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.
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Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.0 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.0 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-neptune ·
Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.1 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.1 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-neptune ·
Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.2 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.0.2 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-neptune ·
Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.0 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.0 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-neptune ·
Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.1 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.1 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-neptune ·
Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.2 end-of-life date moved to 2026-11-30
The end-of-life date for Amazon Neptune 1.2.1.2 changed from 2026-06-30 to 2026-11-30.
deprecation - AWS What's New dataawsengineermedia ·
Amazon MSK Express Brokers support Kafka 4.2 with improved rebalancing
Amazon MSK Express Brokers now support Apache Kafka version 4.2, introducing enhancements for leader election correctness and a new consumer rebalance protocol for smoother, faster group rebalances. This update aims to bring the latest open-source reliability and performance improvements to MSK Express, which already offers significant throughput and scaling advantages. The support is available today for new and existing MSK Express clusters across all offered AWS regions.
feature patch - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS/Aurora add Graviton4 R8g instances in more regions, M8g instances wider
AWS Graviton4-based R8g instances are now generally available for Amazon RDS and Aurora, and M8g instances have expanded availability for RDS. These Graviton4 instances offer significant performance and price/performance improvements over previous generations. They are available through the RDS console and AWS CLI, with detailed engine version support in the documentation.
feature patch - 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 infraawsengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS allows up to four storage modifications per day
Amazon RDS now permits up to four storage modifications per database instance within a 24-hour window, removing the six-hour cooldown period between operations. This change enhances agility for scaling storage or adjusting performance, particularly during unexpected workload spikes. The feature is automatically available for instances running PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, Db2, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server in all AWS commercial and GovCloud Regions.
patch - AWS What's New dataawsengineeraws-s3aws-redshift ·
Redshift Serverless preserves integrations during snapshot restores
Amazon Redshift Serverless now automatically keeps zero-ETL and S3 event integrations intact when restoring a namespace from a snapshot. This enhancement eliminates manual recreation of integrations after restores, reducing downtime and administrative effort for disaster recovery and testing. The feature is available in all regions where Redshift Serverless is offered and applies only to restores within the same namespace.
patch - 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 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 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 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 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 dataawsengineer ·
DocumentDB adds 46 MongoDB operators for better compatibility
Amazon DocumentDB now supports 46 additional MongoDB aggregation operators and cursor methods in version 8.0.1. This update significantly enhances query API compatibility, easing the migration of MongoDB workloads by reducing the need for application code modifications. The new features are available across all DocumentDB regions.
patch - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0 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-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.40 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.40 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.40.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.41 reaches end of life in 19 days
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.41 reaches end of life on 2026-07-31 (19 days from now). Extended support runs until 2029-07-31. Latest release in this cycle: 8.0.41.
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