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AWS AmazonS3 documentation change

Service: AmazonS3 · 2026-04-25 · Documentation low

File: AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.md

Summary

Updated multipart upload documentation to include new checksum algorithms (MD5, XXHash64, XXHash3, XXHash128, SHA512) and their corresponding headers for composite checksums.

Security assessment

This change documents additional checksum algorithms available for multipart upload integrity verification. It enhances security documentation by providing more options for data integrity checks, but doesn't indicate a specific security issue was fixed.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.md b/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.md
index 5a023410f..a0d88c46d 100644
--- a//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.md
+++ b//AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.md
@@ -240 +240 @@ CRC-32 (`CRC32`) CRC 32-C (`CRC32C`) | Full object |  Required headers: `x-amz-c
-CRC-32 (`CRC32`) CRC-32C (`CRC32C`) SHA-1 (`SHA1`) SHA-256 (`SHA256`) | Composite |  Required headers: `x-amz-checksum-algorithm` |  Required headers: `x-amz-checksum-crc32` `x-amz-checksum-crc32c` `x-amz-checksum-sha1` `x-amz-checksum-sha256` |  Required headers: All part-level checksums need to be included in the `CompleteMultiPartUpload` request. Optional headers: `x-amz-crc32` `x-amz-crc32c` `x-amz-sha1` `x-amz-sha256`  
+CRC-32 (`CRC32`) CRC-32C (`CRC32C`) SHA-1 (`SHA1`) SHA-256 (`SHA256`) MD5 (`MD5`) XXHash64 (`XXHASH64`) XXHash3 (`XXHASH3`) XXHash128 (`XXHASH128`) SHA-512 (`SHA512`) | Composite |  Required headers: `x-amz-checksum-algorithm` |  Required headers: `x-amz-checksum-crc32` `x-amz-checksum-crc32c` `x-amz-checksum-sha1` `x-amz-checksum-sha256` `x-amz-checksum-md5` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash64` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash3` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash128` `x-amz-checksum-sha512` |  Required headers: All part-level checksums need to be included in the `CompleteMultiPartUpload` request. Optional headers: `x-amz-checksum-crc32` `x-amz-checksum-crc32c` `x-amz-checksum-sha1` `x-amz-checksum-sha256` `x-amz-checksum-md5` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash64` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash3` `x-amz-checksum-xxhash128` `x-amz-checksum-sha512`