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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-06-10 · Documentation medium

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/oracle-replication-switchover.md

Summary

Added note about Multi-AZ protection and security feature reconfiguration requirements after cross-region switchover.

Security assessment

Explicitly documents the need to re-enable security features (SSL, NNE) after role change to prevent unprotected operations, but doesn't fix a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/oracle-replication-switchover.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/oracle-replication-switchover.md
index ad78f3290..614d088f7 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/oracle-replication-switchover.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/oracle-replication-switchover.md
@@ -141,0 +142,4 @@ If you perform a switchover to a cross-Region replica with different options, th
+###### Note
+
+Because the switchover changes only the database role, the new primary database isn't protected by Multi-AZ until you enable it. After the switchover completes, review the new primary database and, if needed, enable Multi-AZ and reconfigure any options (such as SSL, NNE, OEM, and OEM_AGENT) that your application requires.
+