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AWS athena medium security documentation change

Service: athena · 2026-04-16 · Security-related medium

File: athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md

Summary

Changed default value of UseAwsLogger from 1 to 0 and added warning about sensitive information in logs when debug/trace logging is enabled

Security assessment

This change addresses a security concern by changing the default logging behavior to be more secure (disabling AWS SDK logging by default) and explicitly warns that logs may contain sensitive information when debug/trace logging is enabled. This helps prevent accidental exposure of sensitive data in logs.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md b/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
index cc2131c5a..55322931c 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[View a markdown version of this page](odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md)
+
@@ -64 +66,5 @@ Specifies if AWS SDK logging is enabled. Specify 1 to enable, 0 to disable.
-UseAwsLogger | Optional | `0` | `UseAwsLogger=1;`  
+UseAwsLogger | Optional | `0` | `UseAwsLogger=0;`  
+  
+###### Note
+
+Logs may log sensitive information when `UseAwsLogger` is enabled and `LogLevel` is set to `DEBUG` or `TRACE`. `UseAwsLogger` is recommended only for troubleshooting purposes.