list recipients from unsubscribing all recipients from Amazon SNS topic emails, see [Set up an email subscription that requires authentication to unsubscribe](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/prevent-unsubscribe-all-sns-topic/) from AWS Support.
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+  * Exceeding the limit of 10 messages per second (TPS) for an email or email-json endpoint will trigger an automatic suspension of the subscription, placing it in a pending confirmation status. The subscription remains in PendingConfirmation state for 48 hours, after which it will be automatically deleted unless action is taken.
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