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Tracking 680 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS News Blog blogsecurityawsengineer ·
AWS Security Agent Enhances DevSecOps with Threat Modeling and IDE Integrations
AWS Security Agent has introduced several new features, including threat modeling, expanded code review capabilities with pull request scanning and remediation, and new IDE integrations like Kiro power and a Claude Code plugin. These updates aim to proactively secure applications throughout the development lifecycle by identifying and mitigating risks earlier. The new features are available in AWS commercial regions and are geared towards engineers and architects involved in application security and development.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog blogaiawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: AI CX Designer, EC2 AMI Watermarks, Open Governance for MySQL
AWS announced several updates, including a no-code AI-powered customer experience designer for Amazon Connect in preview, and EC2 AMI watermarking for private image identifiers. Lambda MicroVMs offer isolated compute with near-instant launch, while MSK and OpenSearch Service gain AI-assisted operational guidance. These updates aim to accelerate AI adoption and improve infrastructure management for developers and business teams.
feature announcement patch - AWS News Blog bloginfraawsgaengineeraws-ecs ·
Amazon ECS adds high-resolution metrics for faster service auto scaling
Amazon ECS now supports high-resolution (20-second) metrics for service auto scaling, enabling faster detection and response to load changes. This improvement reduces scale-out time by up to 76% and overall scaling time by up to 72%, leading to better application performance, cost optimization, and simpler configurations. The feature is available today for all ECS compute options and requires enabling high-resolution metrics in CloudWatch, which may incur additional costs.
feature - AWS What's New governanceawsgaengineer ·
AWS Partner Central: Share partner qualifications across subsidiary accounts
AWS Partner Central now supports sharing partner qualifications, including specializations and certifications, across subsidiary and acquired accounts. This enhancement allows partners to consolidate their AWS partnership standing beyond revenue, benefiting from a unified public profile and consolidated scorecard. The feature is available today in all commercial AWS Regions and can be self-serviced within AWS Partner Central.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-eks ·
Amazon EKS Auto Mode adds Application Recovery Controller zonal shift
Amazon EKS Auto Mode now integrates with Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal shift to automatically protect Kubernetes applications from Availability Zone (AZ) disruptions. This enhancement ensures application availability by rerouting network traffic away from impaired AZs without requiring additional customer configuration. The feature is available for EKS Auto Mode clusters in all supported AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-bedrock ·
OpenAI GPT-5.6 models now available on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now offers general availability for OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family of models: Sol, Terra, and Luna. These models provide enhanced intelligence and efficiency for complex problem-solving, with Sol for reasoning, Terra for balanced performance, and Luna for cost-efficient inference. They are accessible via the Responses API and are available in specific AWS regions, supporting features like prompt caching for cost savings.
feature announcement - AWS What's New observabilityawsengineer ·
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus expands to Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. This expansion allows customers to monitor and alert on operational metrics at scale within this new geographic area. The service supports sending up to 1 billion active metric series per workspace, with multiple workspaces configurable per account.
announcement - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker HyperPod now supports custom AMIs for Slurm clusters
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now allows custom AMIs for Slurm-orchestrated clusters, simplifying the deployment of pre-configured, security-hardened environments for AI/ML workloads. This addresses challenges with complex lifecycle scripts, enabling faster startup times, improved reliability, and enhanced security compliance. The feature is available in all supported AWS Regions and can be specified via several SageMaker APIs.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-iam ·
Amazon DocumentDB added as a skill to AWS Agent Toolkit
Amazon DocumentDB is now available as a specialized database skill within the Agent Toolkit for AWS, enabling AI coding agents to manage clusters via guided workflows. This integration aims to reduce errors and accelerate development by automating complex operations like provisioning, migration, and optimization. The skill supports seven distinct workflows and can be executed with enhanced security via the AWS MCP Server or locally through the AWS CLI. It is offered at no additional charge.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawspreviewengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker JumpStart offers OpenAI PII detection and masking model
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart now provides a privacy-filter model from OpenAI for detecting and masking personally identifiable information (PII) in text. This feature allows AWS customers to build data sanitization workflows on AWS infrastructure, making it easier to comply with privacy regulations. The model is readily deployable via SageMaker Studio or the Python SDK for various AI use cases.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker JumpStart adds Qwen3 embedding and reranking models
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart now offers Qwen3-VL-Embedding-2B and Qwen3-Reranker-4B, enhancing retrieval pipelines with multimodal understanding and refined result ranking. These models enable developers to build advanced search capabilities on AWS infrastructure, accepting diverse inputs for embedding and precise relevance scoring for reranking. Both models can be deployed with a few clicks via SageMaker Studio or the Python SDK.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-sagemaker ·
Gemma-4-E2B-it model available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart now offers Google DeepMind's Gemma-4-E2B-it, a multimodal, instruction-tuned foundation model. This model supports text, image, and audio input, generating text output and featuring advanced reasoning capabilities for building AI applications on AWS. It's accessible with a few clicks via SageMaker Studio or the Python SDK, allowing customers to deploy it for various AI use cases.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineermediaaws-sagemaker ·
Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Mistral AI's Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602 model is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart for real-time speech transcription. This multilingual model enables low-latency audio-to-text applications and supports 13 languages with configurable delays. Customers can deploy it easily via SageMaker Studio or the Python SDK, allowing for quick integration into specific AI use cases.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiinfraawsengineeraws-s3aws-sagemaker ·
SageMaker HyperPod simplifies Slurm cluster setup with AMI-based configuration
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports AMI-based node lifecycle configuration for Slurm clusters using continuous provisioning. This eliminates the need for manual script uploads, speeding up node availability for AI/ML workloads. The feature is available in all SageMaker HyperPod regions and targets engineers and architects managing ML infrastructure.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
EC2 R8in, R8ib, R8idn, R8idb Instances Expand to New Regions
Amazon EC2 R8in, R8ib, R8idn, and R8idb instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland) regions, offering enhanced performance for demanding workloads. Powered by custom Intel processors and AWS Nitro cards, these instances provide up to 43% better compute performance per vCPU and significantly higher network and EBS bandwidth than previous generations. They are suitable for workloads ranging from AI/ML caching and Telco applications to high-performance databases and data lakes, with specific instance types optimized for network or storage intensity.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsmediaaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 G7 instances with NVIDIA GPUs now in US East (N. Virginia)
Amazon EC2 G7 instances, powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, are now available in the US East (N. Virginia) Region. These instances offer significant performance improvements for AI inference, graphics workloads, and GPU-accelerated data analytics compared to G6 instances. They are suitable for a wide range of applications including AI model deployment, graphics rendering, and real-time data pipelines, featuring advanced hardware specifications. G7 instances can be accessed via the AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDKs.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securitygovernanceawsengineer ·
AWS Organizations adds default security controls for new orgs
AWS Organizations now automatically applies security controls by default when creating new organizations via the console. This feature safeguards multi-account environments by preventing unintended member account departures, providing immediate protection from day one for CloudOps administrators and security teams. These lightweight controls help establish strong governance patterns for new or migrating enterprises, with the ability to modify or disable them at any time.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineerhealthcareaws-ec2aws-eksaws-sagemakeraws-iam ·
Amazon EMR on EKS adds Apache Spark troubleshooting agent
Amazon EMR on EKS now integrates an Apache Spark troubleshooting agent, enabling data engineers to diagnose job failures via natural language and receive automated root cause analysis. This feature, which analyzes Spark History Server data and logs, expands to cover all EMR deployment options and is accessible via the EMR on EKS console or compatible AI coding agents. It provides read-only, IAM-authenticated, and CloudTrail-logged diagnostics for issues like memory errors and data skew.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
EC2 Replace Root Volume now supports using an EBS volume
Amazon EC2 now allows using an existing EBS volume as the target for replacing an instance's root volume, in addition to snapshots or AMIs. This new option simplifies patching and configuration updates for stateful workloads by eliminating intermediate snapshot or AMI creation steps, reducing overhead and speeding up the process. The feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) regions, benefiting customers who need to include specific metadata or software before boot.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances launched in AWS Hyderabad region
Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These instances are designed for storage-intensive workloads, offering improved compute performance and price-performance over previous generations. They provide high-density local NVMe storage and enhanced real-time storage performance, making them suitable for demanding data access patterns. The instances are available in multiple sizes with high network and EBS bandwidth.
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