Error: DynamoDB Is Unsupported It Cannot Be Instantiated

Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Last updated: October 23rd, 2026
Solution
Type ... is unsupported, it cannot be instantiated can come from the .NET DynamoDB object persistence model when it cannot construct or convert a mapped type. Inspect the exact type named in the exception; switching to Java DynamoDBMapper is not a fix.
- For a normal mapped model, use a concrete class with an accessible parameterless constructor and writable mapped properties. Check nested types too.
- For a property outside the supported conversions, configure an IPropertyConverter or choose a supported stored representation.
- If it works in an ordinary build but fails after Native AOT publishing, inspect trimming warnings and preserve required nested types.
- Use the current AWSSDK.DynamoDBv2 package and its documented persistence-model configuration.
AWS documents a Native AOT workaround using DynamicDependency for nested types:
using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
using Amazon.DynamoDBv2.DataModel;
[DynamoDBTable("Records")]
public class Record {
[DynamicDependency(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All, typeof(Details))]
public Record() {}
[DynamoDBHashKey]
public string Id { get; set; } = "";
public Details Detail { get; set; } = new();
}
public class Details {
public string Note { get; set; } = "";
}Use preservation only for the actual mapped types. It does not fix a missing converter or an abstract model. In SDK v4, build DynamoDBContext with DynamoDBContextBuilder rather than the obsolete constructors.
See .NET examples and AWS documentation.
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