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AWS documentdb: DocumentDB release notes: security patches and $text bug fix

Service: documentdb · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md

Summary

Adds September 15, 2026 entries for DocumentDB 8.0.1 and 8.0.0 engine patches (security and stability improvements, a $text underscore residual-filter bug fix), removes '[in progress]' from the August 18 8.0.1 entry, and announces serverless availability in additional Regions.

Security assessment

The entries describe generic 'security and stability improvements' and a query-correctness bug fix, with no CVE, advisory ID, or described vulnerability, so there is no concrete evidence of addressing a specific security weakness.

Evidence

+  1. Fixed an issue where `$text` search queries containing underscore characters could return incorrect results when evaluated as a residual filter.

Diff

diff --git a/documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md b/documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md
index 97843927a..5010cef2a 100644
--- a//documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md
+++ b//documentdb/latest/devguide/release-notes.md
@@ -45,0 +46 @@ Date | Release notes
+September 15, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.1 (Engine Version: 4.0.11638) [in progress]** Amazon DocumentDB automatically applies this patch during your next maintenance window.  
@@ -47 +48 @@ August 31, 2026 |  **New feature** Amazon DocumentDB now supports in-place major
-August 18, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.1 (Engine Version: 4.0.9938) [in progress]** This engine patch provides the following improvements:
+August 18, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.1 (Engine Version: 4.0.9938)** This engine patch provides the following improvements:
@@ -83 +84,6 @@ Date | Release notes
-August 18, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.0 (Engine Version: 4.0.9912) [in progress]** This engine patch provides the following improvements:
+September 15, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.0 (Engine Version: 4.0.11440) [in progress]** **Bug fixes** This release includes the following bug fix:
+
+  1. Fixed an issue where `$text` search queries containing underscore characters could return incorrect results when evaluated as a residual filter.
+
+Amazon DocumentDB automatically applies this patch during your next maintenance window.  
+August 18, 2026 |  **Security and stability improvements** **Amazon DocumentDB 8.0.0 (Engine Version: 4.0.9912)** This engine patch provides the following improvements:
@@ -837,0 +844,14 @@ Date | Release notes
+September 15, 2026 |  **New feature** The Amazon DocumentDB serverless instance type is now available on Amazon DocumentDB 5.0 and 8.0 engine versions in the following Regions:
+
+  * Asia Pacific (Osaka)
+  * Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
+  * Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
+  * Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
+  * Asia Pacific (Thailand)
+  * Canada West (Calgary)
+  * Europe (Zurich)
+  * Europe (Stockholm)
+  * Israel (Tel Aviv)
+  * Mexico (Central)
+
+For more information, see [Supported instance classes by Region](./db-instance-classes.html#db-instance-classes-by-region) and [Using Amazon DocumentDB serverless](./docdb-serverless.html).