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 infraawsengineeraws-ec2aws-lambdaaws-ecs ·
AWS CodeDeploy Expands to Five New Regions
AWS CodeDeploy is now available in five additional AWS regions, including Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Mexico (Central). This expansion allows customers in these areas to access the automated deployment service locally, improving latency and meeting data residency needs. The service supports deployments to EC2, on-premises servers, Lambda, and ECS, benefiting developers and DevOps engineers managing complex application updates. CodeDeploy is now available in 34 AWS commercial regions, plus GovCloud and China regions.
announcement feature - 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 aiawsengineeraws-bedrock ·
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna models see pricing update on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI has announced updated pricing for its GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna models, which are now available on Amazon Bedrock. GPT-5.6 Terra offers balanced performance at a lower cost, while GPT-5.6 Luna is optimized for high-volume, low-latency inference. This pricing update aligns with OpenAI's first-party rates and counts towards AWS commitments, impacting users leveraging these models for production workloads.
announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineermediaaws-bedrock ·
xAI's Grok 4.3 now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud
xAI's Grok 4.3 large language model is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West), expanding model choices for generative AI development. This reasoning-first model offers configurable effort levels, strong tool use, and token efficiency, making it suitable for enterprise workloads like customer support and financial document analysis. It runs on Bedrock's new Mantle inference engine, optimized for price performance.
feature announcement - AWS What's New awspreviewengineerhealthcare ·
AWS HealthLake adds preview resource matching for duplicate patient records
AWS HealthLake has introduced a preview feature for resource matching to automatically identify and link duplicate patient, provider, and organization records. This capability aims to improve data accuracy in healthcare by creating longitudinal patient records and enabling trustworthy population health datasets without requiring specialized MDM tools. The feature supports seven FHIR resource types and is available in a gated preview across multiple AWS regions, requiring users to join an allowlist.
feature announcement - 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 - AWS What's New networkingawsazuregapreviewengineer ·
AWS Interconnect GA enables multicloud connectivity with OCI
AWS Interconnect is now generally available, offering direct, private connections between AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to simplify multicloud networking. This aims to reduce the complexity of managing large-scale, multi-layered networks across different cloud providers. The service is available for OCI in us-east-1, with Google Cloud support and Microsoft Azure support coming later.
feature announcement - 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 dataawsengineerfinanceaws-redshift ·
Redshift Serverless adds 3-year all-upfront pricing for cost savings
Amazon Redshift Serverless now offers an all-upfront payment option for 3-year reservations, providing up to 50% savings. This new option helps users optimize compute costs and improve predictability for their analytics workloads. It is available to all Redshift Serverless users and can be purchased via the console or API.
feature 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 What's New awsgovernment ·
AWS Outposts racks now available in Mumbai region
Second-generation AWS Outposts racks are now supported in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region, extending AWS infrastructure and services to on-premises data centers. This allows organizations, including those in the public sector, to optimize for latency and data residency needs while maintaining a consistent hybrid experience. The expansion offers greater flexibility for customers connecting their Outposts to different AWS Regions.
announcement - AWS What's New aiawspreviewengineer ·
AWS Security Hub MCP App Preview Integrates Findings with Claude Desktop
AWS is previewing the Security Hub MCP App, a local server that integrates Security Hub exposure findings directly into Claude Desktop. This integration aims to accelerate security investigations by reducing context switching and enabling natural language interaction with security data. The tool provides text summaries and interactive visualizations for findings and remediation recommendations, running locally with read-only access. It is available at no additional cost in preview across commercial AWS regions.
feature announcement - 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 aiawsengineeraws-s3 ·
AWS GovCloud gains new Claude models and user activity monitoring
AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 models, enhancing reasoning and efficiency for complex tasks. Additionally, Kiro IDE provides enterprise administrators with user activity monitoring, including usage dashboards and per-user reports stored in customer S3 buckets. These updates are available to users with updated IDE/CLI versions and can be accessed via the model selector.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineeraws-bedrock ·
Claude Opus 5 available on AWS with zero data retention
Anthropic's most advanced Claude Opus 5 model is now available on AWS, offering significant improvements in coding, long-running agents, and complex document analysis. This release is crucial for teams building advanced applications that require top-tier AI capabilities and data governance. Customers can access Claude Opus 5 via Amazon Bedrock with zero data retention (ZDR) enabled by default, or through the Claude Platform on AWS with ZDR available on request.
feature announcement - 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.
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