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Weekly Summaries of all AWS News and Releases

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AWS News Feb 09 - Feb 15

This week: Bedrock adds six open-weight models through Project Mantle with higher quotas and OpenAI API compatibility, CloudWatch Alarm Mute Rules let you silence notifications during maintenance without losing visibility, and MSK now manages Kafka topics directly through AWS APIs. Plus new EC2 M8azn instances hit 5GHz, Aurora Global Database automates cross-region upgrades, and Lake Formation scales to hundreds of thousands of shared tables. Compute EC2 M8azn: 5GHz (highest cloud frequency), 2x M5zn performance EC2 C8id/M8id/R8id: 43% better perf, 3x memory bandwidth, flex network/EBS Outposts: C8i/M8i/R8i support, 20% better perf, same power AI/ML Bedrock: 6 open-weight models (DeepSeek V3.2, Kimi K2.5, GLM 4.7, MiniMax 2.1) Bedrock Project Mantle: Distributed inference, OpenAI API compatible, higher quotas Bedrock GovCloud: 25x higher Claude Sonnet 4.5 quotas (5M tokens/min) SageMaker HyperPod: Console node management, one-click SSM sessions Database Aurora Global DB: Auto minor upgrades across all regions, single action Aurora DSQL: Identity columns and sequences for auto-increment IDs RDS/Aurora: Configure backup settings during snapshot restore RDS PostgreSQL: 5 new versions, pg_stat_monitor extension OpenSearch Serverless: Collection Groups, shared compute across KMS keys Analytics Athena: 1-min capacity reservations, 4 DPU minimum, up to 95% savings Lake Formation: 100K+ tables cross-account sharing via wildcards S3 Tables: Partition/sort order in CreateTable API MSK: Topic management via AWS APIs/console, no Kafka client needed MSK Express: Free broker logs Operations CloudWatch Alarm Mute: Silence during maintenance, auto-trigger on expiry EKS Auto Mode: Enhanced logging to CloudWatch/S3/Firehose Elastic Beanstalk: GitHub Actions integration, OIDC auth Backup: Direct Aurora/Neptune/DocDB copies to air-gapped vaults Contact Center Connect: Audio enhancement (voice isolation/noise suppression) Connect: Auto-accept per channel, ACW timeouts per channel Connect: AI Task overviews, in-app notifications Other Data Transfer Terminal: 6 new cities (Seattle, Phoenix, London, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo) Payment Cryptography: Cartes Bancaires approved Resource Control Policies: DynamoDB support AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email flo@flomotlik.me For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

16 min
FEB 9

AWS News Feb 02 - Feb 08

This week: DynamoDB global tables now replicate across multiple AWS accounts for stronger fault isolation, IAM Identity Center adds multi-region replication for resilient single sign-on, and new EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances deliver up to 43% higher performance. Plus CloudFront mutual TLS for origins, Connect voice testing APIs, and cost reductions for Network Firewall. Compute EC2 C8id/M8id/R8id: GA, 43% faster, 3x memory bandwidth vs gen6 Lightsail: Memory-optimized bundles up to 512GB RAM Containers & Orchesttic ECS: Linear/canary deployments for NLB (TCP/UDP workloads) EKS: Pod Identity integration for add-ons in GovCloud Batch: Unmanaged compute on EKS; array job status in ListJobs API Database DynamoDB: Global tables replicate across accounts (not just regions) Aurora DSQL: Indexes on NUMERIC columns RDS MySQL: 8.0.45 and 8.4.8 support RDS Console: Redesigned with code snippets, CloudShell access Security & Identity IAM Identity Center: Multi-region replication for SSO resilience STS: Validates OIDC claims from Google, GitHub, CircleCI, OCI Multi-party approval: OTP verification required for votes CloudFront: Mutual TLS for origin authentication Security Groups: Single tab shows all dependent resources AI/ML SageMaker JumpStart: 4 NVIDIA NIMs (ProteinMPNN, Cosmos), DeepSeek OCR, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 VL, Cartesia Sonic 3 TTS EC2 Capacity Blocks: Cross-account sharing via RAM Analytics Redshift: Autonomics work across multi-cluster environments Glue: Native REST API connector QuickSight: Fix ambiguous map locations in-visual Networking Network Firewall: NAT Gateway discounts expanded; TLS inspection charges removed End User & Developer WorkSpaces: 12 new G6 graphics bundles WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom domain support Builder ID: Apple Account sign-in Console: Account name in nav bar Other HealthImaging: JPEG XL lossy compression Connect: Voice testing APIs; agent evaluation appeals Config: 30 new resource types Bedrock AgentCore Browser: Reusable browser profiles AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email flo@flomotlik.me For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

14 min
FEB 2

AWS News Jan 26 - Feb 01

This week: EventBridge quadruples payload limits to 1MB, EKS adds Kubernetes 1.35 with in-place pod resource updates, and S3 lets you change encryption types without moving data. Plus Network Firewall gains AI traffic filtering, GameLift scales to zero, and new Deployment Agent SOPs take web apps from prototype to production with a single prompt. Compute & Containers EKS 1.35: In-place pod resource updates, local traffic distribution, image volumes for AI models GameLift Servers: Auto-scale to/from zero instances, eliminates idle costs Lambda: Enhanced Kafka observability with CloudWatch logs/metrics for MSK Storage & Database S3: Change encryption type without moving data via Update Object Encryption API EventBridge: 1MB event payloads (4x increase) DynamoDB: Global tables integrate with Fault Injection Service for resilience testing RDS: R6id/R6gd instances in more regions; Graviton up to 40% better perf RDS Oracle: Cross-region replicas with multi-volume support, up to 256 TiB Keyspaces: Table pre-warming for traffic spikes AI & ML Bedrock: 1-hour prompt cache TTL for Claude (was 5 min) Bedrock: Server-side custom tools via Responses API, Lambda integration SageMaker Unified Studio: PrivateLink support for private data traffic Security & Networking Network Firewall: GenAI traffic filtering with web categories IAM Identity Center: IPv6 dual-stack endpoints Cognito: Lambda triggers to transform federated user attributes Lightsail: IMDSv2 enforced by default on Node.js/LAMP/Ruby blueprints Management & Developer Tools Deployment Agent SOPs: Natural language to production via MCP Server Connect Cases: Tag-based access control Deadline Cloud: Edit job names/descriptions post-submission ECS: Container health status as CloudWatch metric End User & Partner WorkSpaces Personal: Advanced printer redirection (duplex, stapling, trays) WorkSpaces Core: Monthly flat-rate pricing option GameLift Streams: 6 new regions (EU, SA, India, Asia) Transfer Family: FSx for NetApp ONTAP support Partner Revenue Measurement: Track solution-driven consumption AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email flo@flomotlik.me For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

11 min
JAN 26

AWS News Jan 19 - Jan 25

This week: EC2 G7e instances bring NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for 2.3x better AI inference, RDS Blue Green Deployments now complete switchovers in under 5 seconds, and QuickSight doubles SPICE capacity to 2TB. Plus Graviton 4 instances expand across Aurora and RDS, ECR adds cross-repo layer sharing, and Route 53 picks up .AI domains. Compute EC2 G7e: GA with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs, 2.3x inference vs G6e EC2 M4 Max Mac: GA with M4 Max (16-core CPU, 40-core GPU), 25% faster builds EC2 C8gb/M8gb/R8gb: 48xlarge+metal sizes, 30% better than Graviton3, 300Gbps EBS Auto Scaling: Layered deletion protection via IAM condition keys + group safeguards Database Aurora/RDS R8g: Graviton4, 40% better perf, 29% better price-perf RDS Blue/Green: Switchovers under 5s (2s with Advanced JDBC Driver) RDS Oracle: Bare metal for SE2 BYOL (25% cheaper), Multi-AZ replicas for multi-tenant RDS SQL Server: Differential/log restores directly on Multi-AZ Storage & Containers ECR: Cross-repo blob mounting reuses layers, faster pushes, lower storage Analytics & AI/ML QuickSight: Reader table customization; SPICE now 2TB, 64K string length SageMaker Unified Studio: Cross-region Glue/Redshift table subscriptions SageMaker HyperPod: CloudWatch log links for lifecycle debugging Bedrock AgentCore Browser: Custom Chrome extension support Bedrock Reserved: Claude Sonnet 4.5 in GovCloud Security & IAM Access Denied Errors: Now include specific policy ARN that blocked request Resource Control Policies: Support for Cognito and CloudWatch Logs Config: 13 new rules (Cognito MFA, EBS snapshot access, ECS non-root) Security Agent: GitHub Enterprise Cloud integration for AI code review Hybrid & Edge Outposts Gen2: 20 new countries, C7i/M7i/R7i with 40% better perf Elastic VMware Service: VCF/ESX version selection; multiple NSX Tier-0 Gateways Developer & Operations Corretto: Q1 security updates for JDK 8-25 Transfer Family Terraform: Web apps module with IAM Identity Center auth Instance Scheduler: Smarter orchestration, auto-retry alternate instance types EMR Serverless: Customer-managed KMS for local disk encryption Clean Rooms: Join/partition hints for query optimization MQ RabbitMQ: JMS support via topic exchange plugin AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email flo@flomotlik.me For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

14 min
JAN 19

AWS News Jan 12 - Jan 18

This week: EC2 X8i instances deliver 43% higher performance with up to 6TB memory for demanding workloads, Lambda functions can now trigger from DynamoDB Streams across accounts, and EBS volumes support four modifications per day. Plus Inspector expands vulnerability scanning, Bedrock adds API keys in GovCloud, and second-gen Outposts racks gain new capabilities. Compute EC2 X8i: 43% faster, 1.5x memory (6TB max), custom Intel Xeon 6, SAP-certified Database RDS PostgreSQL: Extended Support versions for PG 11/12 with security fixes RDS SQL Server: Latest Microsoft security patches (2016-2022) RDS Custom SQL Server: GDR updates for CVE-2025-59499 Neptune: R7g/R8g Graviton instances expand regions, 16% cheaper than R6g, R8g 40% faster Serverless Lambda: Cross-account DynamoDB Streams triggers via resource policies Storage EBS: 4 modifications per 24hrs (up from 1), no detach needed S3 on Outposts: Now on 2nd-gen racks, 196TB-786TB tiers AI/ML Bedrock: API keys in GovCloud, 12hr short-term or flexible long-term Bedrock Data Exports: Granular operation types in cost reports SageMaker HyperPod: Pre-creation quota validation with fix links Lex: Neural speech model for English, 3 voice detection sensitivity levels Security Inspector: Gradle deps in Lambda/ECR, plus MySQL/MariaDB/PHP/Jenkins/Curl IPAM: Enforced IP policies for RDS and ALB allocations Analytics Redshift Serverless: Dedicated query queues with per-queue monitoring rules Clean Rooms: Parameters in PySpark templates Contact Center Connect: Screen recording status via EventBridge, visual calendar for hours overrides, scheduling metrics to data lake Connect Cases: CloudFormation support Networking Outposts: 2nd-gen racks, 10 isolated local gateway routing domains, more region connections Q Transform: PrivateLink support Developer Vercel v0: Aurora PostgreSQL/DSQL/DynamoDB integration, $100 credits IoT IoT Device Management: Wi-Fi Simple Setup with QR codes AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email flo@flomotlik.me For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

10 min
JAN 12

AWS News Jan 05 - Jan 11

This week: Lambda adds dot NET ten as a managed runtime, ECS brings tmpfs mounts to Fargate for fast in-memory scratch storage, and RDS for SQL Server expands cross-region read replicas to sixteen new regions. Plus EC two Capacity Manager now tracks Spot interruption metrics, and Amazon Q gains integrations with Box, Canva, PagerDuty and more. Compute EC2 Capacity Manager: Spot interruption metrics (running instances, interruption counts/rates) ECS: tmpfs mounts on Fargate/Managed Instances for in-memory scratch storage Lambda: .NET 10 managed runtime + container base image with LTS support Networking Client VPN: Quickstart setup - 3 inputs to create endpoint (CIDR, cert, subnet) Database DocumentDB: Now in Asia Pacific Jakarta region RDS SQL Server: Cross-region read replicas in 16 additional regions (up to 15 replicas) Lightsail: Larger DB bundles - 8 vCPUs, 32GB RAM, 960GB SSD Messaging Amazon MQ RabbitMQ: External HTTP auth server support (v4.2+, M7g) Amazon MQ RabbitMQ: Mutual TLS certificate-based authentication Analytics & ML EMR Serverless: Cost allocation tags per job run (not just application) MWAA: Apache Airflow 2.11 + Python 3.12 support Q: Third-party AI agents (Box, Canva, PagerDuty) + expanded actions library Management AWS Config: 21 new resource types (EC2, SageMaker, S3 Tables) Marketplace Seller Reporting: Payment collection status visibility (invoiced/collected/disbursed) AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For Expert Support with your AWS Infrastructure check out theserverlessway.com For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

6 min
JAN 5

AWS News Dec 29 - Jan 04

This week: Amazon Connect gets powerful new filtering by custom business dimensions and nested JSON support for dynamic call flows. CloudWatch simplifies CloudTrail Lake imports for unified logging, while Clean Rooms adds detailed query metrics. Plus OpenSearch UI enhances encryption with customer managed keys. Search & Analytics OpenSearch UI: Customer-managed keys for metadata encryption, increased metadata size limits Contact Center Connect Dashboards: Filter metrics by custom business dimensions (product lines, divisions, segments) Connect Flows: Nested JSON objects, array looping for dynamic automated experiences Monitoring CloudWatch: Import CloudTrail Lake data directly, consolidate ops/security/compliance logs Data Collaboration Clean Rooms: CloudWatch metrics for SQL query performance and resource utilization AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For Expert Support with your AWS Infrastructure check out theserverlessway.com For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

3 min
12/29/2025

AWS News Dec 22 - Dec 28

This week: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano arrives on Bedrock with 256k context and native tool calling, Neuron SDK adds Trainium 3 UltraServer support with open-source compiler tools, and GameLift Streams launches Gen 6 stream classes with up to 2x performance gains. Plus ECS Service Connect now captures Envoy access logs and Secrets Manager finally lets you sort secrets by name or date. AI & Machine Learning Neuron SDK 2.27: Trainium 3 UltraServer support, Neuron Explorer, open-source MLIR compiler, native PyTorch via TorchNeuron Bedrock: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B, 256k context, hybrid MoE, Project Mantle distributed inference SageMaker: MiniMax M2, 230B params (10B active), elite coding/agentic performance Compute & Containers ECS Service Connect: Envoy access logs for service mesh traffic, query string redaction, HTTP/gRPC/TCP Database & Analytics Redshift: Materialized views from multiple warehouses, build on shared views, auto-scale creation RDS MySQL 9.5: Innovation Release in preview environment, 60-day retention Storage & Migration Storage Gateway: Nutanix AHV hypervisor support joins VMware/Hyper-V/KVM Transform: Auto network conversion for hybrid migrations, VLAN-to-VPC mapping Media & Gaming GameLift Streams: Gen6 L4 GPUs (2x perf), 7 tiers, warm buffer autoscaling GameLift Streams: Real-time CPU/GPU/memory stats per session, termination diagnostics Deadline Cloud Monitor: Submit render jobs from desktop UI, no CLI needed Messaging & Communication Wickr: Admin APIs for user lifecycle, retention policies, security group automation End User Messaging SMS: GenAI registration reviewer (preview) for carrier submissions Kinesis Video Streams: IPv6 WebRTC via dual-stack endpoints Security & Identity Secrets Manager: Sort by name, last changed/accessed, creation date WorkSpaces Secure Browser: WebAuthn redirect for FIDO2/passkeys/biometrics End User Computing WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom branding, logos, ToS acknowledgment, WCAG 2.0 AA Research & Engineering Studio 2025.12: Tag propagation, optional domain join, default schedules Contact Center Connect: Auto evaluations now in Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Spanish Regional MSK Provisioned: Asia Pacific New Zealand, Standard + Express brokers AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For Expert Support with your AWS Infrastructure check out theserverlessway.com For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com

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Weekly Summaries of all AWS News and Releases

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