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 awsdeprecationarchitecthealthcare ·

    AWS Amazon Connect Customer Competency Launched

    AWS has launched the Amazon Connect Customer Competency, a new specialization recognizing partners with expertise in customer experience transformations using Amazon Connect. This Competency aims to help customers identify skilled partners for migrating legacy contact centers and implementing AI-native solutions. It replaces the Amazon Connect Service Delivery Program, which will be deprecated on June 1, 2027, offering customers confidence in validated partners.

    deprecation announcement
  • Terraform AWS Provider Releases terraforminfraaws ·

    Terraform AWS Provider v6.42.0: New resources, breaking change, and enhancements

    HashiCorp's AWS provider has released version 6.42.0, introducing multiple new resources and enhancements across various AWS services. A notable breaking change affects `aws_mq_configuration` resource destruction, now requiring explicit `mq:DeleteConfiguration` IAM permissions or opting into `skip_destroy`. This release adds new data sources and list resources for services including EC2, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and EBS, benefiting engineers managing cloud infrastructure via Terraform.

    breaking feature patch announcement