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 284 AWS releases · Updated
- AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon ECS Express Mode now available in AWS GovCloud Regions
Amazon ECS Express Mode is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions, enabling rapid deployment of containerized web applications and APIs. This feature simplifies orchestration and management while providing a public domain name, automatic scaling, and intelligent routing via a single Application Load Balancer. It offers full control over provisioned resources and is available at no extra charge, with deployment supported via console, SDK, CLI, and IaC tools.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
AWS Lambda Managed Instances adds tag propagation
AWS Lambda Managed Instances (LMI) now supports tag propagation, automatically applying specified tags to provisioned EC2 instances, EBS volumes, and ENIs. This addresses a gap for organizations using tagging for cost tracking and governance, enabling better cost allocation and policy enforcement. The feature is available in all commercial AWS regions where LMI is generally available and can be configured via capacity provider APIs or standard AWS tools.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS DevOps Agent adds custom SRE agents and headless access
AWS DevOps Agent now supports custom SRE agents, allowing teams to automate recurring workflows, and headless access via MCP/A2A protocols for integration with existing tools. This enables teams to build agents for tasks like health reports or anomaly detection, and invoke the agent from IDEs or coding assistants without leaving their current environment. These enhancements aim to streamline SRE operations and broaden integration possibilities for developers, with availability expanding to five new regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon Lightsail expands availability to Hong Kong, São Paulo, and Spain
Amazon Lightsail is now available in three new AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), South America (São Paulo), and Europe (Spain). This expansion allows customers in these geographies to benefit from lower latency, improved performance, and local data residency options. Developers and businesses in these regions can now access Lightsail's full suite of services, including instances, managed databases, and container services, with simple pricing. Resources can be provisioned via the Lightsail Console, AWS CLI, or SDKs.
announcement - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
Amazon EKS local clusters on Outposts now support EC2 instance store
Amazon EKS local clusters on AWS Outposts now support EC2 instances that boot from instance store on first and second-generation Outposts racks. This expansion provides static stability for Kubernetes control planes, aiding data residency and mitigating network disconnect impacts. The new architecture offers greater parity with cloud EKS clusters and supports several advanced features, now generally available in commercial AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon EC2 I7i instances launched in Paris region
Amazon EC2 I7i instances, featuring 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and AWS Nitro SSDs, are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. These instances offer improved compute and storage performance, making them ideal for I/O intensive and latency-sensitive workloads. They are available in eleven sizes and provide up to 100Gbps of network bandwidth.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i Instances Expand to Paris Region
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. These instances, powered by Intel Sapphire Rapids processors, offer 8 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 45% better price performance than previous generations. They are designed for mission-critical in-memory databases and support high EBS and network bandwidth, making them suitable for large-scale data environments.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Elastic Beanstalk console integrates CloudWatch Logs
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now integrates CloudWatch Logs directly into the console's Logs tab, eliminating the need to navigate to the CloudWatch console. This feature allows users to view log events, select log groups and streams, and provides direct links for deeper analysis in CloudWatch Logs Insights. The integration is available across all supported Elastic Beanstalk platform branches and AWS Regions.
feature - AWS What's New securityinfraawsengineer ·
AWS Workload Credentials Provider automates certificate and secret distribution
AWS has released the Workload Credentials Provider, a new client-side tool that automates the deployment and caching of certificates from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) and secrets from AWS Secrets Manager. This simplifies certificate renewal management, especially with shorter certificate lifetimes mandated by the CA/B Forum, and unifies secret and certificate distribution across cloud and on-premises workloads. The provider is open source, available for Windows and Linux, and supports common web servers, aiming to prevent expiry-related failures for users.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
Amazon ECS Managed Daemons Add Inter-Task Visibility and Communication
Amazon ECS Managed Daemons now support inter-task visibility and communication, allowing the deployment of tracing, profiling, and security agents that need access to application processes and shared IPC resources. This enhancement enables platform teams to deploy agents as daemons rather than sidecars, ensuring consistent coverage across workloads. The feature is available in all AWS Regions at no additional cost, and requires configuring new `pidMode` and `ipcMode` settings in daemon definitions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
EC2 Future-dated Capacity Reservations Can Now Be Cancelled
Amazon EC2 now allows customers to cancel future-dated capacity reservations, offering flexibility for changing plans. Cancellation may incur a charge, with terms presented for review and acceptance before processing. This feature is available to all existing customers and its regional availability can be found on the AWS Capabilities by Region website.
feature patch - Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraaws ·
Terraform AWS Provider v6.50.0 adds new resources and bug fixes
HashiCorp's Terraform AWS Provider has released version 6.50.0, introducing several new resources including AWS Bedrock Agent Core policy and ECS daemon definitions. This update also enhances existing resources like the Bedrock Agent Gateway Target and includes numerous bug fixes for services such as Secrets Manager and CloudWatch. The release primarily impacts users managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform, offering expanded capabilities and improved stability.
feature patch announcement - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
New Amazon EC2 M8, R8 metal instance sizes launch
AWS has launched new metal-48xl and metal-96xl instance sizes for M8 and R8 EC2 instances, offering up to 43% better compute performance and significantly higher network and EBS bandwidth. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon processors and AWS Nitro cards, targeting workloads like big data analytics, in-memory caches, AI/ML clusters, and storage-intensive applications. The new sizes are initially available in the US East (N. Virginia) region.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Backup adds EKS support to Germany's European Sovereign Cloud
AWS Backup now supports Amazon EKS in the European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region, offering managed data protection for EKS clusters. This feature enables automated scheduling, retention, immutable vaults, and cross-Region copies, benefiting users needing disaster recovery or compliance in that specific region. The solution is agent-free and can protect entire clusters, namespaces, or persistent volumes.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineerhealthcare ·
Amazon EMR Serverless adds interactive workloads via Spark Connect
Amazon EMR Serverless now supports interactive sessions using Spark Connect, allowing developers to run Spark applications from local environments like SageMaker, Jupyter, and VS Code. This enhances productivity by enabling ad hoc exploration, iterative debugging, and incremental development by decoupling the client from the Spark driver. The feature is available on EMR release 7.13 in all EMR Serverless regions.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Application Migration Service renamed to AWS Transform MGN
AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) has been renamed to AWS Transform MGN, highlighting its role as a core component of the broader AWS Transform migration service. This change allows users to choose between direct control via the MGN console or an agent-driven workflow for automated rehosting. The service retains its existing compliance certifications and is available across all commercial and GovCloud regions.
announcement feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Lambda Managed Instances expands to more regions
AWS Lambda Managed Instances (LMI) is now available in all commercial AWS Regions except for a few specific locations. This expansion provides more customers with the benefits of running Lambda functions on managed EC2 instances, offering EC2 pricing advantages and specialized compute options with Lambda's operational simplicity. LMI manages instance lifecycle and scaling, catering to users needing custom hardware or predictable workloads.
feature announcement - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer Adds Target Coverage Analysis
AWS Billing and Cost Management now includes target coverage analysis in the Savings Plans Purchase Analyzer. This feature allows users to specify a desired percentage of On-Demand spend to be covered by Savings Plans, with the tool recommending purchase amounts based on historical usage. The analysis can be customized and accessed via interactive charts or an API, aiding engineers and architects in optimizing their cloud spend.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsengineer ·
AWS Compute Optimizer adds idle recommendations for 6 resource types
AWS Compute Optimizer now detects idle resources for DynamoDB, ElastiCache, MemoryDB, DocumentDB, WorkSpaces, and SageMaker endpoints. This expansion helps users find unused resources and potential cost savings across a wider range of AWS services. Recommendations include utilization metrics and estimated savings, accessible via the console or Cost Optimization Hub. The feature is available through the AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDK.
feature - AWS What's New infraawsgaengineer ·
Amazon ECS Fargate now supports 32vCPU configurations
Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate now supports 32vCPU compute configurations, allowing customers to run more demanding applications. The new task sizes offer up to 244 GiB of memory for both x86 and ARM workloads, extending capabilities for HPC, data processing, and AI inference. This update enables larger containers and scaling beyond previous limits, with existing Compute Savings Plans applying automatically. The feature is available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud (US) Regions.
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