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AWS kms documentation change

Service: kms · 2025-12-10 · Documentation medium

File: kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.md

Summary

Removed restriction on on-demand rotation for multi-Region KMS keys with imported key material, expanding support to all symmetric encryption KMS keys with imported key material.

Security assessment

Expanding on-demand rotation capabilities improves security practices by allowing more keys to be rotated, but there's no evidence this fixes a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.md b/kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.md
index 9ac373f18..f000f52a3 100644
--- a//kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.md
+++ b//kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-keys.md
@@ -96 +96 @@ Immediately initiate rotation of the key material associated with your KMS key,
-On-demand key rotation is supported on symmetric encryption KMS keys with key material that AWS KMS generates (`AWS_KMS` origin) and single-Region, symmetric encryption KMS keys with imported key material (`EXTERNAL` origin).
+On-demand key rotation is supported on symmetric encryption KMS keys with key material that AWS KMS generates (`AWS_KMS` origin) and symmetric encryption KMS keys with imported key material (`EXTERNAL` origin).
@@ -111,2 +110,0 @@ Neither automatic nor on-demand key rotation is supported for the following type
-  * Multi-Region KMS keys with [imported key material](./importing-keys.html)
-