Merge pull request #140 from digitalevidencetoolkit/claude/session-011CUa61zyTJTWLrLXjgWjvP

QLDB deprecation notice

Author: basilesimon

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 _(Or **DEPToolkit** for short. Bit of a mouthful otherwise)_
 
+> **⚠️ CRITICAL NOTICE**: This toolkit relies on AWS QLDB, which was deprecated by AWS and will be discontinued on **July 31, 2025**. The toolkit will require migration to an alternative ledger database solution.
+
 <div style="width:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center">
 <img style="width: 70%" src="https://digitalevidencetoolkit.org/images/illustrations/architecture-full-curves.svg">
 </div>

docs/getting_started.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ If the instructions in this guide feel a bit much, it's likely because the Toolk
 
 #### Setting up the ledger
 
+> **⚠️ AWS QLDB DEPRECATION WARNING**: AWS QLDB is being discontinued on **July 31, 2025**. While you can still create QLDB ledgers for testing/development purposes, this toolkit will require migration to an alternative solution before that date. **Production use is not recommended.**
+
 The Toolkit requires a working connection with Amazon Web Services, and thus that you have some kind of well-permissioned account or IAM role.
 
 In short, you will need:

package.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "license": "gpl-3.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "amazon-qldb-driver-nodejs": "^2.2.0",
+    "_comment": "WARNING: AWS QLDB is deprecated and will be discontinued on July 31, 2025.",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1354.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.3",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",

src/ledger/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Ledger abstraction layer
+ *
+ * ⚠️ WARNING: AWS QLDB DEPRECATION NOTICE
+ *
+ * This module wraps AWS QLDB operations. Since QLDB is being discontinued on July 31, 2025,
+ * this entire module will need to be refactored to work with an alternative ledger solution.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Depends on AWS QLDB which will be discontinued on July 31, 2025
+ */
+
 import * as Record from '../types/Record';
 import * as Annotations from '../types/Annotations';
 import type { Annotation } from '../types/Annotations';

src/qldb/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * ⚠️ WARNING: AWS QLDB DEPRECATION NOTICE
+ *
+ * AWS QLDB is being discontinued on July 31, 2025.
+ * This entire module will need to be replaced with an alternative ledger solution.
+ *
+ * @deprecated AWS QLDB service will be discontinued on July 31, 2025
+ */
+
 import {
   QldbDriver,
   Result,