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
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AWS Direct Connect Adds BGP Route Visibility for Virtual Interfaces
AWS Direct Connect now offers Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route visibility, enabling users to inspect routes exchanged with their on-premises routers across various virtual interfaces. This enhancement allows network administrators to better troubleshoot routing issues and monitor hybrid network connectivity by viewing accepted and advertised routes. The feature is available in all AWS commercial and China Regions via the Direct Connect console or API.
feature - 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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AWS NLB adds listener rules for IP-based traffic routing
AWS Network Load Balancer now supports listener rules for custom traffic routing, enabling connections to be directed to different target groups based on source IP address type. This feature allows dual-stack NLBs to send IPv6 client traffic to IPv6 targets and IPv4 traffic to IPv4 targets, preserving the original client IP address end-to-end. This eliminates the need for separate dual-stack load balancers or protocol translation, simplifying infrastructure and improving client IP preservation for TCP, UDP, TCP_UDP, and TLS listeners. The feature is available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud Regions at no additional charge.
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AWS Direct Connect adds 100 Gbps in Lima, Peru
AWS has expanded its Direct Connect service with 100 Gbps connections at a new location in Lima, Peru. This expansion offers customers dedicated, private network access to AWS Regions, improving network consistency over the public internet. This is the first Direct Connect location in Peru offering 100 Gbps with MACsec encryption. Customers can now leverage these enhanced connections for greater performance and security.
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Amazon SES introduces new tiered pricing plans
Amazon SES now offers tiered pricing plans (Essentials, Pro, Enterprise) to simplify access to capabilities previously sold individually. This change aims to make essential deliverability and management features more accessible and cost-effective for businesses relying on email communication. The plans vary in features, with higher tiers offering more advanced capabilities like dedicated IPs, global inbox visibility, and multi-region resilience. Pricing plans are available across most AWS regions, excluding UAE and Bahrain.
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AWS Client VPN expands to four new regions
AWS Client VPN is now available in four additional regions: Canada West (Calgary), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), and Taipei. This expansion allows more customers to securely connect remote workers to AWS or on-premises resources without managing hardware VPNs. The service utilizes a pay-as-you-go model and offers centralized management and monitoring.
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AWS Interconnect last mile enters gated preview with AT&T
AWS Interconnect - last mile is a new managed offering simplifying private, high-speed connections to AWS from on-premises locations. It automates complex network configuration, reduces setup friction, and ensures high availability. This new service is now available in a gated preview with AT&T for US customers, offering simplified partner adoption via an API.
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Amazon Neptune adds IPv6 dual-stack support
Amazon Neptune now supports dual-stack mode, allowing clusters to accept connections over IPv4, IPv6, or both simultaneously. This enables organizations to adopt IPv6 while maintaining compatibility with existing IPv4 deployments without application changes. Dual-stack mode is available in all AWS Regions and supports both private and public network configurations.
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Route 53 Global Resolver allows DNS view sharing across AWS accounts
Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver now supports sharing DNS views between AWS accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager. This allows consumer accounts to associate their Route 53 private hosted zones with a shared DNS view for centralized resolution without transferring ownership. Teams can maintain ownership while enabling centralized global resolution, with granular access control via AWS RAM permissions.
feature - AWS What's New networkingawsengineeraws-lambdaaws-sqsaws-sns ·
Amazon SNS SMS sending now available in Seoul region
Amazon SNS now supports sending SMS messages from the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region to over 200 countries and territories. This expands the global reach of SNS for customers using the Seoul region, enabling them to broadcast SMS via AWS End User Messaging. This feature is now generally available for users operating in the Seoul region.
feature - AWS What's New networkingawsgaengineer ·
Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ adds private networking
Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ now supports private networking, allowing brokers to connect to private VPC resources without public exposure. This enhances security and compliance for integrations with services like identity providers or other brokers, eliminating previous complex workarounds. The feature uses AWS VPC Lattice, RAM, and PrivateLink and is available for RabbitMQ brokers in regions with VPC Lattice.
feature - AWS What's New networkingawsazuregapreviewengineer ·
AWS Interconnect adds free 500 Mbps tier for multicloud connectivity
AWS Interconnect now offers a free 500 Mbps tier for private multicloud connectivity, simplifying cross-cloud connections for customers. This managed service provides resilience and is compatible with Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud, with Azure support planned. The free tier allows evaluation and operation of workloads between AWS and another CSP at no charge on the AWS side, including a CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor.
feature announcement - AWS What's New networkingawsgaengineer ·
Amazon Managed Grafana adds dual-stack (IPv6/IPv4) connectivity
Amazon Managed Grafana now supports dual-stack connectivity, allowing workspaces to communicate over both IPv4 and IPv6. This simplifies network management for customers by eliminating the need for overlapping address spaces and supports migration to IPv6 while retaining IPv4 compatibility. The feature is available for Grafana version 10.4 and later in all AWS regions where the service is generally available.
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