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AWS neptune high security documentation change

Service: neptune · 2026-02-28 · Security-related high

File: neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-sparql-http-rest.md

Summary

Removed TLS/HTTPS enforcement note and replaced with HTTP/1.1 requirement

Security assessment

The removal of documentation about mandatory HTTPS/TLS 1.2 could mislead users into thinking unsecured HTTP connections are allowed, creating a potential security risk if implementations follow this guidance.

Diff

diff --git a/neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-sparql-http-rest.md b/neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-sparql-http-rest.md
index 330c91c6b..c1cc7aec0 100644
--- a//neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-sparql-http-rest.md
+++ b//neptune/latest/userguide/access-graph-sparql-http-rest.md
@@ -7,3 +7 @@
-Amazon Neptune provides an HTTP endpoint for SPARQL queries. The REST interface is compatible with SPARQL version 1.1.
-
-###### Important
+###### Note
@@ -11 +9 @@ Amazon Neptune provides an HTTP endpoint for SPARQL queries. The REST interface
-[Release: 1.0.4.0 (2020-10-12)](./engine-releases-1.0.4.0.html) made TLS 1.2 and HTTPS mandatory for all connections to Amazon Neptune. It is no longer possible to connect to Neptune using unsecured HTTP, or using HTTPS with a version of TLS earlier than 1.2.
+Neptune does not currently support HTTP/2 for REST API requests. Clients must use HTTP/1.1 when connecting to endpoints.
@@ -20,0 +19,2 @@ For information about finding the hostname of your Neptune DB instance, see the
+Amazon Neptune provides an HTTP endpoint for SPARQL queries. The REST interface is compatible with SPARQL version 1.1.
+