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
- AWS What's New awsgaengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS adds cross-region automated backup replication to four new regions
Amazon RDS has expanded its Cross-Region Automated Backup replication feature to four additional AWS Regions. This enhancement improves disaster recovery capabilities for mission-critical databases by enabling automated replication of snapshots and transaction logs to a secondary region. This allows for quicker restoration and resumption of operations in the event of a primary region outage, with a recovery point objective of just minutes. The feature is available for multiple database engines via the RDS Management Console, SDK, or CLI.
feature - AWS What's New awsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd Instances with Graviton5 Processors Generally Available
Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances, powered by fifth-generation AWS Graviton5 processors, are now generally available. These instances offer up to 25% better compute performance and are optimized for compute-intensive workloads like HPC, databases, and ML inference. They are available in select AWS regions and can be purchased through various pricing models, with availability starting today.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
AWS Parallel Computing Service enables in-place Slurm version upgrades
AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports managed in-place Slurm major version upgrades for existing clusters. This allows users to upgrade up to three major versions without disrupting running jobs, simplifying HPC workload management on AWS. The service automatically handles upgrades for controller, accounting database, and REST API components, preserving job continuity and accounting data. This feature is available in all AWS Regions where PCS is offered.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-bedrock ·
Claude Sonnet 5 available on AWS via Bedrock and Claude Platform
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, the latest generation Sonnet model, is now accessible on AWS. This release offers top-tier intelligence for coding, agents, and professional tasks at Sonnet pricing, balancing capability, cost, and speed. It's available through Amazon Bedrock with AWS managed features and directly via the Claude Platform on AWS, offering unified AWS billing and authentication. Customers can leverage its enhanced performance for complex coding, precise tool calling in agents, and structured analysis of knowledge work.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker Inference speeds generative AI scale-out with container caching
Amazon SageMaker Inference now supports container image caching, reducing generative AI scale-out time by up to half. This feature pre-caches container images for new instances, eliminating the latency associated with pulling large images from ECR during scale-out events. The enhancement is automatically applied to existing SageMaker Inference configurations and is available in all AWS commercial regions.
feature patch - AWS What's New aiawsgapreviewengineerhealthcare ·
Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents now generally available
Amazon WorkSpaces for agents is now generally available, allowing AI agents to securely operate desktop applications without modernization. This enables automation of critical business workflows like claims processing and trade settlement by providing agents with managed cloud workspaces that offer the same security and governance as human users. The service supports any agent framework using Model Context Protocol (MCP) and offers features like real-time session control and domain-joined fleet support.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker AI supports serverless customization for Gemma 4 models
Amazon SageMaker AI now offers serverless model customization for Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 E4B and 31B models, including supervised fine-tuning, direct preference optimization, and reinforcement fine-tuning. This allows users to tailor foundation models with proprietary data for domain-specific tasks without managing infrastructure. Serverless customization is now available for Gemma and expands options for other families like Nova, Nemotron 3, Qwen, Llama, gpt-oss, and DeepSeek.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon Time Sync Service gains microsecond accuracy on 26 EC2 instance types
Amazon Time Sync Service now provides microsecond accurate time on 26 more EC2 instance types, leveraging the AWS Nitro System for improved application event ordering and transaction speed. This enhancement is accessible by creating a new Precision Time Placement Group (PTPG) for enabled instances. Customers needing both low latency and precision time can combine PTPG with Cluster Placement Groups. This feature is available today in all commercial AWS regions.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-bedrock ·
Claude Opus 4.8 available on AWS GovCloud (US)
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 is now generally available on AWS GovCloud (US), offering enhanced capabilities for coding, professional knowledge work, and autonomous tasks. This model provides deeper reasoning, better coding context, and improved agentic task handling for developers and enterprises. Access is provided through Amazon Bedrock, ensuring data stays within AWS infrastructure with managed features.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
Amazon ElastiCache adds Valkey 9.1 support
Amazon ElastiCache now supports Valkey 9.1, offering enhanced throughput, memory efficiency, and access control for node-based clusters. This upgrade benefits users by improving performance, reducing resource consumption, and simplifying access management through new commands and metrics. The new version is available now for new and existing ElastiCache clusters, with details available in the official launch blog.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C8in instances expand to additional AWS regions
Amazon EC2 C8in instances, powered by custom Intel processors and Nitro cards, are now available in the US East (Ohio) and Europe (Ireland) regions. These instances offer up to 43% higher performance and significantly increased network bandwidth compared to previous generations, making them suitable for network-intensive workloads. They are available across multiple regions and purchasing options, including Savings Plans and On-Demand.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineer ·
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion is now available in the Europe (Paris) region, enabling customers to ingest and process data for OpenSearch Service managed clusters or serverless collections. This fully managed service simplifies data ingestion by offering a no-code approach to filter, transform, and route data, automatically scaling resources to meet demand. It is now generally available across 17 AWS regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New awsgaengineer ·
AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift Now Generally Available
The AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift has reached general availability, allowing Swift developers to create native IoT applications for Apple platforms and Linux. This SDK fills a gap by providing production-ready APIs for managing IoT device fleets and building cross-platform solutions. It includes features for device state synchronization, remote operations, secure onboarding, and TLS 1.3 support on Apple devices.
feature announcement - AWS What's New governanceawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 adds AMI Watermarks for governance
Amazon EC2 now supports AMI watermarks, allowing custom identifiers to be embedded in private AMIs. These watermarks persist through AMI copies and sharing, aiding in tracking provenance and enforcing governance policies. This feature helps identify trusted AMIs, filter related AMIs, and can be integrated with existing governance tools for scale. AMI watermarks are available at no additional cost in all AWS regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaarchitectaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in Instances Available in Seoul
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7in-24TB instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) region. These instances provide 24 TiB of DDR5 memory and custom Intel Xeon Scalable processors, offering up to 45% better price performance than previous generations. They are designed for mission-critical in-memory databases and support high bandwidth for EBS and networking.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-lambda ·
AWS Lambda MicroVMs Offer Isolated, Fast, State-Preserving Compute
AWS Lambda MicroVMs introduce a new serverless compute primitive offering VM-level isolation, rapid launch and resume speeds, and state preservation. This enables developers to securely run user or AI-generated code in isolated environments without managing virtualization infrastructure, addressing needs for multi-tenant applications like coding assistants and data analytics. Previously, developers had to compromise between isolation, speed, or state retention, but MicroVMs provide all without trade-offs. The feature is available today in select AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New awsgaarchitectaws-iam ·
AWS IAM Identity Center increases account and application quotas
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports separate quotas for AWS accounts and applications, allowing up to 7,000 of each by default. This change matters for organizations managing large numbers of accounts and applications, preventing one quota from consuming the other's capacity. Customers with existing higher limits will have them applied to both quotas automatically. This update is available globally in all AWS Regions where IAM Identity Center is offered.
feature - AWS What's New observabilityawsgaengineerfinance ·
CloudWatch Synthetics Adds Multilocation Canary Support
Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now allows running canaries across multiple AWS Regions simultaneously from a single management point. This feature reduces operational overhead and configuration drift compared to managing separate canaries per region. It ensures consistent user experience, identifies region-specific issues, and enhances alert confidence by requiring multi-location failures. The feature is available in all AWS commercial Regions supporting CloudWatch Synthetics, and existing canaries can be upgraded.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaaws-s3aws-ec2aws-eksaws-ecs ·
AWS Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam launches generally available
AWS announced the general availability of a new Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam, extending AWS infrastructure closer to end users. This zone is notable for being one of the first in APAC to support Amazon S3 and EBS Local Snapshots, aiding data residency requirements. It offers low-latency access to core services like EC2, S3, and EBS for various workloads, and can be enabled via the AWS console or API.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineermediaaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 G7 instances with NVIDIA RTX GPUs now generally available
AWS announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 G7 instances, featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. These instances offer significant performance improvements for AI inference and graphics workloads compared to G6, supporting applications like language translation, real-time graphics rendering, and game streaming. G7 instances are now available in two AWS Regions and can be purchased through various pricing models.
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