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 678 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS What's New dataawsgaengineer ·
Amazon Aurora DSQL adds JSONB support with compression
Amazon Aurora DSQL now supports PostgreSQL's JSONB data type, enabling easier storage of semi-structured data alongside relational data. This feature improves efficiency for storing payloads like configuration metadata and logs by leveraging PostgreSQL's compression, reducing storage costs. The JSONB data type is available for creating or modifying tables, with initial access potentially covered by the AWS Free Tier.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon DocumentDB adds engine minor version 5.0.1
Amazon DocumentDB now supports engine minor versions, beginning with 5.0.1, which includes new aggregation operators and enhanced monitoring metrics. This allows users to adopt new features and fixes while staying on the same major version. The update is available in all regions where DocumentDB 5.0 is supported.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon MSK Express Brokers support automatic Kafka topic creation for Kafka Streams
Amazon MSK Express Brokers now automatically create topics for Kafka Streams applications, eliminating the need for manual topic pre-creation. This change simplifies deployment and reduces operational overhead for stateful Kafka Streams applications. The feature is available today in all AWS regions where MSK Express Brokers are offered, requiring no additional setup.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
AWS ARC Region Switch Adds Aurora Scaling and Neptune Failover
Amazon Application Recovery Controller's Region switch now automates scaling and failover for Aurora and Neptune global databases. This feature reduces recovery time by eliminating manual database resizing and complex failover scripting during a regional outage. These new execution blocks are available now and support cross-account orchestration. This enhancement is primarily for engineers and architects managing multi-region database deployments.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon Keyspaces adds CDC iterator position for stream optimization
Amazon Keyspaces now returns a CDC iterator position in GetRecords responses, indicating if the stream tip has been reached. This feature helps optimize resource usage and reduce CDC consumption costs by allowing consumers to dynamically adjust polling frequency. The change is available in all supported AWS Regions and requires updating the AWS SDK.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS for Db2 adds support for IBM Db2 v12.1 and Community Edition
Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports IBM Db2 v12.1, including Db2 Community Edition. This enables cost-effective development and testing of Db2 applications using a managed service. Community Edition offers full features without licensing fees for non-production use. It's available in all AWS Regions where RDS for Db2 is offered.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-s3aws-redshift ·
AWS CUR 2.0 adds Athena and Redshift integration
AWS Cost and Usage Report 2.0 now integrates with Athena and Redshift, allowing direct SQL analysis of cost data in S3 without custom data warehouses. Exports are automatically formatted for query engines, and data updates are reflected in tables without ETL. This feature is available in most commercial AWS Regions, benefiting customers needing streamlined cost data analysis.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-redshift ·
Redshift Serverless: Minimum capacity reduced to 4 RPU in 7 new regions
Amazon Redshift Serverless now allows a minimum base capacity of 4 Redshift Processing Units (RPUs) in seven additional AWS regions, down from the previous 8 RPU minimum. This change lowers the entry cost for Redshift Serverless, making it more accessible for development and production workloads with minimal compute needs. The update is now available in specific Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, South America, and AWS GovCloud regions.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS for Oracle supports April 2026 RU and Supplemental Patch Bundle
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the April 2026 Release Update (RU) for versions 19c and 21c, and the Supplemental Patch Bundle (SPB) for 19c. This update includes critical security patches and is recommended for all Oracle database products. The SPB provides additional patches for specific use cases like Oracle Spatial and Data Pump. Updates can be applied via the AWS Console, SDK, or CLI, with options for automatic minor version upgrades and staggered rollouts using AWS Organizations.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaaws-s3 ·
Amazon S3 Tables expand to two new AWS Regions
Amazon S3 Tables, featuring built-in Apache Iceberg support for data lakes, are now available in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) and Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Regions. This expansion allows more users to benefit from streamlined tabular data storage, automatic table maintenance for cost and query optimization, and broad engine compatibility. S3 Tables also integrate with Intelligent-Tiering for automated cost management based on access patterns. The feature is now accessible in these additional regions, though users should consult the documentation for a full list of supported locations.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineerhealthcaremedia ·
Amazon EMR GA Support for Apache Spark 4.0.2
Amazon EMR now generally available supports Apache Spark 4.0.2, enhancing data pipeline development with ANSI SQL and VARIANT data types. This update enables finer access control and strengthens compliance through Apache Iceberg v3, benefiting data engineers and analysts working with diverse data formats and regulatory requirements. It also improves real-time application deployment with enhanced streaming, and is available in all EMR regions, with an upgrade agent for existing applications.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
AWS Glue adds large and memory-optimized workers in Spain region
AWS Glue has expanded its offerings in the Europe (Spain) region by introducing large and memory-optimized worker types. These new options, including G.12X, G.16X, R.1X, R.2X, R.4X, and R.8X, enhance capabilities for complex data processing, aggregations, and memory-intensive Spark operations. Customers in the region can now leverage these resources for higher-volume data processing and intricate transformations, accessible via Glue Studio, notebooks, or APIs.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon Keyspaces expands to AWS Malaysia and Thailand regions
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and Asia Pacific (Thailand) Regions. This expansion allows customers in the region to build Cassandra-compatible applications with lower latency and meet data residency requirements. The service offers features like point-in-time recovery and Multi-Region replication, enabling highly scalable, low-latency applications without managing Cassandra clusters.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker Unified Studio automates Glue connector provisioning for cross-subnet job retries
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now automatically provisions AWS Glue connectors across subnets, enhancing data pipeline resilience. This feature reduces unplanned downtime and SLA breaches by enabling automatic job retries on alternate subnets during failures, without manual engineer intervention. It's available for all SageMaker Unified Studio users in supported AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon Aurora MySQL 8.4 Generally Available
Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition now supports community MySQL 8.4, aligning version numbers and simplifying operations. This release enhances security defaults, enforcing TLS and updating authentication plugins, while also introducing automated upgrade prechecks for smoother transitions. It is available globally for users seeking high performance and availability with full MySQL compatibility.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineer ·
Amazon DocumentDB Serverless available on version 8.0
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Serverless is now available on version 8.0, offering an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration. This feature can reduce costs by up to 90% by scaling capacity based on application demand, benefiting users managing database costs. Version 8.0 also includes significant performance improvements and enhanced compatibility with MongoDB API versions 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0. Serverless is available for new and existing clusters, with an upgrade path from version 5.0.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-sagemakeraws-iam ·
SageMaker Unified Studio adds data quality rule authoring and evaluation
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports authoring and evaluating data quality rules, leveraging AWS Glue Data Quality. This integration allows data professionals to define rules, assess data quality in catalog tables and ETL jobs, and identify issues early to prevent bad data from impacting downstream workflows. The feature is available in all SageMaker Unified Studio regions for both IAM Identity Center and IAM-based domains.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-dynamodb ·
AWS releases ExtendDB, an open-source DynamoDB API adapter
AWS has launched ExtendDB, an open-source project implementing the DynamoDB API with pluggable storage backends. This allows developers to use the DynamoDB programming model in environments outside of AWS, such as on-premises or developer laptops, without code rewrites. The initial release supports PostgreSQL as a backend and is available under the Apache 2.0 license, inviting community contributions. ExtendDB is beneficial for local development, testing, and deploying DynamoDB-compatible workloads in diverse environments.
announcement feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineerenergyaws-s3 ·
Amazon MWAA Adds Support for Apache Airflow 3.2
Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow 3.2, offering new data-aware scheduling and developer productivity enhancements for data pipelines on AWS. This update allows for more precise pipeline control through asset partitioning and improves human-in-the-loop capabilities with enhanced audit history. The new version is available for new environments and upgrades from Airflow 2.11+ via the AWS Management Console.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-dynamodb ·
AWS Glue zero-ETL integrations expand to Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
AWS Glue zero-ETL integrations are now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region, simplifying data pipelines and reducing latency for analytics and ML workloads. This feature supports data replication from various sources to analytics data stores with automatic schema mapping and change data capture. It benefits data engineering teams by reducing infrastructure management overhead and enabling near real-time data replication.
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