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AWS greengrass documentation change

Service: greengrass · 2026-07-10 · Documentation low

File: greengrass/v2/developerguide/configure-stream-manager.md

Summary

Added 'Kinesis inter-call delay' configuration parameter documentation

Security assessment

Documents operational parameter for request pacing without security context. Permission mention (kinesis:ListShards) is about functionality, not security.

Diff

diff --git a/greengrass/v2/developerguide/configure-stream-manager.md b/greengrass/v2/developerguide/configure-stream-manager.md
index 80ec12f4c..0aea5db76 100644
--- a//greengrass/v2/developerguide/configure-stream-manager.md
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@@ -77,0 +78,9 @@ Be careful not to set a size that's higher than your hardware can support. Each
+**Kinesis inter-call delay**
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+Parameter name: `STREAM_MANAGER_EXPORTER_KINESIS_INTER_CALL_DELAY_MS`
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+The delay, in milliseconds, that stream manager waits between consecutive requests when it exports streams to Kinesis Data Streams destinations. The default is `1000` (1 second).
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+This delay applies only when stream manager cannot determine the shard layout of the target data stream, such as when the [Greengrass token exchange role](./device-service-role.html) does not include the `kinesis:ListShards` permission. When stream manager can determine the shard layout, it uses shard-aware pacing instead of this delay. To turn off the fallback delay, set this parameter to `0`.
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