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Amazon Inspector Enhances EC2 Agent-Based Scanning
Amazon Inspector has launched an improved agent-based EC2 scanning feature, the Inspector VM Scanner, which expands vulnerability detection coverage and reduces CPU utilization. This update benefits security teams by providing more comprehensive vulnerability findings across a wider range of software and applications on EC2 instances with minimal impact on production workloads. The new scanner replaces the previous engine, bringing agent-based scanning to parity with agentless coverage and is available at no additional cost.
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Amazon RDS for Oracle adds April 2026 RU and Supplemental Patch Bundle
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the April 2026 Release Update (RU) and its Supplemental Patch Bundle (SPB). This update includes important security patches and is recommended for Oracle Database versions 19c and 21c. Users can apply these updates via the AWS Management Console, SDK, or CLI, with options for automatic updates and staggered rollouts using AWS Organizations.
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AWS Resilience Hub Next Generation Achieves General Availability
AWS Resilience Hub's next generation is now generally available, enhancing resilience assessment for critical workloads. This update introduces a new application model, dependency discovery, generative AI for failure mode analysis, and organization-wide reporting, benefiting platform engineering and SRE teams. The improvements aim to provide deeper insights and more actionable recommendations for workload resilience.
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Claude Opus 4.8 available on AWS
AWS now offers Claude Opus 4.8, Anthropic's most capable generally available model, bringing significant improvements in coding, knowledge work, and autonomous tasks. This model offers enhanced reasoning, consistency, and error recovery, making it suitable for production AI applications. Developers and enterprises can access Claude Opus 4.8 via Amazon Bedrock for AWS-integrated data security or the Claude Platform on AWS for a native Anthropic experience with AWS billing and authentication.
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Amazon OpenSearch Serverless Next Generation Generally Available
AWS announced the general availability of the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, featuring auto-scaling up to 20x faster and resource provisioning in seconds. This release decouples compute and storage, offers scale-to-zero pricing for cost savings, and simplifies network connectivity with new endpoints, making it ideal for agentic workflows and AI development platforms.
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Terraform AWS Provider v6.47.0: New Resources and Attribute Deprecations
This release introduces new resources for AWS Bedrock Agent and S3 Multi-Region Access Points, along with several enhancements and bug fixes. Multiple data sources now deprecate the `id` attribute in favor of more descriptive alternatives, and some `secretsmanager` attributes are updated. These changes affect users managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform, particularly those working with Bedrock, S3, or leveraging the updated data sources.
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Amazon EMR Adds General Availability Support for Apache Spark 4.0.2
Amazon EMR now offers general availability support for Apache Spark 4.0.2, enhancing data pipeline development. This update introduces ANSI SQL, VARIANT data types for flexible data handling, row/column-level access control via AWS Lake Formation, and improved streaming for real-time applications. These features benefit data engineers, analysts, and developers working with complex data and compliance requirements on EMR.
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AWS Backup adds OTP verification for logically air-gapped vaults
AWS Backup now requires one-time password (OTP) verification for Multi-party approval actions on logically air-gapped vaults, adding an extra security layer. Approvers must enter a code sent to their IAM Identity Center registered email to authorize protected vault operations. This feature is automatically applied to all existing and new Multi-party approval sessions for these vaults at no extra charge.
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AWS Neuron 2.30.0 Enhances Trainium3 Capabilities and Developer Tools
AWS Neuron 2.30.0 is now generally available, featuring NKI 0.4.0 with new AWS Trainium3 hardware support and 22 new NKI Library kernels. This release benefits ML developers by improving model porting and validation with expanded Neuron Agentic Development skills and introduces the Neuron DRA Driver for Kubernetes. Key updates include hardware-specific instructions, FP8 support, and performance enhancements for custom kernel development and deployment on Trainium and Inferentia instances.
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Amazon Aurora MySQL 8.4 Now Generally Available
Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition now supports MySQL 8.4, aligning version numbers with community releases and simplifying operations. This update strengthens security defaults, enforces TLS 1.2/1.3, and improves upgrade confidence with prechecks. The release affects users who manage MySQL databases on AWS and require the latest features or LTS support.
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Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server adds latest GDR updates
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports the latest General Distribution Release (GDR) updates for SQL Server 2019 and 2022. These updates include critical security fixes for vulnerabilities CVE-2026-32167 and CVE-2026-32176. Affected users are encouraged to upgrade their instances via the AWS Management Console, SDK, or CLI to enhance security.
security patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecationengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.46.0: New resources, fixes, and enhancements
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.46.0 introduces several new resources, including those for AWS Bedrock Agent, IAM Access Keys, and Observability Admin. Enhancements improve existing resources like CloudFront distributions and Bedrock Agent runtimes, while bug fixes address issues with S3 bucket configurations and X-Ray resource policies. The `policy_name` change in `aws_xray_resource_policy` is noted as a potential breaking change due to previous incorrect functionality.
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Amazon DocumentDB Serverless now on version 8.0
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Serverless is now available on version 8.0, offering auto-scaling and significant cost savings. Version 8.0 enhances query latency, compression, and introduces improved vector search and expanded MongoDB API compatibility. This benefits developers and architects managing scalable, cost-effective MongoDB-compatible workloads on AWS.
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AWS open sources ExtendDB, a DynamoDB-compatible adapter
AWS announced version 0.1 of ExtendDB, an open source project that allows developers to use the DynamoDB API with pluggable storage backends. This enables running DynamoDB-compatible workloads locally, on-premises, or at the edge without rewriting application code, benefiting developers and architects for local development, testing, and hybrid deployments.
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AWS Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye now generally available
AWS announced the general availability of a new Local Zone in Istanbul, Türkiye. This expansion brings AWS infrastructure closer to end-users in the region, enabling lower latency and supporting data residency requirements. Organizations can now leverage this zone for compute, storage, and networking services, including specific EC2 instance types and S3 storage classes, to accelerate cloud migration and modernization.
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Amazon MWAA adds support for Apache Airflow 3.2
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow 3.2, introducing features like data-aware scheduling and enhanced Human-in-the-Loop capabilities. This upgrade offers data engineering teams more precise control over data pipelines and improves developer productivity. Users can launch new environments or upgrade existing ones on MWAA to leverage these advancements.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsengineer ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.45.0: New Observability and SecurityHub resources
This release of the Terraform AWS Provider introduces several new resources for AWS Observability and Security Hub, along with enhancements for Lambda functions and Secrets Manager. These updates allow engineers to manage new AWS capabilities, improve Lambda runtime support, and streamline secret version management, impacting users of these specific AWS services managed via Terraform.
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Terraform AWS Provider v6.44.0: New resources, DynamoDB index no longer experimental
Terraform AWS Provider version 6.44.0 introduces several new resources, including data sources for AWS Glue Catalog and list resources for various services. The `aws_dynamodb_global_secondary_index` resource is now out of experimental status and subject to backwards compatibility guarantees. These updates provide Terraform users with expanded capabilities for managing AWS infrastructure.
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Terraform AWS Provider v6.43.0: New resources and bug fixes
This release of the Terraform AWS Provider introduces several new data sources and resources, including those for AWS Security Hub and EC2 Network Insights. Enhancements focus on resource identity support across various services and an update for AWS Bedrock Agent Core. A notable bug fix addresses plan-time errors with CloudWatch metric alarms, and improvements were made to ECS Express Gateway Service error handling. This update impacts users managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform.
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Terraform AWS Provider v6.42.0 Adds New Resources and Features, Includes Breaking Change
Terraform AWS Provider v6.42.0 introduces multiple new data sources and resources, including support for EC2 service links, API Gateway v2, and various AWS services. A breaking change in the `aws_mq_configuration` resource now correctly deletes configurations, requiring the `mq:DeleteConfiguration` IAM permission. This release impacts engineers managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform who need to be aware of the breaking change and can leverage the new resources for expanded capabilities.
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