Hi everyone! I need help setting up the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist. I created a topic and a subscription in AWS SNS. In SES, I added the SNS topic to my domain and email addresses for feedback notifications. Unfortunately, it’s not working. The subscription status is still showing “pending confir…

This might work: https://forum.example.com/aws/sns

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work.

I solved the problem! The correct format is: https://forum.example.com/webhooks/aws

I did this and it still shows Pending confirmation. @Deenius is this working for you still? What other setup did you do if any on the discourse side. Did you have to create a web hook?

Does this help? How do I configure aws_sns_topic_arn_allowlist? - #2 by Jonathan5

How do I properly configure the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist?

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Deenius (Daniel Jurnik) August 16, 2026, 10:08am 7

Yes, it works for me. The only problem was that the URL format was entered incorrectly.

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How do I properly configure the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist?

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