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🔔 Amazon Aurora DSQL change data capture (CDC) is now generally available, enabling real-time streaming of database changes to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams for event-driven architectures and data integration workflows. Aurora DSQL CDC captures insert, update, and delete operations as change events and delivers them to Kinesis Data Streams with no infrastructure to manage. Use CDC to synchronize microservices, trigger AWS Lambda, or route changes to Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon OpenSearch Service via Amazon Data Firehose. CDC streaming is available in all Regions where Aurora DSQL is offered and is designed to have zero impact on database workload performance.

🚀 Amazon Redshift RG instances, powered by AWS Graviton processors, are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and (US-East). RG instances deliver up to 2.4x better performance than prior RA3 instances and offer ~30% lower price per vCPU while running Redshift’s vectorized data lake query engine for Apache Iceberg and Parquet. Available sizes are rg.xlarge and rg.4xlarge, and RA3 clusters can upgrade via Snapshot & Restore, Elastic Resize, or Classic Resize. Flexible pricing includes On-Demand and 1-/3-year Reserved Instances with multiple payment options.

🚀 Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Oracle Database 26ai, Oracle's Long Term Support release, with integration to Amazon Bedrock providing access to foundation models such as Anthropic Claude, Amazon Nova, and Meta Llama. Oracle Database 26ai enables Select AI for generating and running SQL from natural language prompts and supports in-database RAG via Oracle AI Vector Search, avoiding the need for a separate vector store. The release also offers JSON Relational Duality Views and SQL Property Graphs and is available in Enterprise Edition across commercial and GovCloud regions.

🔁 This update announces availability of Cross-Region Automated Backup replication for Amazon RDS in four additional AWS Regions, enabling automated backup replication between specified region pairs. The feature replicates snapshots and transaction logs to a destination Region to support point-in-time restores and near-real-time recovery. It supports multiple RDS engines and can be configured via the RDS Console, AWS SDK, or CLI. Organizations can achieve Recovery Point Objectives within minutes by using this replication.

🔒 Amazon RDS for Db2 now lets customers join DB instances directly to self-managed Microsoft Active Directory domains, whether on-premises, in AWS, or in another cloud. Using Kerberos for authentication, this enables single sign-on and allows customers to authenticate and authorize database users without deploying AWS Managed Microsoft AD or creating a domain trust. Domain join is available when creating or modifying instances using a delegated AD service account stored in AWS Secrets Manager and encrypted with AWS KMS, and the feature is generally available in all Regions where RDS for Db2 is offered, including GovCloud.

🔒 Amazon RDS now supports dynamic connection rate scaling for IAM database authentication, so authentication throughput scales with instance resources. This allows enterprise workloads to use IAM authentication for high-volume connection patterns while depending on available CPU and memory. AWS recommends reusing IAM principals or authentication tokens to optimize performance. The feature is available in all Regions, including AWS GovCloud (US), for Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.

🛈 Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports the latest Cumulative Updates (CU) and General Distribution Release (GDR) updates for Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server 2019 CU32+GDR (KB5090407) and SQL Server 2022 CU25 (KB5081477). These GDR updates address vulnerabilities described in CVE-2026-40370. You can apply the updates via the Amazon RDS Management Console, AWS SDK, or AWS CLI, and guidance is available in the Amazon RDS Custom User Guide.

🔄 Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports the latest General Distribution Release (GDR) updates across SQL Server 2016 SP3, 2017, 2019, and 2022, corresponding to specific RDS engine versions. These GDRs address vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2026-32167 and CVE-2026-32176. AWS recommends upgrading instances via the Amazon RDS Management Console, AWS SDK, or CLI and refers users to the RDS SQL Server User Guide for upgrade instructions.

📣 Amazon Neptune now supports AWS CloudFormation for provisioning and managing Neptune global databases using the new AWS::Neptune::GlobalCluster resource type. You can define multi-region graph database topology as code, automate deployments, store configurations in source control, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines. Neptune global databases offer a single read-write primary and up to five read-only secondaries across Regions for low-latency reads, disaster recovery, and data residency. This capability is available in all Regions where Neptune global databases are supported.

🔔 Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports larger General Purpose (gp3) volumes, increasing maximum size to 64 TiB, peak IOPS to 80,000, and throughput to 2,000 MiB/s. These enhancements enable larger SQL Server databases and improved performance for I/O-intensive workloads like OLTP and large-scale analytics on a single volume. Customers can also attach up to three gp3 or io2 volumes per DB instance for total capacity up to 256 TiB, with no changes to base pricing.

🔔 Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for MySQL now offer RDS Extended Support for MySQL 5.7 through June 30, 2029, extending the previous end date of February 28, 2027. This extension covers Aurora MySQL version 2 (MySQL 5.7 compatibility) and RDS for MySQL 5.7, providing critical security patches, high-severity CVE fixes, operational bug patches, and AWS Support under existing SLAs. There is no price increase; customers remain on Year 3 pricing through June 30, 2029. AWS recommends upgrading to MySQL 8.0 or 8.4-compatible versions and provides upgrade paths including Blue/Green Deployments, in-place upgrades, or snapshot restore.

🚀 Amazon RDS now supports M9g DB instances powered by AWS Graviton5 for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. These Graviton5-based instances deliver up to a 30% performance boost and up to a 23% improvement in price/performance versus Graviton4 equivalents, varying by engine, version, and workload. New 24xlarge and 48xlarge sizes provide up to 192 vCPUs, 100 Gbps enhanced networking, and 72 Gbps EBS bandwidth. Availability begins in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Frankfurt); consult RDS documentation and pricing for engine support and regional details.

🛠️ Amazon RDS for SQL Server introduces memory-optimized X2m instances based on EC2 X2iedn. These instances deliver up to 64 vCPUs, 4 TB memory, 256K IOPS and a 32:1 memory-to-vCPU ratio while providing the Amazon RDS Optimize CPU feature to reduce SQL Server licensing by 50% or more for memory-intensive workloads. X2m instances are available via the RDS Console, AWS SDK, or CLI, support On-Demand pricing and qualify for the AWS Database Savings Plan; refer to Amazon RDS for SQL Server Pricing for specifics.

🔧 Amazon RDS for MySQL now offers an Extended Support minor version, 5.7.44-RDS.20260521, addressing known security vulnerabilities and bugs. Amazon RDS Extended Support gives customers up to three additional years to upgrade past a major community support end date while receiving critical fixes. Review the Amazon RDS User Guide for upgrade guidance and Pricing FAQs for costs.

🔔 Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community minor versions 10.6.27, 10.11.18, 11.4.12, and 11.8.8. AWS recommends upgrading to the latest minor releases to address known security vulnerabilities and to gain bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality from the MariaDB community. You can use automatic minor version upgrades during scheduled maintenance or RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments for safer and faster updates. See the Amazon RDS User Guide for details on upgrading, and consult pricing and regional availability in the Amazon RDS documentation.

🔍 Amazon RDS for MariaDB now offers MariaDB 12.3 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, enabling evaluation of the new Long-Term Support release. The preview provides a sandbox to test applications and explore features like Oracle TO_DATE() compatibility, SQL IS JSON validation, a basic XML type, cursor support for prepared statements, and optimizer improvements. Preview instances are retained up to 60 days and snapshots are restricted to the preview environment.

🎯 Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 18, starting with 18.3. This release brings community improvements to query performance and database management and adds the pg_roaringbitmap extension for fast, memory-efficient set operations on large integer collections. PostgreSQL 18 also introduces B-tree skip scans, retained optimizer statistics during major upgrades, and parallel streaming of large transactions for logical replication. Aurora 18.3 is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US); upgrade options include RDS Blue/Green, in-place upgrades, or snapshot restores.

🔔 Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now includes an iterator position in the GetRecords response for CDC streams, indicating whether a consumer is AT_TIP or BEHIND_TIP. This enables consumers to reduce unnecessary polling and lower CDC consumption costs by adjusting polling frequency based on stream position. The feature is available in all Regions where Keyspaces CDC is supported and requires the latest AWS SDK.

✅ Amazon RDS for Db2 now supports IBM Db2 v12.1, including Db2 Standard, Db2 Advanced, and the Db2 Community Edition. Db2 Community Edition offers the same features as Standard and Advanced without commercial licensing charges for development and test use. To use it, obtain a free IBM Customer ID and create instances via the Amazon RDS console. The new support is available in all Regions where Amazon RDS for Db2 is offered.

🔔 Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Bring Your Own Media (BYOM), enabling customers to migrate SQL Server workloads to a managed AWS service while reusing existing Microsoft SQL Server licenses and Software Assurance via Microsoft's License Mobility program. The capability integrates with AWS License Manager to help track license usage and maintain compliance. BYOM reduces the need to purchase additional SQL Server licenses or wait for existing agreements to expire when moving to RDS. It aims to simplify migrations from on‑premises, other clouds, or self‑managed EC2 deployments.