AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-05-22 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.md

Summary

Added upgrade notice for Aurora MySQL 8.4 and updated section title to emphasize security considerations during version upgrades

Security assessment

New section title explicitly references security considerations for version upgrades, though specific security content isn't shown in the diff. The change highlights security aspects of upgrades but doesn't fix vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.md
index 718231543..ba269787d 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.MySQL80.md
@@ -14,0 +15,4 @@ Some Aurora features, such as Aurora Serverless v2, require Aurora MySQL version
+###### Tip
+
+Newer Aurora MySQL major versions are now available, starting with Aurora MySQL version 8.4 (compatible with MySQL 8.4). You can upgrade from Aurora MySQL version 3 to a newer major version. For more information about version numbering, see [Checking Aurora MySQL version numbers](./AuroraMySQL.Updates.Versions.html).
+
@@ -50 +54 @@ The initial release of Aurora MySQL version 3 is compatible with MySQL 8.0.23 Co
-  * Optimized `ADD COLUMN` and `RENAME COLUMN` clauses for the `ALTER TABLE` statement. These optimizations are called "instant DDL." Aurora MySQL version 3 is compatible with the community MySQL instant DDL feature. The former Aurora fast DDL feature isn't used. For usage information for instant DDL, see [Instant DDL (Aurora MySQL version 3)](./AuroraMySQL.Managing.FastDDL.html#AuroraMySQL.mysql80-instant-ddl).
+  * Optimized `ADD COLUMN` and `RENAME COLUMN` clauses for the `ALTER TABLE` statement. These optimizations are called "instant DDL." Aurora MySQL version 3 is compatible with the community MySQL instant DDL feature. The former Aurora fast DDL feature isn't used. For usage information for instant DDL, see [Instant DDL (Aurora MySQL version 3 and version 8.4)](./AuroraMySQL.Managing.FastDDL.html#AuroraMySQL.mysql80-instant-ddl).
@@ -112 +116 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-Overview of Aurora MySQL
+Security considerations for upgrading from Aurora MySQL version 3 to version 8.4