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 - endoflife.date eolredis ·
Redis 8.0 end-of-life date moved to 2026-12-01
The end-of-life date for Redis 8.0 changed from 2026-02-11 to 2026-12-01.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolredis ·
Redis 8.2 end-of-life date moved to 2030-09-01
The end-of-life date for Redis 8.2 changed from 2026-05-25 to 2030-09-01.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.40 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.40 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.41 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.41 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.42 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.42 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.43 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.43 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.44 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.44 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.45 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.45 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - endoflife.date eolamazon-rds-mysql ·
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.46 has reached end of life
Amazon RDS for MySQL 8.0.46 reached end of life on 2026-07-31. It no longer receives fixes or security updates — plan the upgrade now.
deprecation - 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.
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