AWS Releases
Amazon Web Services releases and Terraform AWS provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 680 AWS releases · Updated
- Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecationaws-s3 ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.46.0: New resources, enhancements, and bug fixes
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.46.0 introduces several new resources, including ones for AWS Bedrock Agent, IAM Access Keys, and Observability, enhancing IaC capabilities for these services. It also includes significant enhancements to existing resources like AWS Bedrock Agent Runtime and CloudFront distributions, along with crucial bug fixes for S3 buckets and X-Ray resource policies. This release impacts engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure through Terraform, with specific attention to `aws_xray_resource_policy` requiring recreation for `policy_name` changes.
feature patch announcement - AWS What's New infraaws ·
AWS Transform adds network modernization and multi-format import
AWS Transform now offers a network modernization engine to optimize constructs like naming, sizing, and security, surfacing conflicts before deployment. It also accepts network configuration files in any format, streamlining migrations. These features are available in all AWS Transform Target Regions, reducing manual effort and accelerating deployment.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-s3aws-ec2aws-eksaws-ecs ·
AWS Local Zone available in Istanbul, Türkiye
AWS has launched a new Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye, making its infrastructure closer to end users. This expansion aims to reduce latency, meet data residency needs, and support modern cloud workloads. The zone offers access to EC2 instances, S3, EBS, ECS, EKS, VPC, Direct Connect, and Application Load Balancer, and is accessible via the EC2 console or API.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-iam ·
AWS Transfer Family web apps support federated IAM Identity Center permissions
AWS Transfer Family web apps now support federated permissions with IAM Identity Center across multiple AWS Regions. This change reduces latency and improves reliability by allowing web apps to be created in Regions where IAM Identity Center configurations have been replicated, eliminating the need to reconfigure user credentials. Administrators can manage permissions using existing identities, and users can sign in with their current credentials. The feature is available now.
feature patch - AWS What's New securityinfraawsgaengineeraws-ec2aws-lambda ·
Amazon Inspector now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
AWS announces the expansion of its automated vulnerability management service, Amazon Inspector, to the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region. This move extends security coverage to customers in this new region, enabling continuous vulnerability assessments and automated scanning of EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions. New users are eligible for a 15-day free trial to evaluate the service's capabilities and associated costs.
announcement feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ecs ·
Amazon ECS adds pause and continue controls for service deployments
Amazon ECS now allows pausing and continuing service deployments at specific stages, enabling manual approvals, operational checks, or automated workflows. This feature uses a new PAUSE deployment lifecycle hook and the ContinueServiceDeployment API, offering interactive control over native deployment strategies. It is available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and supports various deployment configurations via multiple AWS tools.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Console adds Local Zones to Region Selector
AWS Management Console now displays Local Zones in the Region selector, unifying the experience for managing global infrastructure. This change allows customers to easily navigate to and manage resources within their opted-in Local Zones from a single view. The feature simplifies operations for those using multiple Local Zones across different parent regions and is available now. Users can access it by navigating to the Region selector within the AWS Management Console.
announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Lightsail CDN supports IPv6-only instances as origins
Amazon Lightsail CDN distributions now support IPv6-only instances as origins, allowing customers to serve content globally with low latency. This expands content delivery options for applications running on cost-effective IPv6-only instances, previously limited to IPv4 or dual-stack origins. The feature enhances accessibility for all end users, regardless of their network's IPv6 connectivity.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-lambdaaws-dynamodbaws-sns ·
AWS SAM CLI adds CloudFormation Language Extensions support
AWS SAM CLI now supports AWS CloudFormation Language Extensions, allowing developers to reduce duplication in their infrastructure as code templates while maintaining local development workflows. This feature enables defining resources once and iterating locally, accelerating serverless development by catching errors before cloud deployment. The update processes Language Extensions in memory for local operations, benefiting developers who frequently define similar resources.
feature - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineeraws-iam ·
AWS Secrets Manager Agent adds pre-fetching and IAM role assumption
The AWS Secrets Manager Agent now supports pre-fetching secrets at startup and assuming IAM roles for retrieval. These features reduce application latency, optimize costs by using the BatchGetSecretValue API, and enhance security through role-based cross-account access. The updates are available in all AWS Regions where Secrets Manager is offered and benefit developers managing secrets in multi-account architectures.
feature - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsgaengineeraws-s3 ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.45.0: New Observability and Security Hub resources
HashiCorp has released version 6.45.0 of its AWS provider, introducing several new resources for AWS Observability and Security Hub. Enhancements include support for Ruby 4.0 runtime in Lambda functions and S3 filesystem mounts, alongside improvements to Secrets Manager and Timestream configurations. Bug fixes address issues with ElastiCache engine versions and Grafana workspace network access controls, impacting users managing these AWS services with Terraform.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.44.0: New resources and enhancements
HashiCorp's AWS provider has been updated to version 6.44.0, introducing multiple new resources and enhancements across various AWS services. Key additions include new data sources and resources for AWS Glue, Application Auto Scaling, and DynamoDB, alongside improvements to existing configurations like EC2 Client VPN and FSx file systems. These updates aim to provide broader coverage and more refined control over AWS infrastructure management via Terraform, impacting engineers and architects managing cloud resources.
feature patch announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsgadeprecationengineeraws-s3 ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.43.0 Adds New Data Sources and Resources
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.43.0 introduces several new data sources and resources, including capabilities for Security Hub, DB Subnet Groups, and EC2 Network Insights. Enhancements focus on resource identity support across various services like Audit Manager and Security Hub, alongside a deprecation for `current_deployment` in `aws_ecs_express_gateway_service`. Several bug fixes address plan-time errors and improve handling of transient API issues, benefiting users managing AWS infrastructure.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsaws-s3aws-iam ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.42.0: New resources, breaking change, and enhancements
HashiCorp's AWS provider has released version 6.42.0, introducing multiple new resources and enhancements across various AWS services. A notable breaking change affects `aws_mq_configuration` resource destruction, now requiring explicit `mq:DeleteConfiguration` IAM permissions or opting into `skip_destroy`. This release adds new data sources and list resources for services including EC2, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and EBS, benefiting engineers managing cloud infrastructure via Terraform.
breaking feature patch announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.41.0 adds new resources and enhancements
HashiCorp has released version 6.41.0 of the AWS provider for Terraform, introducing numerous new resources and enhancing existing ones. Key additions include new resources for API Gateway, CloudFront, CloudWatch, NAT Gateway, and SNS, along with improvements to ECS task definitions, Opensearch domains, and various API Gateway and Autoscaling configurations. These updates provide broader IaC coverage for AWS services and address several bug fixes, benefiting engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraaws ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.40.0 Adds New Data Sources and Resources
HashiCorp has released version 6.40.0 of the AWS Terraform provider, introducing several new data sources and resources, including expanded support for AWS OpenSearch Serverless and S3 Files. Key enhancements include new attributes for MSK cluster connectivity and AWS Config resources, alongside several bug fixes. These updates primarily benefit engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform, providing more granular control and broader service coverage.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsgadeprecationengineeraws-s3aws-ec2aws-dynamodbaws-eks ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.39.0: New Data Sources and Bug Fixes
This release introduces several new data sources for IAM, NetworkManager, and AWS UXC, alongside new list and regular resources for EKS, Organizations, SageMaker, and Workmail. Enhancements include attribute additions and support for resource identities across various services. Several bug fixes are also included, notably addressing issues with EKS access entry tags, service principal names, DynamoDB table creation timeouts, and Elasticache Serverless Cache parameters.
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