---
names:
  full: AWS Bedrock Knowledge Base should use an Active embedding model
  contextual: Knowledge Base should use an Active embedding model
description: >
  Ensure that the foundation embedding model configured for an Amazon Bedrock
  knowledge base is Active rather than Legacy to plan migration before regional
  model retirement disrupts ingestion or retrieval.
type: BEST_PRACTICE
categories:
  - RELIABILITY
frameworkMappings:
  - /frameworks/cloudaware/resource-reliability/infrastructure-modernization