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AWS config: Update AWS Region availability for DocumentDB encryption rule

Service: config · 2026-10-30 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/docdb-cluster-encrypted.md

Summary

Removed Asia Pacific (Malaysia) from the list of unsupported regions for the docdb-cluster-encrypted Config rule.

Security assessment

Only the region availability list changed; no security guidance or vulnerability content was modified.

Evidence

+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), China (Beijing), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) Region

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/docdb-cluster-encrypted.md b/config/latest/developerguide/docdb-cluster-encrypted.md
index ba9a68a..fdac16c 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/docdb-cluster-encrypted.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/docdb-cluster-encrypted.md
@@ -19 +19 @@ Checks if storage encryption is enabled for your Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB
-**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), US West (N. California), Israel (Tel Aviv), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) Region
+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), China (Beijing), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich) Region