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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-03-31 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.md

Summary

Added a link for more information on automatic minor version upgrades and clarified that patches fixing availability-impacting issues will be applied automatically with 2 weeks' notice for clusters with AMVU enabled.

Security assessment

This clarifies maintenance policy and procedures. While patches may include security fixes, the change itself does not document a specific security issue or feature.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.md
index c6305bacf..3b203888c 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_UpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.md
@@ -67 +67,3 @@ Patches that resolve security or other critical issues are also added as mainten
-Auto minor version upgrades are performed to the default minor version.
+Auto minor version upgrades are performed to the default minor version. For more information, see [Automatic minor version upgrades for Aurora DB clusters](./USER_UpgradeDBInstance.Maintenance.html#Aurora.Maintenance.AMVU).
+
+For clusters with Automatic Minor Version Upgrade enabled, if cluster availability is impacted by an issue that is fixed in a more recent patch, the patch will be applied during your maintenance window to resolve the issue with 2 weeks' advance notice.