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AWS gameliftservers documentation change

Service: gameliftservers · 2026-05-25 · Documentation low

File: gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/unity-plug-in-profiles.md

Summary

Added note clarifying that IAM service role setup is optional and only required when accessing other AWS resources

Security assessment

The change clarifies IAM role requirements which helps prevent over-provisioning access, but doesn't address any specific vulnerability

Diff

diff --git a/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/unity-plug-in-profiles.md b/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/unity-plug-in-profiles.md
index 0c7b7c4de..a50acc19b 100644
--- a//gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/unity-plug-in-profiles.md
+++ b//gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/unity-plug-in-profiles.md
@@ -32,0 +33,4 @@ All profiles must be bootstrapped to set up some required AWS resources under yo
+###### Note
+
+The "Set up an IAM service role" step is optional for plugin users. You only need an IAM service role if your game server accesses other AWS resources, such as Amazon S3 or DynamoDB.
+