AWS documentdb high security documentation change
Summary
Updated release notes structure for DocumentDB 5.0 with minor version tracking, added new features and improvements, and documented a required security patch.
Security assessment
The diff explicitly adds a new release note entry ('May 6, 2026 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes**... This release is for a required security patch') that directly references a security patch. This constitutes concrete evidence of a security-related update.
Diff
diff --git a/documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md b/documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md index ee7fff6e0..fca939c53 100644 --- a//documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md +++ b//documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md @@ -12,0 +13,2 @@ These release notes describe the Amazon DocumentDB features, improvements, and b +For details about how engine versions and patch versions are numbered (including the mapping between engine patch version prefixes and Amazon DocumentDB engine versions), see [Engine version numbering](./db-instance-maintain.html#engine-version-numbering). + @@ -43 +45 @@ May 13, 2026 | **New feature** Amazon DocumentDB serverless is now available fo -May 6, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 (Engine Version: 4.0.6940)** This update provides an optional Engine patch with the following improvements: +May 6, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 (Engine Version: 4.0.6940)** This update provides an optional engine patch with the following improvements: @@ -49 +51 @@ April 20, 2026 | **New feature** In-place major version upgrade (MVU) from Amaz -April 20, 2026 | **New features and improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 (Engine Versions: 4.0.5995, 4.0.6473)** This is a mandatory engine patch that includes the following new features, improvements, and fixes: +April 20, 2026 | **New features and improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 (Engine Versions: 4.0.5995, 4.0.6473)** This is a required engine patch that includes the following new features, improvements, and fixes: @@ -88,4 +90,14 @@ Release notes for Amazon DocumentDB engine version 5.0 (MongoDB 5.0 compatibilit -Date | Release notes ----|--- -April 20, 2026 | **New feature** In-place major version upgrade (MVU) from Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 to Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 is now available. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB in-place major version upgrade](./docdb-mvu.html). -April 13, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Versions: 3.0.19917, 3.0.20421)** This is a mandatory engine patch that includes the following new features, improvements, and fixes: +Date | Minor version | Release notes +---|---|--- +June 8, 2026 | 5.0.1 | **New minor version** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0.1 (Engine Version 3.0.21138)** Amazon DocumentDB 5.0.1 is the first minor version release for the Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 major version. Minor versions include improvements such as new features, security fixes, and bug fixes. You can upgrade to 5.0.1 from 5.0.0 using a minor version upgrade. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB minor version upgrade](./docdb-minor-version-upgrade.html). This minor version includes the following new features and improvements: + + 1. Added `gcRuntimeStats`, `documentFragmentStats`, and breakup of collection level metrics into `storageSegmentBase` and `storageSegmentExtended` in `collstats` to surface more information into the overall health of the garbage collection process. Please see [Garbage collection in Amazon DocumentDB](./garbage-collection.html) for details. + 2. Support for `$rand` and `$pow` aggregation operators. + 3. Exposing metric to monitor `Connections (active)` for instances. The limits can be found at our [Amazon DocumentDB Quotas and limits](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/devguide/limits.html#limits.instance) page. + 4. Support for `$dateToParts` and `$dateFromParts` aggregation operators. + 5. Command-level performance metrics are now available in CloudWatch for CRUD operations (`find`, `insert`, `findAndModify`, `update`, `delete`, `aggregate`, `count`, `distinct`, `getMore`, `abortTransaction`, `commitTransaction`), exposing `AvgDuration`, `P100Duration`, and `MaxConcurrent` dimensions for improved operational monitoring. + + +May 6, 2026 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Version: 3.0.20421)** This release is for a required security patch. +April 20, 2026 | 5.0.0 | **New feature** In-place major version upgrade (MVU) from Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 to Amazon DocumentDB 8.0 is now available. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB in-place major version upgrade](./docdb-mvu.html). +April 13, 2026 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Versions: 3.0.19917)** This is a required engine patch that includes the following new features, improvements, and fixes: @@ -97 +109 @@ All Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 clusters will be automatically upgraded to this patch -October 22, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.17983)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports the latest generation of memory-optimized instances, db.r8g, powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton4 processors, providing up to 30% better performance over R6G instances. For more information, see [Managing instance classes](./db-instance-classes.html) in this guide and this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/10/amazon-documentdb-graviton4-based-r8g-database-instances/). **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** +October 22, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.17983)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports the latest generation of memory-optimized instances, db.r8g, powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton4 processors, providing up to 30% better performance over R6G instances. For more information, see [Managing instance classes](./db-instance-classes.html) in this guide and this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/10/amazon-documentdb-graviton4-based-r8g-database-instances/). **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** @@ -104,3 +116,3 @@ October 22, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versi -October 16, 2025 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports dual-stack mode (IPv4/IPv6) when your cluster is in a virtual private cloud (VPC). For more information, see this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/10/amazon-documentdb-ipv6-support) and [Amazon VPC and Amazon DocumentDB](./vpc-docdb.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. -September 15, 2025 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.17983)** Fixed engine crash when queries contain subsequent `$replaceRoot` and `$lookup` stage. -July 29, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** +October 16, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports dual-stack mode (IPv4/IPv6) when your cluster is in a virtual private cloud (VPC). For more information, see this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/10/amazon-documentdb-ipv6-support) and [Amazon VPC and Amazon DocumentDB](./vpc-docdb.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. +September 15, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.17983)** Fixed engine crash when queries contain subsequent `$replaceRoot` and `$lookup` stage. +July 29, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.15902)** @@ -118,3 +130,3 @@ July 29, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version -July 28, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.14228)** Amazon DocumentDB instance-based clusters now support Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration. For more information, see [Using Amazon DocumentDB serverless](./docdb-serverless.html) and this [what's new blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/amazon-documentdb-serverless/). -March 24, 2025 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** Added support for `postBatchResumeToken` in change streams. For more information, see [Resuming a change stream with postBatchResumeToken](./change_streams.html#change_streams-postBatchResumeToken). -January 15, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** Amazon DocumentDB now maintains read availability through writer instance restarts. Reader instances will now continue to serve read requests during writer instance restarts. **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** +July 28, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.14228)** Amazon DocumentDB instance-based clusters now support Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration. For more information, see [Using Amazon DocumentDB serverless](./docdb-serverless.html) and this [what's new blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/07/amazon-documentdb-serverless/). +March 24, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** Added support for `postBatchResumeToken` in change streams. For more information, see [Resuming a change stream with postBatchResumeToken](./change_streams.html#change_streams-postBatchResumeToken). +January 15, 2025 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** Amazon DocumentDB now maintains read availability through writer instance restarts. Reader instances will now continue to serve read requests during writer instance restarts. **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11800)** @@ -127,2 +139,2 @@ January 15, 2025 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versi -December 18, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.5721)** Amazon DocumentDB instance-based clusters now support NVMe-backed R6GD instances. For more information, see [NVMe-backed instances](./db-instance-nvme.html) and this [what's new blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/nvme-backed-r6gd-instances-amazon-documentdb-mongodb-compatibility/). -November 6, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11051)** +December 18, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.5721)** Amazon DocumentDB instance-based clusters now support NVMe-backed R6GD instances. For more information, see [NVMe-backed instances](./db-instance-nvme.html) and this [what's new blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/nvme-backed-r6gd-instances-amazon-documentdb-mongodb-compatibility/). +November 6, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.11051)** @@ -134 +146 @@ November 6, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versi -September 17, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.10696)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports rebuilding indexes with `reIndex` in the `runCommand`. For more information, see [Index maintenance using reIndex](./managing-indexes.html#reIndex). +September 17, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.10696)** Amazon DocumentDB now supports rebuilding indexes with `reIndex` in the `runCommand`. For more information, see [Index maintenance using reIndex](./managing-indexes.html#reIndex). @@ -144 +156 @@ September 17, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Ver -August 22, 2024 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (All engine patch versions)** Amazon DocumentDB global clusters now support cluster switchovers and managed cluster failovers. For more information, see [Performing a switchover for an Amazon DocumentDB global cluster](./global-clusters-disaster-recovery.html#global-cluster-switchover) and [Performing a managed failover for an Amazon DocumentDB global cluster](./global-clusters-disaster-recovery.html#managed-failover). +August 22, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New feature** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (All engine patch versions)** Amazon DocumentDB global clusters now support cluster switchovers and managed cluster failovers. For more information, see [Performing a switchover for an Amazon DocumentDB global cluster](./global-clusters-disaster-recovery.html#global-cluster-switchover) and [Performing a managed failover for an Amazon DocumentDB global cluster](./global-clusters-disaster-recovery.html#managed-failover). @@ -149 +161 @@ Global cluster switchovers and failovers are supported on Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 -July 23, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.8126)** +July 23, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.8126)** @@ -183 +195 @@ Enhanced the logic to synchronize `CurrentTime` and `ResumeToken` for the change -July 22, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.6742)** +July 22, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.6742)** @@ -194,2 +206,2 @@ For more information, see [Managing collection-level document compression](./doc -July 9, 2024 | **New feature** For Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (minimum engine patch version 3.0.4780), TLS CA certificate updates no longer require a system reboot. For more information, see [Updating your Amazon DocumentDB TLS certificates](./ca_cert_rotation.html). -May 29, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.6742)** +July 9, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New feature** For Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (minimum engine patch version 3.0.4780), TLS CA certificate updates no longer require a system reboot. For more information, see [Updating your Amazon DocumentDB TLS certificates](./ca_cert_rotation.html). +May 29, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.6742)** @@ -201 +213 @@ May 29, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3 -April 3, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.5721)** +April 3, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.5721)** @@ -209 +221 @@ April 3, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version -January 10, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versions 3.0.4574, 3.0.4780, 3.0.4960)** +January 10, 2024 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versions 3.0.4574, 3.0.4780, 3.0.4960)** @@ -226,3 +238,3 @@ January 10, 2024 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versi -November 29, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3727)** Added support for vector search. For more information, see this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/vector-search-for-amazon-documentdb-with-mongodb-compatibility-is-now-generally-available/) and visit [Vector search for Amazon DocumentDB](./vector-search.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. -November 21, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3727)** Added support for I/O-optimized storage. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB cluster storage configurations](./db-cluster-storage-configs.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. Added integration for no-code machine learning with SageMaker Canvas. For more information, see [No-code machine learning with Amazon SageMaker AI Canvas](./no-code-machine-learning.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. -November 6, 2023 | **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versions 3.0.3727)** **New features** +November 29, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3727)** Added support for vector search. For more information, see this [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/vector-search-for-amazon-documentdb-with-mongodb-compatibility-is-now-generally-available/) and visit [Vector search for Amazon DocumentDB](./vector-search.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. +November 21, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3727)** Added support for I/O-optimized storage. For more information, see [Amazon DocumentDB cluster storage configurations](./db-cluster-storage-configs.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. Added integration for no-code machine learning with SageMaker Canvas. For more information, see [No-code machine learning with Amazon SageMaker AI Canvas](./no-code-machine-learning.html) in the _Amazon DocumentDB Developer Guide_. +November 6, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versions 3.0.3727)** **New features** @@ -235,2 +247,2 @@ November 6, 2023 | **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Versions 3.0.3727)** * -September 15, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3140)** Added support for $jsonSchema schema validator in instance-based clusters only. For more information see [Using JSON schema validation](./json-schema-validation.html). -July 13, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.1948)** +September 15, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.3140)** Added support for $jsonSchema schema validator in instance-based clusters only. For more information see [Using JSON schema validation](./json-schema-validation.html). +July 13, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.1948)** @@ -248 +260 @@ July 13, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version -June 7, 2023 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0** +June 7, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0** @@ -254 +266 @@ June 7, 2023 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0** -May 10, 2023 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.1361)** +May 10, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.1361)** @@ -261 +273 @@ May 10, 2023 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine -March 1, 2023 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.775)** +March 1, 2023 | 5.0.0 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 (Engine Patch Version 3.0.775)** @@ -286 +298 @@ Date | Release notes -April 27, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 (Engine Version: 2.0.14278)** This is a mandatory engine patch that addresses the following issues: +April 27, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 (Engine Version: 2.0.14278)** This is a required engine patch that addresses the following issues: @@ -291 +303 @@ All Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 clusters will be automatically upgraded to this patch -March 9, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 (Engine Version: 2.0.14165)** This update provides an optional Engine patch with the following improvements: +March 9, 2026 | **Bug fixes and other changes** **Amazon DocumentDB 4.0 (Engine Version: 2.0.14165)** This update provides an optional engine patch with the following improvements: @@ -553 +565 @@ Date | Release notes -April 27, 2026 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 3.6 (Engine Version: 1.0.208692) [in progress]** This update provides an optional Engine patch with the following improvements: +April 27, 2026 | **New features** **Amazon DocumentDB 3.6 (Engine Version: 1.0.208692) [in progress]** This update provides an optional engine patch with the following improvements: