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 678 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS News Blog bloginfraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances with Graviton5 processors now available
Amazon has launched new EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors. These compute-optimized instances offer up to 25% higher performance per vCPU than previous generations, with faster memory, larger L3 cache, and enhanced network and EBS bandwidth. They are suitable for compute-intensive workloads including AI, analytics, and batch processing, and are available now in select AWS regions.
feature - AWS News Blog blogaiawsgaengineeraws-bedrock ·
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore adds web search grounding
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now offers a generally available Web Search tool that grounds AI agent responses in current, cited web knowledge without data egress. This feature leverages Amazon's search infrastructure and knowledge graph to provide more accurate and relevant information than traditional web search, allowing developers to focus on agent building rather than search integration. It is available today in US East (N. Virginia) with usage-based pricing.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog blogaiawsgaengineer ·
AWS Summit New York: Key announcements in AI agents, security, and developer tools
AWS announced significant updates at its New York Summit, focusing on enhancing AI agents with new knowledge connection and retrieval capabilities via Amazon Bedrock. Key features include improved agent security with AWS Continuum, faster development cycles with tools like Kiro and AWS DevOps Agent, and enhanced data context with Amazon S3 annotations. These advancements aim to empower developers and enterprises to build, secure, and deploy more capable AI-driven applications and autonomous workflows. Notable updates include Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base, Web Search on Bedrock AgentCore, and new Amazon ECS auto-scaling capabilities.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog bloginfraawsgaengineeraws-eks ·
Amazon EKS adds Kubernetes version rollback feature
Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version rollbacks, allowing cluster administrators to revert to a previous Kubernetes minor version within seven days of an upgrade if issues arise. This feature provides a safety net, addressing a long-standing limitation in Kubernetes where control plane upgrades were a one-way operation. It applies to all EKS clusters and offers enhanced functionality for EKS Auto Mode with a cancel API for node rollbacks, aiming to reduce upgrade friction and keep clusters on supported versions. The capability is available today at no additional cost in all commercial AWS Regions.
feature 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 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 infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 I8g instances now available in AWS GovCloud (US)
Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances are now generally available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions. Powered by Graviton4 processors and Nitro SSDs, these instances offer significantly improved compute and storage performance for I/O-intensive workloads. They are ideal for databases, real-time analytics, and AI/LLM pre-processing, and are available in multiple sizes with substantial local storage and network bandwidth.
feature announcement - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineermediaaws-s3aws-lambdaaws-kinesisaws-redshift ·
Amazon Aurora DSQL Change Data Capture (CDC) Now Generally Available
Amazon Aurora DSQL Change Data Capture (CDC) is now generally available, allowing real-time streaming of database changes to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams. This feature simplifies event-driven architectures and data integration by automatically capturing insert, update, and delete operations with no infrastructure to manage. It's designed for zero impact on database performance and is available in all regions supporting Aurora DSQL, with free tier access available.
feature announcement - AWS What's New governanceawsgaengineer ·
Amazon Connect adds forecasting and scheduling for Tasks and Emails
Amazon Connect now supports forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling for Tasks and Emails, alongside existing Voice and Chat workloads. This enhancement allows for unified workforce optimization by accounting for the unique characteristics of each channel, such as concurrent handling and duration, enabling consistent service levels across all customer interactions. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where Connect agent scheduling is supported.
feature - 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 aiawsgaengineeraws-sagemakeraws-bedrockaws-iam ·
SageMaker Studio integrates with Hugging Face for one-click model deployment
Amazon SageMaker Studio now offers direct integration with Hugging Face, enabling users to deploy or customize models with a single click. This streamlines the process from model discovery to a fully configured Studio environment, reducing prior manual steps like console navigation, permission setup, and quota requests. New customers get a Studio environment with pre-configured permissions, while verified customers receive default GPU access without manual quota increases. The feature is available in all supported AWS Commercial Regions.
feature - 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 securityawsgaengineer ·
Amazon Connect adds rule-based redaction for agent screen recordings
Amazon Connect now supports rule-based redaction for agent screen recordings, allowing customers to protect sensitive information by specifying applications or URLs to be redacted. This feature enhances compliance and privacy by automatically obscuring identified content in post-contact recordings. It is available in all AWS Regions where Connect is offered and supports Windows operating systems.
feature - 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 securityawsgaarchitectaws-ec2aws-eksaws-ecsaws-sns ·
Amazon GuardDuty adds sensitive file modification threat detections
Amazon GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring now detects when sensitive files are modified on EC2, EKS, and ECS workloads. These new threat detections, including Persistence:Runtime/SensitiveFileModified, help identify post-compromise attacker activities like persistence and privilege escalation. Designed for security teams and architects, this feature monitors specific file operations to catch obfuscated techniques and reduces false positives with correlation-based analysis. The detections are available to all customers with Runtime Monitoring enabled, with a 30-day free trial for new users.
feature - AWS What's New awsgaengineer ·
AWS Partner Central integrates AWS Marketplace listings for co-selling
AWS Partner Central now allows partners to link existing AWS Marketplace solutions and products directly to co-sell opportunities, simplifying management and tracking. Previously, partners had to maintain separate solution sets, but this update enables associating up to 10 Marketplace Solutions and 10 Products per opportunity. This enhancement is now generally available in the AWS Console and via the AWS Partner Central Selling API.
feature announcement - 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.
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