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AWS AmazonRDS: Remove PostgreSQL IAM auth replication connection limitation note

Service: AmazonRDS · 2026-09-29 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.md · Type: iam

Summary

Deleted the note stating that IAM authentication cannot be used to establish a replication connection for PostgreSQL.

Security assessment

The change removes a documented limitation about IAM database authentication for PostgreSQL replication connections. It is a documentation correction/removal rather than addressing a specific vulnerability, so it is security-tangential at most.

Evidence

-  * For PostgreSQL, you can't use IAM authentication to establish a replication connection.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.md
index 6b463fb69..abb52a944 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.IAMDBAuth.md
@@ -84,2 +83,0 @@ For more information about global condition context keys, see [AWS global condit
-  * For PostgreSQL, you can't use IAM authentication to establish a replication connection.
-