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Amazon ECS Action Logs offer deployment and orchestration visibility

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Amazon ECS now provides Action Logs, a new feature offering detailed, timestamped records of ECS operations during service deployments and Managed Daemon updates. This enhancement improves visibility for monitoring and troubleshooting containerized workloads without needing AWS Support. Action Logs are available at the cluster level, can be configured via the console or APIs, and logs can be sent to CloudWatch Logs, S3, or Kinesis Data Firehose. Amazon Q integration provides automated issue detection and remediation guidance.

  • →Amazon ECS Action Logs provide visibility into service deployments and updates
  • →Integration with Amazon Q for automated issue detection and guidance
  • →Configurable log delivery options
  • →Action Logs aid troubleshooting by providing event details
  • →Action Logs are available in all AWS Regions
Features (3) ›
  • Amazon ECS Action Logs provide visibility into service deployments and updates

    Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) introduces Action Logs, which capture detailed, timestamped records of actions ECS performs during service deployments and Managed Daemon updates. This feature aims to increase observability into these operations, previously not visible, to aid in monitoring and troubleshooting.

  • Integration with Amazon Q for automated issue detection and guidance

    At launch, Amazon Q integrates with Action Logs within the ECS console. It can automatically detect deployment issues like circuit breaker rollbacks and unstable service revisions, offering root cause analysis and remediation guidance.

  • Configurable log delivery options

    Customers can opt in to Action Logs at the cluster level via the ECS console or CloudWatch vended logs APIs. Logs can be delivered to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Amazon S3, or Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, catering to different operational requirements.

Enhancements (1) ›
  • Action Logs aid troubleshooting by providing event details

    Each Action Log entry includes the event name, log level (INFO, WARN, or ERROR), relevant resource ARNs, and a status reason. This information is intended to help reduce the time it takes to resolve issues.

Notes (1) ›
  • Action Logs are available in all AWS Regions

    Amazon ECS Action Logs are now available across all AWS Regions, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Standard pricing applies for log ingestion and storage through the selected delivery services.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-ecs-action-logs/

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