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 infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances now available in AWS GovCloud
Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances featuring Graviton4 processors and up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD storage are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and GovCloud (US-West) Regions. These instances offer up to 30% better performance than Graviton3, high-speed local storage, and enhanced network/EBS bandwidth options. They are suitable for applications requiring fast, low-latency local storage and are accessible via the AWS Management Console.
feature announcement - AWS Open Source Blog blogaiawspreviewengineeraws-eksaws-iam ·
Build Stateful IT Service Desk Agent with LangGraph on EKS
This post demonstrates building an AI-powered IT service desk agent using LangGraph on Amazon EKS that can autonomously handle routine L1 support requests and escalate complex issues to human engineers. The agent leverages LangGraph's stateful workflow capabilities, such as interrupt() and checkpointing, with Amazon DynamoDB for state persistence, providing context-preserving escalations and durable state across failures. The solution uses Amazon OpenSearch Serverless for retrieval, Anthropic's Claude on Amazon Bedrock for generation, and Karpenter for efficient node autoscaling, offering a portable and scalable pattern for IT support automation.
feature announcement - AWS Open Source Blog blogaiawsengineer ·
AWS introduces Loom for secure AI agent development and deployment
AWS has released Loom, an enterprise-grade platform designed to simplify the secure development, deployment, and operation of AI agents using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. This addresses challenges organizations face in implementing security and governance frameworks for agentic capabilities. Loom offers a unified management UI, identity provider integration, and built-in security best practices, targeting platform engineering teams looking to build AI applications on AWS.
feature announcement - AWS Open Source Blog blogaiawsengineer ·
AWS Open Data Registry Adds AI-Powered Dataset Discovery
AWS has released an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for its Registry of Open Data (RODA), enabling AI assistants to discover and evaluate datasets. This feature aims to simplify the research process by allowing users to ask natural language questions to find relevant datasets and preview their contents. The MCP server supports AI assistants like Kiro and Claude Code, making the discovery of RODA's extensive data catalog more efficient for researchers across various domains.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog bloginfraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 G7 instances with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 GPUs now available
AWS has launched Amazon EC2 G7 instances, the first major cloud provider offering with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. These instances provide significant performance gains for AI inference, graphics, and data analytics workloads compared to previous generations. They are suitable for a wide range of GPU-enabled applications and are now available in two AWS regions.
feature announcement - AWS Open Source Blog bloggovernanceawsengineer ·
AWS Supports New Open Governance Model for MySQL
Oracle has announced a new community governance model for MySQL, enabling broader participation in the project's development. This move is supported by AWS, which views open governance as crucial for producing better software and fostering community investment. The model establishes defined roles for contributors and a Steering Committee with external representation, aiming to strengthen MySQL's long-term health and innovation. AWS will hold a seat on the committee, focusing on performance, vector search, and the extensions framework.
announcement feature - AWS Open Source Blog blogaiawsengineer ·
AWS Open Sources MCP Gateway and Registry for AI Asset Governance
AWS has released the open-source MCP Gateway and Registry, an Apache 2.0 licensed project designed to help enterprises govern and discover AI assets at scale. This tool addresses the need for both human users and AI agents to access approved AI resources, functioning similarly to enterprise data and software catalogs but with an AI-first focus. It offers a UI for humans and a machine-readable API for AI agents, with deployment options on Kubernetes (EKS) or serverless (ECS Fargate), and supports federation with other registries.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog bloginfraawsengineeraws-s3aws-ec2aws-sqs ·
Amazon SQS celebrates 20 years with significant scalability and feature enhancements
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of reliable message queuing for AWS customers. Recent updates have focused on dramatically increasing throughput, enhancing security defaults, and adding flexibility for complex workloads, including AI applications. These advancements benefit developers and architects building distributed systems and AI-driven applications who rely on decoupled communication for resilience and scale.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog blogaiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: AI agents, Hanoi Local Zone, Grok 4.3, price cuts
AWS announced several new AI agent capabilities, including features for working, securing, and building code, with new deployments like the Hanoi Local Zone in Vietnam to meet data residency requirements. Several new models and tools were introduced on Amazon Bedrock, such as Grok 4.3 from xAI, and Amazon S3 now supports object annotations for AI agents. Additionally, AWS detailed price reductions on services like S3 Vectors and GameLift Servers, alongside enhancements to ECS auto scaling and EC2 G7 instances.
feature patch announcement - AWS News Blog bloginfraawspreviewengineer ·
AWS Transform adds continuous tech debt analysis and remediation (preview)
AWS Transform now includes a continuous modernization capability for autonomous tech debt analysis and remediation at scale, addressing the fragmentation of existing tooling and the rapid accumulation of debt due to AI-assisted development. This new feature provides continuous code scanning, prioritized findings, and automated pull request generation for fixes, helping engineering organizations reduce manual effort and maintain code currency. It is available today in preview and integrates with AWS Security Agent.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog blogaiinfraawsengineer ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: Builder Center Anniversary, Security Hub Enhancements, SageMaker, EKS/ECS GPU Cost Reduction
This AWS weekly roundup highlights the first anniversary of the AWS Builder Center, which has grown into a significant ecosystem for developers. Key updates include new capabilities in AWS Security Hub for network scanning and Azure integration, enhanced Hugging Face integration in Amazon SageMaker Studio, and significant cost reductions for GPU instance management in Amazon EKS and ECS. Additionally, Amazon Aurora DSQL change data capture (CDC) is now generally available, alongside new developments in building secure AI agents with Loom and managing Claude models via a new gateway.
feature patch announcement - 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 bloginfraawspreviewengineer ·
AWS DevOps Agent adds preview release management features
AWS DevOps Agent now offers preview release management capabilities, including release readiness reviews and autonomous release testing. These features aim to help teams assess code changes against production standards and automatically test them, addressing the increased volume of code, especially from AI tools. The capabilities are designed for engineers and architects working with CI/CD pipelines across AWS, multicloud, and on-premises environments.
feature announcement - AWS News Blog blogaiinfraawsengineer ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: New instances, AI, OpenSearch, and service lifecycle updates
AWS announced several new features and updates, including Graviton5-powered EC2 instances, CloudFormation Express mode, EKS version rollbacks, and ACME support in ACM. New AI capabilities include Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, and SageMaker AI enhancements. Additionally, the update details several AWS service lifecycle changes, including services moving to Maintenance, Sunset, and End of Support phases.
feature patch deprecation 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 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 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-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.
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