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 aiinfraawsengineeraws-s3aws-sagemakeraws-bedrock ·
SageMaker Studio Workflows adds operators for Bedrock, S3, Glue, MWAA
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio Workflows now integrates with Amazon Bedrock, S3 Tables, S3 Vectors, AWS Glue Data Catalog, and Amazon MWAA Serverless via 19 new operators. This allows users to orchestrate these AWS services visually within Studio Workflows without writing custom code, simplifying complex data and ML pipelines. This enhancement is available across all SageMaker Studio regions and benefits data workers and builders by reducing context switching.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsaws-redshift ·
Amazon Redshift RG instances now on trailing track
Amazon Redshift has introduced Graviton-based RG instances on its trailing track (P201), effective July 7, 2026. This expansion allows customers prioritizing production stability to leverage the performance and cost benefits of Graviton processors, offering up to 2.4x faster queries than RA3 instances at a reduced vCPU price. These new instance types, rg.4xlarge and rg.xlarge, can be provisioned or used for resizing clusters via the AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDKs.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS CodeBuild adds Amazon Linux 2023 support for build hosts
AWS CodeBuild now allows users to select Amazon Linux 2023 as the operating system for on-demand build hosts, alongside the existing Amazon Linux 2. This update offers an improved Linux kernel and libraries, enabling gradual adoption by allowing production projects to continue using their current kernel while new projects can be tested with Amazon Linux 2023. Host kernel selection is broadly available, with specific exceptions for AWS GovCloud and China Regions.
feature - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraaws ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.54.0 adds new resources and enhancements
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.54.0 introduces several new resources including data sources for Route 53 profiles and new list resources for AWS Bedrock Agent Core, CodePipeline, Lambda Function Scaling, Scheduler, SSO Admin, and Workspaces. Enhancements focus on adding support for resource identity, new arguments, and configurable timeouts across various AWS services. These updates benefit engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform, providing more granular control and extended functionality.
feature patch announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances expand to Europe (Zurich)
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances, featuring 12TB of DDR5 memory and powered by custom Intel Sapphire Rapids processors, are now available in the AWS Europe (Zurich) region. These instances are designed to enhance performance for memory-intensive workloads, such as SAP HANA and Oracle databases. This expansion benefits customers operating in the Zurich region who require significant in-memory processing capabilities.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsazureengineeraws-ec2 ·
AWS Systems Manager supports Azure VMs and simplifies hybrid pricing
AWS Systems Manager now allows management of Azure Virtual Machines without manual agent installation or per-instance fees through a new Cloud Connector. This integration unifies management for both AWS and Azure resources, enabling consistent use of Systems Manager features like Session Manager and Run Command. The Advanced Instances Tier has been eliminated, shifting to pay-as-you-go pricing for non-EC2 nodes starting September 30, 2026, reducing cost barriers for multicloud operations.
feature announcement patch - AWS What's New datainfraawsgaaws-s3 ·
Amazon S3 Express One Zone expands to AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region
Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance storage class for frequently accessed data, is now available in the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region. This expansion offers up to 10x faster data access and 80% lower request costs compared to S3 Standard, benefiting latency-sensitive workloads like ML training and interactive analytics. It is now available in 8 AWS Regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon GameLift Streams adds secure terminal access for troubleshooting
Amazon GameLift Streams now offers Stream Session Admin Shell, a secure terminal connection for real-time troubleshooting of live stream sessions. This feature allows inspection of logs, processes, and application state without managing SSH keys or credentials, providing access equivalent to the application's environment. It's available at no extra cost in all GameLift Streams regions and supports Linux, Proton, and Windows Server runtimes.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineerhealthcare ·
Amazon EMR Serverless adds larger worker sizes
Amazon EMR Serverless now supports larger worker configurations, offering up to 32 vCPUs and 244 GB of memory. This enhancement allows for running more compute and memory-intensive workloads, potentially improving runtime performance and reducing costs for Spark and Hive jobs. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where EMR Serverless is supported, and is recommended for shuffle-heavy, data-skewed, or in-memory caching workloads.
feature - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-ec2aws-eksaws-ecs ·
Amazon ECS Managed Instances reduce GPU management fees
Amazon ECS Managed Instances is reducing management fees for GPU instances, with G-series fees dropping by 35% and P-series/Trainium fees by 60%, starting July 1, 2026. This aims to lower costs for customers running accelerated workloads on ECS. The reductions apply automatically to existing users and are available in all ECS Managed Instances regions.
announcement patch - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-eksaws-ecs ·
Amazon EKS Auto Mode reduces GPU management fees
Amazon EKS Auto Mode is reducing management fees for GPU and accelerated instance types, with reductions of 35% for G-series and 60% for P-series and AWS Trainium starting July 1, 2026. These savings aim to make EKS Auto Mode, which simplifies GPU infrastructure management for ML and other accelerated workloads, more cost-effective for customers. The fee reductions apply automatically to all existing and new EKS Auto Mode clusters, with identical reductions also available for Amazon ECS.
patch - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C8i instances launch in Europe (Frankfurt)
Amazon EC2 C8i instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon processors and Nitro cards, are now available in the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region. These instances offer significant performance improvements in network throughput and packet processing compared to previous generations. They are targeted at security and network virtual appliances and are available via Savings Plans and On-Demand purchasing.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon Cognito enables self-service API rate limit adjustments
Amazon Cognito now offers a self-service mechanism for adjusting provisioned API rate limits on demand via the console or a new API. This allows developers to quickly adapt rate limits to fluctuating traffic, eliminating the previous manual review process via Service Quotas. These self-service limits are available for adjustable API categories in all Cognito-supported AWS Regions and take effect immediately.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineerautomotiveaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EVS adds support for VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 and 9.1
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) now supports VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 and 9.1, allowing users to run the latest VCF versions within their Amazon VPC on EC2 bare-metal instances. This update gives users complete control over their VCF environments, enabling them to use familiar tools and processes. A new GitHub repository with IaC examples is also launched to aid adoption, and this feature is available in all EVS-supported regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsaws-iam ·
AWS CodePipeline now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region
AWS CodePipeline, a continuous delivery service for automating software release processes, is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region. This expansion allows organizations in that area to model, visualize, and automate their software release pipelines, integrating with various AWS and third-party tools. Users can access the service via the AWS Management Console, with pay-as-you-go pricing.
announcement - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-sagemakeraws-iam ·
SageMaker Unified Studio now supports Terraform provisioning
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports Terraform for provisioning, allowing platform teams to integrate SageMaker domains into existing infrastructure-as-code pipelines. This enhancement ensures consistency across environments and simplifies the deployment of managed workspaces with built-in governance and access control. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where SageMaker Unified Studio is offered and requires the Terraform AWS Cloud Control Provider.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 X8i instances expand to more AWS Asia Pacific regions
Amazon EC2 X8i instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, are now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. These SAP-certified instances offer significant performance and memory improvements over the previous generation, benefiting memory-intensive workloads like SAP HANA and large databases. They are available in 14 sizes, including bare metal options, and can be purchased through various pricing models.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsaws-s3aws-ec2 ·
AWS Config adds support for 8 new resource types
AWS Config now includes support for eight additional resource types across services like API Gateway, EC2, and S3 Vectors. This enhancement offers broader coverage for discovering, auditing, and remediating resources within AWS environments. Automatic tracking begins for users who have enabled recording for all resource types, with the new types also available in Config rules and aggregators.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ecs ·
Amazon ECS Console adds real-time deployment observability
Amazon Elastic Container Service now offers real-time deployment progress tracking, health monitoring, and failure diagnosis within the AWS Management Console. This feature helps users understand deployment phases, identify issues immediately, and reduce troubleshooting time. It is available at no additional charge in all AWS commercial and GovCloud Regions for rolling update deployments.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ecs ·
ECS Service Connect adds zone-aware routing
Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports zone-aware routing, which prioritizes service-to-service traffic within the same Availability Zone to cut data transfer costs and latency. This feature automatically balances load across services and redistributes traffic across healthy zones if local endpoints fail. It is enabled by default for new and existing services and available in all supported AWS regions at no additional cost.
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