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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-07-01 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Troubleshooting.md

Summary

Removed explicit throttling limit (200 connections/second) from IAM DB authentication error explanation.

Security assessment

Identical to the Aurora troubleshooting change: removal of a numeric limit without altering the error's nature or mitigation. No security vulnerability is referenced.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Troubleshooting.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Troubleshooting.md
index aa1db80aa..0c79fb2aa 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Troubleshooting.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.Troubleshooting.md
@@ -83 +83 @@ Error | Metric(s) | Cause | Solution
-`[ERROR] Failed to authorize the connection request for user `db_user` due to IAM DB authentication throttling. (Status Code: 429, Error Code: ThrottlingException)` |  `IamDbAuthConnectionFailure` `IamDbAuthConnectionFailureThrottling` | You are making too many connection requests to your DB in a short amount of time. IAM DB authentication throttling limit is 200 connections per second. |  Reduce the rate of establishing new connections with IAM authentication. Consider implementing connection pooling using RDS Proxy in order to reuse established connections in your application.  
+`[ERROR] Failed to authorize the connection request for user `db_user` due to IAM DB authentication throttling. (Status Code: 429, Error Code: ThrottlingException)` |  `IamDbAuthConnectionFailure` `IamDbAuthConnectionFailureThrottling` | You are making too many connection requests to your DB in a short amount of time. |  Reduce the rate of establishing new connections with IAM authentication. Consider implementing connection pooling using RDS Proxy in order to reuse established connections in your application.