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Amazon Web Services releases and Terraform AWS provider. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex now available on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now offers production access to OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 models, alongside Codex for AI-assisted software development. This integration provides enhanced capabilities for coding, data analysis, and autonomous tasks within the existing AWS security and governance framework. Pricing aligns with OpenAI's rates and counts towards AWS commitments, making these advanced AI models accessible for enterprise use.
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SageMaker HyperPod adds AI coding assistant troubleshooting skills
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now integrates troubleshooting skills with AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and Kiro. This feature enables expert-level cluster diagnostics through natural language, streamlining the resolution of complex issues in large-scale AI/ML infrastructure. It benefits operators by reducing the time and expertise needed for debugging, without requiring modifications to existing HyperPod setups. The skills are available today as open source for Slurm and Amazon EKS orchestrated clusters.
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Amazon RDS for SQL Server adds Bring Your Own Media support
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Bring Your Own Media (BYOM), allowing customers to reuse existing Microsoft SQL Server licenses when migrating to AWS. This feature helps reduce costs for organizations moving SQL Server applications from on-premises or other cloud environments to Amazon RDS. It is particularly beneficial for companies looking to adopt a managed database service while leveraging their current license agreements. BYOM is integrated with AWS License Manager for tracking usage and compliance.
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AWS End User Messaging adds RCS support in 20 new countries
AWS End User Messaging now supports Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Business in 20 additional countries, expanding availability to 22 nations. This enables businesses to send verified, branded messages to customers in these regions using the existing SendTextMessage API. The service ensures reliable delivery with an automatic fallback to SMS for unsupported devices, enhancing customer engagement through recognized business identities.
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Redshift Serverless: Minimum capacity reduced to 4 RPU in 7 new regions
Amazon Redshift Serverless now allows a minimum base capacity of 4 Redshift Processing Units (RPUs) in seven additional AWS regions, down from the previous 8 RPU minimum. This change lowers the entry cost for Redshift Serverless, making it more accessible for development and production workloads with minimal compute needs. The update is now available in specific Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, South America, and AWS GovCloud regions.
feature patch - 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.
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Amazon RDS for Oracle supports April 2026 RU and Supplemental Patch Bundle
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the April 2026 Release Update (RU) for versions 19c and 21c, and the Supplemental Patch Bundle (SPB) for 19c. This update includes critical security patches and is recommended for all Oracle database products. The SPB provides additional patches for specific use cases like Oracle Spatial and Data Pump. Updates can be applied via the AWS Console, SDK, or CLI, with options for automatic minor version upgrades and staggered rollouts using AWS Organizations.
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Oracle Database@AWS expands to 20 AWS Regions
Oracle Database@AWS is now available in eight additional AWS regions, bringing the total to twenty. This service allows customers to run Oracle Exadata systems within AWS data centers, enabling migration of on-premises Oracle Exadata and RAC applications. Customers in Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific can now leverage this for in-region data residency requirements, with setup managed via AWS Marketplace and the AWS Management Console.
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AWS Resilience Hub Next Generation GA
AWS Resilience Hub's next generation is now generally available, offering enhanced resilience assessment for critical workloads. This update introduces a new application model, dependency discovery, AI-powered failure analysis, and organization-wide reporting, benefiting platform engineering and SRE teams. It is available in select AWS Regions, with existing customers able to migrate at their own pace.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineer ·
Claude Opus 4.8 available on AWS via Bedrock and Claude Platform
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8, their most capable general availability model, is now accessible on AWS. This model offers significant improvements in agentic coding, complex knowledge work, and long-running autonomous tasks, benefiting developers and enterprises building AI applications. Customers can access it through Amazon Bedrock for integrated AWS features or the Claude Platform on AWS for direct Anthropic experience with AWS billing and authentication.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsgaengineer ·
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless Next Generation GA
AWS announced the general availability of the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, featuring 20x faster auto-scaling and resource provisioning in seconds. This fully managed search and vector engine offers scale-to-zero pricing, potentially saving customers up to 60%, and decouples compute and storage for independent scaling. It also simplifies network connectivity with new endpoints and offers native integrations with AI development platforms, making it available today in all commercial AWS regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineermediagovernment ·
DynamoDB Streams adds PrivateLink for FIPS in AWS GovCloud
Amazon DynamoDB Streams now supports AWS PrivateLink for FIPS endpoints in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This enhancement enables government agencies to establish private connectivity to DynamoDB Streams, enhancing security and simplifying network architecture. This allows for secure, real-time data streaming applications that meet federal compliance requirements. The feature is available in AWS GovCloud (US) and other select AWS Regions.
feature announcement - AWS What's New awsgaengineerfinance ·
AWS Partner Central adds Total Contract Value (TCV) for deal sizing
AWS Partner Central now allows partners to estimate deal sizes using Total Contract Value (TCV), converting it to forecasted Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). This enhancement aims to accelerate opportunity submission and improve forecast accuracy for partners by eliminating manual MRR estimations. The feature is available globally via the Partner Central console and API, benefiting partner sales teams and improving pipeline accuracy.
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P5.48xl instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs now available on AWS SageMaker in Tokyo
Amazon SageMaker notebook instances now support P5.48xl instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. These instances offer up to 4x faster deep learning and HPC performance compared to previous generations, reducing ML model training costs by up to 40%. They are suitable for training and deploying large language and generative AI models, with general availability starting now.
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AWS SageMaker adds NVIDIA Blackwell P6-B200 instances for AI training
Amazon SageMaker notebook instances now offer general availability of EC2 P6-B200 instances, featuring 8 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Intel's Emerald Rapids processors. These instances aim to accelerate AI training, offering up to twice the performance of P5en instances for tasks like fine-tuning large foundation models. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for developers working with LLMs and generative AI applications, providing more power for interactive development directly within JupyterLab or CodeEditor environments.
feature announcement - AWS What's New aiawsengineer ·
P4de instances available on SageMaker Notebook Instances in Tokyo
Amazon EC2 P4de instances, featuring 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs with 80GB HBM2e memory each, are now generally available on SageMaker notebook instances in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. These instances offer up to 60% better ML training performance and 20% lower cost compared to P4d instances, accelerating time to market for large dataset training. This enhancement benefits ML engineers and architects working with high-resolution data.
feature announcement - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraawsdeprecation ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.47.0: New Resources, Enhancements, and Bug Fixes
HashiCorp's Terraform AWS provider has been updated to version 6.47.0, introducing several new resources for AWS Bedrock Agent Core and S3 Control, alongside numerous enhancements and bug fixes. Key updates include additions for managing S3 multi-region access points and Bedrock agent configurations, plus deprecations for 'id' attributes in favor of more specific field names across several data sources. These changes primarily impact engineers and architects managing AWS infrastructure via Terraform, offering more granular control and improved consistency.
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Amazon EMR GA Support for Apache Spark 4.0.2
Amazon EMR now generally available supports Apache Spark 4.0.2, enhancing data pipeline development with ANSI SQL and VARIANT data types. This update enables finer access control and strengthens compliance through Apache Iceberg v3, benefiting data engineers and analysts working with diverse data formats and regulatory requirements. It also improves real-time application deployment with enhanced streaming, and is available in all EMR regions, with an upgrade agent for existing applications.
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Amazon Aurora MySQL integrates with Kiro Powers for AI-assisted development
Amazon Aurora MySQL now integrates with Kiro Powers, a repository of AI agent tools, to help developers build applications faster. This integration offers conversational control over database operations and configuration, reducing the need for complex syntax. It provides task-specific guidance for scaling, migration, and replication, and is available via one-click installation in all AWS Regions where Aurora MySQL is supported.
feature announcement - AWS What's New mlawsgapreviewengineer ·
AWS Neuron 2.30.0 Adds Trainium3 Capabilities and New NKI Kernels
AWS Neuron 2.30.0 is now generally available, introducing new hardware capabilities for AWS Trainium3 and 22 new NKI Library kernels, enhancing model porting and optimization. This release offers features like scalar engine instructions, FP8 support, and expanded Agentic Development skills, benefiting ML developers working with Trainium and Inferentia instances. The update also includes a Neuron DRA Driver for Kubernetes and performance improvements for the Graph Compiler and Runtime, with availability across all regions supporting Neuron instances.
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