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 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 infraawspreviewengineerfinanceenergyaws-ec2 ·
AWS KNFSD File Cache enters preview to accelerate NFS performance
AWS has announced the preview of KNFSD File Cache, an open-source solution to deploy a high-speed NFS cache on AWS. This service offers significant performance gains for read-heavy workloads by caching data in memory and on local NVMe storage, reducing latency for compute fleets. It supports various NFS sources and clients, is built on standard Linux technologies, and is available across all AWS Regions, with users only paying for consumed resources.
feature announcement - AWS What's New awsenergyaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 R8g instances expand to more AWS regions
Amazon EC2 R8g instances, powered by Graviton4 processors, are now available in additional AWS regions, including Asia Pacific (Thailand, New Zealand), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), and Canada West (Calgary). These instances offer up to 30% better performance for memory-intensive workloads like databases and analytics compared to Graviton3 instances. They are built on the AWS Nitro System and come in various sizes, including bare metal options, with enhanced networking and EBS bandwidth.
feature - AWS What's New awsfinanceenergyautomotiveaws-ec2 ·
Amazon EC2 M8azn instances now available in Europe (Ireland)
Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, powered by fifth generation AMD EPYC processors, are now available in the Europe (Ireland) Region. These general purpose instances offer significant performance improvements in CPU frequency, memory bandwidth, network throughput, and cache size compared to previous generations, making them suitable for latency-sensitive and compute-intensive workloads. They are ideal for industries like finance, automotive, and energy, and are available in 9 sizes including bare metal options.
feature - AWS What's New aiawsengineerenergy ·
AWS PCS offers production-ready Deep Learning AMI
AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) has launched a production-ready Deep Learning AMI (DLAMI) built on the Deep Learning Base GPU AMI. This AMI simplifies AI/ML training and HPC by pre-installing core infrastructure components like the PCS Agent and Slurm, making it easier to build and scale environments. It is available at no additional cost in all AWS Regions where PCS is available and supports both x86_64 and arm64 architectures.
feature - AWS What's New dataawsgaengineerenergyaws-s3 ·
Amazon MWAA Adds Support for Apache Airflow 3.2
Amazon MWAA now supports Apache Airflow 3.2, offering new data-aware scheduling and developer productivity enhancements for data pipelines on AWS. This update allows for more precise pipeline control through asset partitioning and improves human-in-the-loop capabilities with enhanced audit history. The new version is available for new environments and upgrades from Airflow 2.11+ via the AWS Management Console.
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