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AWS documentdb documentation change

Service: documentdb · 2026-06-25 · Documentation medium

File: documentdb/latest/devguide/merge.md

Summary

Added documentation for 'bypassDocumentValidation' parameter in $merge operations.

Security assessment

Documents a security-related feature (schema validation bypass) but doesn't address vulnerabilities. Security relevance comes from explicit validation control.

Diff

diff --git a/documentdb/latest/devguide/merge.md b/documentdb/latest/devguide/merge.md
index 07c6991ae..901046f32 100644
--- a//documentdb/latest/devguide/merge.md
+++ b//documentdb/latest/devguide/merge.md
@@ -32,0 +33,2 @@ The `$merge` stage allows you to perform various actions based on the matching c
+  * `bypassDocumentValidation`: (optional) When set to `true`, documents written to the target collection by the `$merge` stage bypass any schema validation rules (`$jsonSchema`) defined on that collection. The default is `false`, which enforces the target collection's validation rules. This is supported in Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.
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