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 What's New infraawsgaengineermediaaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 C7i Instances Expand to New Regions
Amazon EC2 C7i instances, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, are now available in Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions. These instances offer up to 15% better performance and price-performance compared to previous generations and other cloud providers' offerings, making them suitable for compute-intensive workloads. Larger instance sizes and bare metal options with Intel accelerators are included.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-redshift ·
Amazon Redshift RG Instances Now on Trailing Track
Amazon Redshift now offers Graviton-based RG instances (rg.large, rg.12xlarge) on the trailing maintenance track, starting with patch P202. This enables customers prioritizing stability to leverage Graviton's performance benefits, offering up to 2.4x faster queries and 30% lower price per vCPU compared to RA3 instances. RG instances are now accessible on both leading and trailing tracks across all AWS regions where they are generally available.
feature patch - AWS What's New aiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
Amazon Bedrock lowers prices for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models
Amazon Bedrock is reducing prices for OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna and GPT-5.6 Terra models, effective July 30, 2026. This move, aligning with OpenAI's first-party pricing adjustments, aims to enable customers to scale their AI applications and reduce per-task costs. The new pricing will be applied automatically to workloads in select AWS regions, with Luna optimized for high-volume tasks and Terra for balanced intelligence and cost.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineeraws-redshift ·
Amazon Redshift Data API adds long polling, session visibility, flexible batching
Amazon Redshift Data API now supports long polling to reduce redundant API calls for statement status and results. New session management features allow applications to enumerate and filter active sessions, improving visibility. Flexible batch execution allows statements to run independently, preventing partial failures from rolling back entire batches, and enables parameter reuse.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.57.1 fixes UnknownError
Release 6.57.1 of the Terraform AWS Provider addresses a bug introduced in the previous version that caused an 'UnknownError' API error. This patch resolves the issue, ensuring smoother operation for users managing AWS resources with Terraform. The fix is available immediately.
patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecationretail ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.57.0: New EKS and Bedrock resources, deprecations
HashiCorp's AWS provider has released version 6.57.0, introducing several new resources for EKS and AWS Bedrock, including evaluation jobs and access management. It also includes enhancements to VPC, Secrets Manager, and Flow Logs, along with important deprecations for memory strategy configurations. This release provides expanded capabilities for managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform, with some existing configurations requiring updates due to deprecated attributes.
feature patch announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-eks ·
Amazon EKS Provisioned Control Plane improves pod autoscaling speed
Amazon EKS Provisioned Control Plane now scales pods faster by increasing Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) sync concurrency significantly beyond default Kubernetes values. This enhancement reduces the time for workloads to scale in response to load, improving responsiveness. It is available to all EKS Provisioned Control Plane customers without requiring configuration changes.
patch - AWS News Blog blogaiinfraawsengineerenergyaws-lambda ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda Durable Execution for .NET
AWS has launched a new Local Zone in Athens, Greece, to support local data residency requirements and low-latency applications. This week also saw the general availability of AWS Lambda durable execution SDK for .NET, enabling resilient serverless workflows for .NET developers. Additionally, Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 is now accessible via Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS, offering advanced AI capabilities with zero data retention by default. These updates affect developers and organizations looking to leverage AWS infrastructure closer to end-users, build more robust serverless applications, and utilize cutting-edge AI models.
feature announcement patch - AWS What's New infraawsaws-s3 ·
Amazon MWAA adds support for Apache Airflow 2.11.2
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow version 2.11.2. This update brings security improvements, bug fixes, and dependency upgrades to the managed Airflow service. Existing and new MWAA environments in all regions can be updated to this version. The release enhances security patching, stability, and logging features.
patch - AWS What's New awsgaengineeraws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 I8ge instances now available in more AWS regions
Amazon EC2 I8ge instances, powered by Graviton4 processors and featuring third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs, are now generally available in AWS Europe (London) and Canada (Central) regions. These storage-optimized instances offer significant improvements in compute and storage performance, with up to 60% better compute performance and up to 75% lower storage I/O latency variability compared to previous generations. They are ideal for workloads requiring fast local storage and low latency access to large datasets, available in eleven sizes and offering high network and EBS bandwidth.
feature patch - AWS What's New infraawsengineeraws-ecs ·
Amazon ECS Service Connect adds zone-aware routing
Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports zone-aware routing, automatically prioritizing service-to-service traffic within the same Availability Zone to reduce cross-AZ data transfer costs and latency. This feature benefits customers deploying applications across multiple AZs for resiliency by eliminating the trade-off between cost and resilience. Zone-aware routing is enabled by default for new services and requires a one-time redeployment for existing services, with availability across all supported AWS regions.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsaws-ec2 ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.56.0 adds new resources and enhancements
Terraform AWS provider version 6.56.0 introduces new resources for ElastiCache, S3, and Secrets Manager, alongside enhancements for EKS, MSK, and Bedrock Agent. These updates provide expanded control and configuration options for managing AWS services via Terraform. The release also includes several bug fixes, improving the stability and reliability of existing resources. This update is relevant for engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
feature patch - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon Corretto Releases July 2026 Quarterly Updates
Amazon has released its July 2026 quarterly security and critical updates for multiple Amazon Corretto LTS and FR versions of OpenJDK. This update includes new default Docker images based on Amazon Linux 2023 and removes JavaFX binaries from Corretto 8. These updates are now available for download and are relevant for all users of Amazon Corretto.
patch security - AWS What's New securityawsgasecurity-advisoryengineeraws-rds ·
Amazon RDS for SQL Server adds latest Microsoft CU and GDR updates
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports the latest Cumulative Updates (CU) and General Distribution Release (GDR) updates for SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022. These updates include security patches for vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-40370, improving instance security and stability. All Amazon RDS for SQL Server users are recommended to upgrade their instances to benefit from these fixes.
patch security - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineeraws-iam ·
AWS CloudTrail enhances network activity event filtering by IAM identity
AWS CloudTrail now allows selective logging of network activity events for VPC endpoints based on the IAM user identity making the API call. This feature helps reduce logging costs and noise by filtering out routine traffic from trusted identities, enabling focus on critical security events like access denials. It is available in all regions supporting CloudTrail network activity events and can be configured via the console, CLI, and SDKs.
feature patch - AWS News Blog blogaiawsengineeraws-lambdaaws-bedrock ·
AWS Weekly Roundup: AI Model Updates, S3 Enhancements, Lambda Features
AWS announced several updates, including new OpenAI models on Bedrock, faster S3 storage transitions, and improved Lambda code management. These changes aim to enhance AI capabilities, optimize storage costs, and streamline serverless development for engineers and architects. Notable additions include GPT-5.6 models, same-day S3 IA transitions, and self-managed code storage for Lambda.
feature patch - AWS What's New governanceawsengineer ·
AWS Sustainability service adds water withdrawal data
AWS Sustainability now includes annual water withdrawal data for customer workloads, complementing existing carbon emissions figures. This allows organizations to better track their environmental impact across carbon and water usage, with data available by region, service, and account via the console and API. The data, reflecting operational water use and efficiency, is provided at no extra cost in all available AWS Regions.
feature patch - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineerfinanceaws-redshift ·
Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge Graviton-powered instance sizes
Amazon Redshift has launched two new Graviton-powered instance sizes, rg.large and rg.12xlarge, offering improved query performance and cost savings. These instances provide greater flexibility for right-sizing clusters for various workloads and are now generally available on the current track. Customers can migrate existing clusters to these new sizes using standard methods.
feature patch - AWS What's New observabilityawsengineer ·
Amazon CloudWatch Logs adds intelligent storage tiering
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now offers intelligent tiering to automatically move log data between Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive Instant Access tiers based on usage patterns. This feature enables cost savings for long-term log retention while maintaining query capabilities and unified visibility, reducing operational overhead for engineers managing logs. Intelligent tiering is available in most AWS commercial regions and can be enabled at the account level.
feature patch - 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.
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