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AWS opensearch-service: Add guidance for regulated workloads in compliance validation

Service: opensearch-service · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/compliance-validation.md

Summary

Added documentation about using advanced AWS sign-up features for regulated workloads.

Security assessment

Documents a security-adjacent best practice for compliance in regulated environments.

Evidence

+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.

Diff

diff --git a/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/compliance-validation.md b/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/compliance-validation.md
index 6e10edc55..79f1b26e2 100644
--- a//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/compliance-validation.md
+++ b//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/compliance-validation.md
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@ If you have compliance requirements, consider using any version of OpenSearch or
+Our new AWS sign-up experience is not designed for regulated workloads. If you're using our new AWS sign-up experience, but you want to use AWS for regulated workloads, you can [sign up for AWS (advanced)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) or [activate advanced features](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/activate-advanced-features.html) for your AWS environment.
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