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
- Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.55.0: New Data Sources and Enhancements
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.55.0 introduces several new data sources and list resources, including `aws_elasticache_service_updates` and new resources for Autoscaling Groups, CloudWatch Log Streams, Kinesis Firehose, Network Interfaces, RDS Clusters, and Step Functions State Machines. Enhancements focus on Bedrock Agent Core resources with new configuration blocks and attributes for JWT authorizers and network settings, alongside updates for MSK Replicators. The release also includes bug fixes for Bedrock Agent Core and AWS Config organization rules.
feature patch - AWS What's New aiobservabilityawsengineer ·
Amazon OpenSearch Service integrates with AWS Agent Toolkit
Amazon OpenSearch Service now integrates with the Agent Toolkit for AWS, allowing AI coding agents to manage OpenSearch domains and collections via natural language. This integration, powered by the AWS MCP server and a curated OpenSearch skill, simplifies tasks like migration, operations, search, and analytics without requiring infrastructure changes. Support is available in all AWS regions where OpenSearch Service and OpenSearch Serverless are offered, with setup involving the aws-data-analytics plugin.
feature announcement - AWS What's New observabilityawsengineer ·
CloudWatch adds lookup processor for log enrichment
Amazon CloudWatch now supports a lookup processor to enrich log events with context from CSV lookup tables directly within CloudWatch Pipelines. This feature allows engineers to map log fields to reference data at ingestion, eliminating the need for external enrichment logic and providing immediate context for queries and alarms. The processor is available in all commercial AWS regions supporting CloudWatch pipelines.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 M8i instances now available in more AWS regions
Amazon EC2 M8in, M8idn, M8ib, and M8idb instances are now available in additional AWS regions including US East (Ohio), Europe (Ireland), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). These instances, powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors and AWS Nitro cards, offer significant improvements in network and storage bandwidth, benefiting demanding workloads like big data analytics, caching, and high-performance databases. They are available across multiple regions and purchasing options, including On-Demand, Spot instances, and Savings Plans.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-s3aws-lambda ·
AWS Lambda supports self-managed S3 for code storage
AWS Lambda now allows referencing code directly from your own S3 buckets, eliminating previous storage limits and reducing function activation times. This feature is beneficial for users managing large codebases or Lambda layers, offering a single source of truth and avoiding Lambda-managed storage quotas. Self-managed code storage is available in all commercial AWS Regions, with no additional Lambda charges beyond standard S3 costs.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-lambda ·
AWS Lambda console simplifies coding agent setup for serverless development
The AWS Lambda console now offers a one-click setup prompt for coding agents, automatically configuring them with AWS Serverless skills and the Serverless Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This feature streamlines the agent setup process for developers, embedding serverless best practices from the start and eliminating the need to consult multiple documentation pages. It is available in most commercial and AWS GovCloud Regions, benefiting developers at all stages of their Lambda journey.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineermedia ·
AWS Managed Service for Apache Flink adds AI Agent Skills
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now includes AI Agent Skills to provide expert guidance for building and operating Flink applications. These skills simplify common tasks and accelerate development, enabling users to keep applications performant and easily upgrade Apache Flink versions. Customers can use these skills with existing AI coding agents like Kiro, Claude Code, or Cursor.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineer ·
AWS Partner Central Adds AI-Powered Lead Prospecting
AWS Partner Central now features Partner Lead Prospecting, an AI-driven tool to help eligible AWS Partners convert leads more efficiently. This enhancement builds on previous lead enrichment by generating personalized sales plays, scripts, and emails tailored to customer context and partner offerings. The goal is to reduce manual research and drafting, enabling partners to engage prospects with more relevant messaging. The feature is available globally to ACE-eligible AWS Partners through the AWS Partner Central console.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-s3aws-ec2 ·
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery supports EBS volume initialization rate
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) now allows configuration of the Amazon EBS volume initialization rate, enabling recovered volumes to achieve full performance faster. This feature helps I/O-intensive workloads, like databases, meet recovery time objectives by ensuring predictable storage performance during drills and full recoveries. It is available in all AWS regions and environments where the EBS initialization rate is supported, with charges based on snapshot size and specified rate.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery speeds up AWS-to-AWS recovery
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) now offers faster recovery for AWS-based workloads by skipping unnecessary preparation steps for Amazon EC2 instances. This enhancement can reduce recovery times by up to 65% for Windows and 40% for Linux, allowing applications to come back online more quickly during disaster events. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where DRS is offered, at no additional cost. All existing DRS functionality, including automated networking, driver, and licensing application, remains the same.
feature - AWS What's New aisecurityawsengineeraws-sagemakeraws-bedrock ·
Amazon GuardDuty adds AI Protection for AI workloads
Amazon GuardDuty now offers AI Protection, expanding threat detection to AI workloads like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker. This new capability addresses the security gap for AI services by continuously monitoring for threats such as anomalous model invocations, cost harvesting, and prompt injection without requiring manual configuration. It analyzes CloudTrail events and integrates with Bedrock Guardrails, with findings flowing into Security Hub for a unified view and prioritized response. AI Protection is available with a 30-day free trial for existing GuardDuty customers.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon Aurora DSQL expands to Europe (Spain) Region
Amazon Aurora DSQL is now available for single-Region clusters in the Europe (Spain) Region, extending its global reach. This distributed SQL database offers high availability and scalability for always-on applications. Aurora DSQL is now available in numerous AWS regions worldwide, with a free tier for new users.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
EC2 C8id, M8id, R8id instances expand to new AWS regions
Amazon EC2 has expanded the availability of C8id, M8id, and R8id instances to additional AWS regions in Asia Pacific and Europe. These instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, offer significant performance and memory bandwidth improvements over previous generations, benefiting compute, balanced, and memory-intensive workloads. They are available through various purchasing options including On-Demand, Savings Plans, and Spot instances.
feature - 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 What's New infraawsengineeraws-ec2 ·
EC2 M8gd and R8gd Instances Expand to More AWS Regions
Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances powered by Graviton4 processors are now available in additional AWS regions including Europe (Paris, Stockholm, Milan) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Osaka, Melbourne, Singapore, Taipei). These instances offer up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe storage and improved performance, making them suitable for applications requiring high-speed, low-latency local storage. Customers can also now adjust network and EBS bandwidth allocation via instance bandwidth weighting.
feature - AWS What's New aisecurityawsengineeraws-ec2aws-sagemakeraws-bedrock ·
AWS Security Hub adds AI inventory for organization-wide asset visibility
AWS Security Hub now offers an AI inventory to provide central security teams with an organization-wide view of AI assets and their security posture. This feature addresses the growing challenge of visibility into rapidly deployed AI workloads across AWS environments. It automatically discovers and catalogs AI assets using various AWS services and includes security findings for prioritization, available at no additional cost.
feature - AWS What's New awsmedia ·
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal enhances protocol migration with rollback
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal now supports automated rollback and migration of stopped WorkSpaces, simplifying large-scale protocol changes. Migrating to the Amazon DCV protocol offers broader OS support, enhanced security, and improved performance. These features are available in all supported AWS regions and require no manual intervention for rollback or starting stopped instances.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Storage Gateway adds console support for copying file shares
AWS Storage Gateway now allows copying file shares between gateways via the console. This feature preserves compatible settings, significantly reducing manual effort for migrations and upgrades. It includes a guided experience to address any necessary configuration adjustments before creation and is available in commercial AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-cloudfront ·
CloudFront Functions can now log custom data to access logs
Amazon CloudFront Functions can now write custom data directly into CloudFront access logs using a new helper method, `cf.logCustomData()`. This simplifies analysis by consolidating function decisions and request outcomes into a single log record, eliminating the need to correlate separate logging systems. This enhancement is available today in all CloudFront edge locations and works with both real-time and standard (v2) logging configurations.
feature - 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.
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