9/29/2025, 12:00:00 AM ~ 9/30/2025, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), enabling dual-stack configuration (IPv4 and IPv6) connectivity for your Auto Scaling groups. IPv6 enables an expanded address space, enabling you to scale your application on AWS beyond the typical constraints of the number of IPv4 addresses in your VPC.\n With IPv6, you can assign easy to manage contiguous IP ranges to micro-services and can get virtually unlimited scale for your applications. Moreover, with support for both IPv4 and IPv6, you can gradually transition applications from IPv4 to IPv6, enabling safer migration. IPv6 support is available in all commercial AWS regions (except New Zealand) and GovCloud regions where ASG is available. To learn more about configuring your network to use IPv6 endpoints, see the documentation.

Amazon ECS announces IPv6-only support

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports running tasks in IPv6-only subnets. With this launch, Amazon ECS tasks and services can run using only IPv6 addresses, without requiring IPv4. This enables customers to deploy containerized applications in IPv6-only environments, scale without being limited by IPv4 address availability, and meet IPv6 compliance requirements through native IPv6 support in Amazon ECS.\n Previously, Amazon ECS tasks always required an IPv4 address, even when launched in dual-stack subnets. This requirement could create scaling and management challenges for customers operating large fleets of containerized applications, where IPv4 address space became a bottleneck. With IPv6-only support, Amazon ECS tasks launched in IPv6-only subnets use only IPv6 addresses. This removes IPv4 as a dependency and helps organizations that must meet IPv6 adoption or regulatory mandates. The feature works across all Amazon ECS launch types and can be used with awsvpc, bridge, and host networking modes. To get started, create IPv6-only subnets in your VPC and launch Amazon ECS services or tasks in those subnets. Amazon ECS automatically detects the configuration and provisions the appropriate networking. To learn more about IPv6-only task networking and supported AWS Regions, see the Amazon ECS task networking documentation for AWS Fargate launch type and EC2 launch type. You can also read our blog post for a detailed walkthrough and migration strategies.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling expands AWS PrivateLink support to FIPS endpoints

Starting today, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) supports Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 validated VPC endpoints. With this launch, you can use AWS PrivateLink with ASG for regulated workloads that require secure connections using FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules.\n FIPS-compliant endpoints help organizations contracting with the U.S. federal government meet FIPS security requirements for encrypting sensitive data in supported regions. To create a VPC endpoint that connects to an ASG endpoint, see Setting up a VPC endpoint for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. This capability is available in the following regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), and Canada West (Calgary). For more information about FIPS 140-3 at AWS, visit FIPS 140-3 Compliance. To learn more about Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, visit the ASG product page.

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now in Amazon Bedrock

Customers can now use Claude Sonnet 4.5 in Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that offers a choice of high- performing foundation models from leading AI companies. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is Anthropic’s most intelligent model, excelling at complex agents, coding, and long-horizon tasks while maintaining optimal speed and cost-efficiency for high-volume use-cases.\n Claude Sonnet 4.5 currently leads the SWE-bench Verified benchmarks with enhanced instruction following, better code improvement identification, stronger refactoring judgment, and more effective production-ready code generation. This model excels at powering long-running agents that tackle complex, multi-step tasks requiring peak accuracy—like autonomously managing multi-channel marketing campaigns or orchestrating cross-functional enterprise workflows. In cybersecurity, it can help teams shift from reactive detection to proactive defense by autonomously patching vulnerabilities. For financial services, it can handle everything from analysis to advanced predictive modeling. Through the Amazon Bedrock API, Claude can now automatically edit context to clear stale information from past tool calls, allowing you to maximize the model’s context. A new memory tool lets Claude store and consult information outside the context window to boost accuracy and performance. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now available in Amazon Bedrock via global cross region inference in multiple locations. To view the full list of available regions, refer to the documentation. To get started with Claude Sonnet 4.5 in Amazon Bedrock, read the News Blog, visit the Amazon Bedrock console, Anthropic’s Claude in Amazon Bedrock product page, and the Amazon Bedrock pricing page.

Amazon Connect dashboards now support filtering and comparing metrics by any time range

Amazon Connect dashboards now supports selecting and comparing any time ranges enabling you to focus on specific, relevant data and perform in-depth analysis up to a maximum of 35 days in the last 3 months. Additionally, you can now select Week to Date and Month to Date time ranges. For example, if a new sales campaign launches at the start of the current week, a contact center manager can compare the current week’s handle time or contact volume with the same time range last week using Week to Date, to decide if additional agents are required to handle the increasing contact volume and maintain service levels.\n Amazon Connect Contact Lens dashboards are available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US-West) regions where Amazon Connect is offered. To learn more about dashboards, see the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide. To learn more about Amazon Connect, the AWS cloud-based contact center, please visit the Amazon Connect website.

Amazon Bedrock now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region

Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Middle East (UAE) region to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications.\n Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building generative AI applications and agents. Amazon Bedrock connects you to leading foundation models (FMs) and services to deploy and operate agents, enabling you to quickly move from experimentation to real-world deployment. To get started, visit the Amazon Bedrock page and see the Amazon Bedrock documentation for more details.

AWS Network Firewall adds Reject and Alert actions for stateful domain list rule groups

Today, AWS Network Firewall introduces Reject and Alert action support for stateful domain list rule groups, providing customers with more granular control over their network traffic. This enhancement allows customers to create Reject and Alert actions in stateful domain list rule groups using the AWS Network Firewall console, offering more flexible and precise traffic management options within their AWS environments.\n With this new feature, customers can now create more sophisticated and tailored network security policies. The Reject action enables customers to block specific domain-based traffic, while the Alert action allows for monitoring and logging of traffic without interrupting the flow. This granular control helps organizations improve their security posture by fine-tuning their firewall rules to better align with their specific security requirements and compliance needs. The new Reject and Alert action support for stateful domain list rule groups is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Network Firewall is offered. You can enable TLS inspection from the Amazon VPC Console or the Network Firewall API To learn more about this new feature and other AWS Network Firewall capabilities, visit the AWS Network Firewall product page and the service documentation.

Amazon Bedrock now available in the Asia Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia, and Taipei) Regions

Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Asia Pacific (Taipei) regions to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications.\n Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building generative AI applications and agents. Amazon Bedrock connects you to leading foundation models (FMs) and services to deploy and operate agents, enabling you to quickly move from experimentation to real-world deployment. To get started, visit the Amazon Bedrock page and see the Amazon Bedrock documentation for more details.

Amazon Bedrock now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region

Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications.\n Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building generative AI applications and agents. Amazon Bedrock connects you to leading foundation models (FMs) and services to deploy and operate agents, enabling you to quickly move from experimentation to real-world deployment. To get started, visit the Amazon Bedrock page and see the Amazon Bedrock documentation for more details.

AWS Backup is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

AWS Backup is now available in the in the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. AWS Backup is a fully-managed, policy-driven service that allows you to centrally automate data protection across multiple AWS services spanning compute, storage, and databases. Using AWS Backup, you can centrally create and manage backups of your application data, protect your data from inadvertent or malicious actions with immutable recovery points and vaults, and restore your data in the event of a data loss incident.\n You can get started with AWS Backup using the AWS Backup console, SDKs, or CLI by creating a data protection policy and then assigning AWS resources to it using tags or Resource IDs. For more information on the features available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region, visit the AWS Backup product page and documentation. To learn about the Regional availability of AWS Backup, see the AWS Regional Services List.

Announcing Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Extended Support versions R2: 12.22-rds.20250814 and 11.22-rds.20250814

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL introduces Extended Support minor versions 12.22-rds.20250814 and 11.22-rds.20250814, which include important security updates and bug fixes for PostgreSQL databases.We recommend upgrading your RDS instances to these latest versions to maintain optimal security and performance of your PostgreSQL deployments.\n Amazon RDS Extended Support provides you more time, up to three years, to upgrade to a new major version to help you meet your business requirements. During Extended Support, Amazon RDS will provide critical security and bug fixes for your RDS for PostgreSQL databases after the community ends support for a major version. You can run your PostgreSQL databases on Amazon RDS with Extended Support for up to three years beyond a major version’s end of standard support date. You can use automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases to more recent minor versions during scheduled maintenance windows. You can also use Amazon RDS Blue/Green deployments for RDS for PostgreSQL using physical replication for your minor version upgrades. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including automatic minor version upgrades and Blue/Green Deployments in the Amazon RDS User Guide. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale PostgreSQL deployments in the cloud. See Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Pricing for pricing details and regional availability. Create or update a fully managed Amazon RDS database in the Amazon RDS Management Console.

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