Amazon ECS Adds Pause and Continue Controls for Service Deployments
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Amazon ECS now allows pausing and continuing service deployments at specific stages, enabling manual approvals, operational checks, or custom automation. This feature, integrated via PAUSE lifecycle hooks and the ContinueServiceDeployment API, enhances control over native deployment strategies, benefiting engineers and architects managing containerized applications on AWS.
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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-ecs-pause-continue-deployments/