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
- endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.42 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.42 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.42.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.43 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.43 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.43.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.44 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.44 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.44.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.45 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.45 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.45.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.46 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.46 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.46.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mariadb ·
Amazon RDS for MariaDB 10.5 reaches end of life in 50 days
Amazon RDS for MariaDB 10.5 reaches end of life on 2026-08-31 (50 days from now). Latest release in this cycle: 10.5.29.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-msk ·
Amazon MSK 3.7 reaches end of life in 51 days
Amazon MSK 3.7 reaches end of life on 2026-09-01 (51 days from now). Latest release in this cycle: 3.7.x.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-eks ·
Amazon EKS 1.33 reaches end of life in 17 days
Amazon EKS 1.33 reaches end of life on 2026-07-29 (17 days from now). Extended support runs until 2027-07-29. Latest release in this cycle: 1.33-eks-41.
deprecation - AWS What's New aiawspreviewengineeraws-eks ·
AWS Neuron 2.31.0 enhances performance and adds EKS operator
AWS Neuron 2.31.0 introduces significant updates, including enhanced MX FP8 support and tensor layout transformations in NKI 0.5.0. A public beta of the Neuron UltraServer Operator for Amazon EKS aims to automate UltraServer workloads. These updates benefit engineers and architects working with AWS Trainium and Inferentia chips for AI/ML workloads, particularly those on EKS, by improving performance and simplifying configuration.
feature patch - 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 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 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 aiawsgaengineeraws-eksaws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker HyperPod adds AMI versioning and auto-patching
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now provides visibility into AMI versions and automatically applies security patches to clusters without disrupting workloads. This enhances security and consistency by enabling administrators to detect drift, roll back to previous versions, and apply patches non-disruptively. These features are available for HyperPod clusters orchestrated by Amazon EKS in all supported AWS Regions.
feature patch - 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.
feature patch - AWS What's New awsgaengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS for Db2 supports self-managed Active Directory
Amazon RDS for Db2 now allows direct integration with self-managed Active Directory domains for Kerberos authentication and single sign-on. This simplifies compliance and reduces complexity by eliminating the need for AWS Managed Microsoft AD or directory trusts. The feature is generally available across all RDS for Db2 regions and is free to use.
feature patch - AWS What's New observabilityawsgaengineer ·
Amazon OpenSearch Service adds log analytics engine
Amazon OpenSearch Service now includes a new engine purpose-built for log analytics, offering up to 4x better price-performance and up to 70% lower storage costs. This enhancement allows teams to perform fast analytical queries and retains more data at lower cost, benefiting those managing growing log volumes from cloud-native and AI workloads. Users can enable this new engine for domains running OpenSearch 3.5 or above via the AWS console, with availability in 12 regions globally.
feature patch - 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 observabilityawsengineer ·
CloudWatch Logs adds resource tag enrichment to log events
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now automatically enriches log events with AWS resource tags at ingestion time. This feature simplifies filtering, searching, and analysis of logs using metadata like team ownership or environment, eliminating the need for custom pipelines or manual instrumentation changes. Tag enrichment is available in most commercial AWS Regions at no additional cost, requiring only a simple enablement setting.
feature patch - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-cloudfront ·
AWS CloudFormation/CDK Express Mode Speeds Deployments
AWS CloudFormation and CDK now offer an express mode that can speed up infrastructure deployments by up to 4x. This mode completes stack operations once resource configuration is applied, skipping lengthy stabilization checks, which is particularly beneficial for developers and AI agents building infrastructure. Express mode is available now in all supported AWS Regions and can be enabled via the AWS CLI, SDKs, or the AWS Management Console without template changes.
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