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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
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AWS Interconnect last mile enters gated preview with AT&T
AWS Interconnect - last mile is a new managed offering simplifying private, high-speed connections to AWS from on-premises locations. It automates complex network configuration, reduces setup friction, and ensures high availability. This new service is now available in a gated preview with AT&T for US customers, offering simplified partner adoption via an API.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore expands to four new AWS Regions
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a platform for building and optimizing agents, is now available in four additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Bangkok), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Europe (Milan), and Europe (Spain). This expansion allows customers in these regions to deploy agents with lower latency and closer proximity to their end users. All core AgentCore capabilities, including runtime, security, and tool connectivity, are available at launch in these new regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securityawspreviewengineer ·
AWS Security Agent expands to new regions with threat modeling and code review
AWS Security Agent, now part of AWS Continuum, is now available in three new AWS regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and South America (São Paulo). This expansion offers customers enhanced security capabilities, including preview features for STRIDE-based threat modeling and full-repo/PR-level code reviews across popular platforms. On-demand penetration testing and simulated validation (US East only) are also available, aiming to scale security expertise alongside development velocity.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securitygovernancecomplianceawsgovernment ·
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus Gains FedRAMP High, DoD IL-4/5 Authorization in AWS GovCloud
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus has achieved FedRAMP High and DoD CC SRG IL-4/5 authorization in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This allows federal and public sector organizations to confidently monitor sensitive workloads, meeting stringent security and compliance standards. The service is a managed, Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution designed for scalable ingestion and storage of operational metrics.
announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawspreviewdeprecationengineerretailaws-bedrock ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.53.0: New Bedrock features, breaking changes, and enhancements
Terraform AWS Provider v6.53.0 introduces new data sources and resources for AWS Bedrock, alongside breaking changes in Pinpoint SMS Voice V2 phone number management. It also includes several enhancements and bug fixes across services like API Gateway, ECS, and CloudWatch. Users should review the breaking changes and deprecations for potential impact on their infrastructure as code.
breaking feature patch announcement - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
Claude Sonnet 5 now available on AWS via Bedrock and Claude Platform
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5, their most capable Sonnet model yet, is now accessible on AWS through Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform. This model offers enhanced performance for coding, agentic tasks, and professional knowledge work at Sonnet pricing. Customers can choose Bedrock for AWS-managed features and data residency or Claude Platform for direct access to Anthropic's native experience with AWS billing and authentication.
feature announcement - 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 governanceawsengineer ·
AWS Capability Insights: Open-source solution for regional capabilities data
AWS has launched Capability Insights, an open-source solution for deploying regional capabilities data within your own VPC. This self-hosted dashboard helps teams managing multi-Region architectures by providing data ownership, governance, and compliance within their network perimeter. The solution auto-refreshes data daily and includes a workload analysis tool that filters services based on your actual usage from CloudTrail and CloudFormation logs, simplifying gap analysis.
feature announcement - 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 infraawsengineer ·
AWS Capability Insights Open-Source Solution Launched
AWS has released Capability Insights, an open-source solution allowing users to deploy regional capabilities data within their own VPC. This self-hosted dashboard is designed for multi-Region architectures, data residency requirements, and compliance reporting, offering an alternative to publicly available data. It automatically updates with AWS service data and analyzes CloudTrail logs and CloudFormation stacks to provide a tailored view of used services, keeping all data within the user's VPC.
feature announcement - 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 awsdeprecationengineeraws-sagemakeraws-bedrock ·
AWS Announces Service Availability Changes and Sunsets
AWS is announcing significant availability changes for numerous services, including some entering maintenance, sunset, or end-of-support phases. These changes will impact new and existing customers, with specific dates provided for when services will become inaccessible or cease operations. Customers are advised to consult migration guides and product pages to plan transitions away from affected services.
deprecation announcement - 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 aiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
AWS GovCloud adds OpenAI GPT-5.4 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super
AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region now offers OpenAI GPT-5.4 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B models via the Kiro IDE and CLI. These models enhance AI application development with capabilities like complex reasoning, coding, and efficient inference. GPT-5.4 features a 272K context window, while Nemotron 3 offers efficient inference via a hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture and a 256K context window. Users can access these models by updating and restarting their IDE or CLI.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aisecurityawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
AWS WAF protects Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway
AWS WAF now offers protection for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Gateway, shielding agentic AI applications from common web exploits and abuse as they move to production. This feature allows security and platform teams to enforce consistent, customizable web protections like IP-based access controls and rate-based rules at the Gateway layer. A single configuration applied at the Gateway protects all downstream agents and integrations, and is available in all regions where both services are offered.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawspreviewengineer ·
Amazon Connect launches Agentic CX designer in preview
Amazon Connect now offers Agentic CX designer, a no-code canvas for building AI-powered self-service experiences, in preview. This feature combines agentic and deterministic AI to transform customer service, enabling business teams to design, test, and deploy experiences faster. It also introduces Live Sync, which guides users through web or mobile apps in real-time during voice or chat interactions, creating a unified guided experience.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C7a instances available in Singapore
Amazon EC2 C7a instances, powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, are now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. These instances offer up to 50% higher performance and 2.25x more memory bandwidth than C6a instances, with new processor capabilities and support for up to 128 EBS volumes. They are suitable for compute-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads and are available via On-Demand, Spot Instances, and Savings Plans.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aicomplianceawsengineergovernmentaws-bedrock ·
AWS GovCloud (US) adds FedRAMP High/DoD IL-4/5 approved OpenAI and NVIDIA models on Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US) now offers FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 approved OpenAI GPT, OpenAI GPT OSS, and NVIDIA Nemotron models. This enables federal and public sector organizations to build generative AI applications meeting stringent government security requirements. The models leverage Mantle, a high-performance inference engine on Bedrock, for serverless deployment with automated management and OpenAI API compatibility.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aisecurityawsgovernment ·
Kiro Achieves FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 Authorization on AWS GovCloud
Kiro, an agentic AI development platform, has achieved FedRAMP High and Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG) Impact Level (IL) 4 and 5 authorization in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This allows federal agencies and public sector organizations to use Kiro for sensitive workloads with confidence in its security and compliance. Kiro aids in building applications by converting prompts into specs, code, and documentation, and integrates with enterprise resources via the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
announcement - 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.
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