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AWS acquires DuckLabs, enhances ECS, Lambda, IoT Core, GameLift, and SageMaker

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AWS has acquired DuckLabs, the company behind the popular open-source analytical database DuckDB, planning to integrate its speed with AWS analytics services like S3, Redshift, and Athena. This week's launches also include Amazon ECS gaining automatic container instance recovery and AWS Lambda introducing public preview runtimes for Node.js 26 and Python 3.15. AWS IoT Core now supports native InfluxDB rule actions, simplifying time-series data routing from devices. Additionally, Amazon GameLift Servers receive enhanced, automatic DDoS protection, and Amazon SageMaker HyperPod expands its support for Ray workloads with improved observability and resilience.

  • →AWS Lambda introduces public preview runtimes for Node.js 26 and Python 3.15
  • →AWS IoT Core adds native rule action for InfluxDB integration
  • →AWS acquires DuckLabs, popular open-source analytical database
  • →Amazon ECS now automatically recovers unhealthy container instances
  • →Amazon GameLift Servers gain enhanced, automatic DDoS protection
Features (2) ›
  • AWS Lambda introduces public preview runtimes for Node.js 26 and Python 3.15

    Developers can now test upcoming Lambda runtimes, starting with Node.js 26 and Python 3.15, before their general availability. These preview runtimes use the same identifier as the eventual GA version, ensuring functions graduate automatically without requiring manual action.

  • AWS IoT Core adds native rule action for InfluxDB integration

    AWS IoT Core now allows routing time-series data from IoT devices directly into InfluxDB (Amazon Timestream-managed or self-hosted) using a native rule action. This eliminates the need for custom code or intermediate services, streamlining data ingestion.

Enhancements (3) ›
  • Amazon ECS now automatically recovers unhealthy container instances

    Amazon ECS now continuously monitors agent connectivity to the control plane and surfaces a new `AGENT_CONNECTIVITY` health event. On AWS Fargate and Managed Instances, ECS automatically handles recovery by draining tasks, launching replacements, and deregistering impaired instances.

  • Amazon GameLift Servers gain enhanced, automatic DDoS protection

    Amazon GameLift game servers now include automatic protection against network and transport layer (layers 3 and 4) DDoS attacks, such as UDP reflection and SYN floods. This protection, built on AWS Shield Standard, is enabled automatically when servers start, with no extra cost or configuration.

  • Amazon SageMaker HyperPod expands support for Ray workloads

    SageMaker HyperPod now supports running Ray workloads with built-in observability, resilient training, and accelerated inference capabilities. Users can create and manage Ray clusters from Amazon SageMaker Studio, which also includes auto-provisioned Grafana dashboards.

Notes (1) ›
  • AWS acquires DuckLabs, popular open-source analytical database

    AWS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB, a popular open-source analytical database that runs in-process. DuckDB will remain open source, and AWS plans to combine its speed with enterprise services like Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Athena for analytics.

Read the original announcement →

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-welcome-ducklabs-to-the-team-agentic-resource-discovery-ard-and-more-august-31-2026/

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