AWS Security ChangesHomeSearch

AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-04-28 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/rds-proxy.monitoring.md

Summary

Changed recommended CloudWatch statistic from Sum to Average for AvailabilityPercentage and DatabaseConnectionsBorrowLatency metrics

Security assessment

This is a monitoring best practice update for metric interpretation. No security implications are mentioned or implied in the change.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/rds-proxy.monitoring.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/rds-proxy.monitoring.md
index b2bef2000..97b33d3ff 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/rds-proxy.monitoring.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/rds-proxy.monitoring.md
@@ -38 +38 @@ Metric  |  Description  |  Valid period  |  CloudWatch dimension set
-`AvailabilityPercentage` |  The percentage of time for which the target group was available in the role indicated by the dimension. This metric is reported every minute. The most useful statistic for this metric is `Sum`.  |  1 minute  |  Dimension set 4  
+`AvailabilityPercentage` |  The percentage of time for which the target group was available in the role indicated by the dimension. This metric is reported every minute. The most useful statistic for this metric is `Average`.  |  1 minute  |  Dimension set 4  
@@ -50 +50 @@ Metric  |  Description  |  Valid period  |  CloudWatch dimension set
-`DatabaseConnectionsBorrowLatency` |  The time in microseconds that it takes for the proxy being monitored to get a database connection. The most useful statistic for this metric is `Sum`.  |  1 minute and above  |  Dimension set 1, Dimension set 2  
+`DatabaseConnectionsBorrowLatency` |  The time in microseconds that it takes for the proxy being monitored to get a database connection. The most useful statistic for this metric is `Average`.  |  1 minute and above  |  Dimension set 1, Dimension set 2