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🔔 Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports new General Distribution Releases for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (RDS version 15.00.4435.7.v1) and 2022 (RDS version 16.00.4200.1.v1). The new GDRs address vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-49717, CVE-2025-49718, and CVE-2025-49719 and correspond to Microsoft's KB5058722 and KB5058721 release notes. AWS recommends upgrading affected Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server instances using the Amazon RDS Management Console, or programmatically via the AWS SDK or CLI, and consulting the Amazon RDS Custom User Guide for upgrade procedures.

🔊 Amazon Connect now provides generative text-to-speech voices—20 generative-enhanced voices across English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian. Use them for welcome messages, policy announcements, or dynamic conversational AI, configurable in the drag-and-drop flow designer via the “Set Voice” block or through public APIs. Available in US East (N. Virginia), Europe (Frankfurt), and US West (Oregon). Pricing options include unlimited AI or individual per-use pricing.

🚀 Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances (u7i-12tb.224xlarge) with 12TiB of DDR5 memory are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region. Powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) processors, the U7i-12tb offers 896 vCPUs, ENA Express support, and up to 100 Gbps for both EBS and network throughput. These instances are designed for mission-critical in-memory databases and large transactional workloads such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server, enabling faster data loading, backups, and higher transaction processing throughput.

🚀 AWS has made the new M8i and M8i-flex EC2 instances generally available, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS. The instances offer up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x the memory bandwidth versus previous Intel-based generations, and AWS reports up to 20% higher performance compared with M7i and M7i-flex with larger gains for specific workloads. Initial availability includes US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain).

🔐 Amazon announced that OpenSearch Serverless now supports attribute-based authorization (ABAC) for Data Plane APIs, enabling identity policies in AWS IAM to control data read and write operations on collections. The release also introduces resource control policy (RCP), a new AWS Organizations–managed policy type that enforces organization-wide preventative controls centrally. Customers should check regional availability and consult the documentation for implementation guidance.

🛡️ Amazon Web Services announced expanded support for VPC Traffic Mirroring, enabling the feature on a broader set of EC2 instance types. With this update, Traffic Mirroring can now be enabled on all Nitro v4 instances and is available across all regions. The capability replicates instance network traffic to security and monitoring appliances for use cases such as content inspection, threat monitoring, and troubleshooting; consult the AWS documentation for the complete supported instance lists and Nitro system mappings.

🛠️ AWS now supports creating Amazon S3 Tables and namespaces with AWS CloudFormation and the AWS CDK, extending existing support for table buckets. This enables developers and teams to provision, update, and manage S3 Tables resources using infrastructure-as-code workflows, improving repeatability and version control across multiple AWS accounts. The CloudFormation and CDK integrations are available in all Regions where S3 Tables are offered, and AWS points users to the CloudFormation, CDK, and S3 Tables documentation to get started.

🚀 Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports i8g instances, the latest generation of storage-optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors. i8g delivers up to 60% better compute and uses third-generation Nitro NVMe SSDs for up to 65% better storage performance per TB, lower latency, and reduced latency variability. Supported for OpenSearch and Elasticsearch 7.9/7.10 across multiple regions.

📣 Amazon has made CloudWatch RUM generally available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West). The service collects client-side performance and error telemetry in real time and provides curated dashboards showing page load steps, core web vitals, JavaScript and HTTP errors across geolocations, browsers, and devices. It integrates with CloudWatch Application Signals to correlate front-end telemetry with backend metrics, and usage is billed per collected RUM event.

🔧 AWS now offers two new capabilities for EC2 Mac Dedicated Hosts: Host Recovery and Reboot-based Host Maintenance. Host Recovery detects potential hardware issues and transparently migrates Mac instances to replacement hosts to minimize disruption. Reboot-based Host Maintenance automates instance stop and restart on replacement hosts during scheduled maintenance, eliminating manual intervention. These features support all EC2 Mac instance families on both Intel and Apple silicon and are available in regions that support EC2 Mac instances.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8gn instances, powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, are now available in US West (N. California). These instances deliver up to 30% better compute performance than Graviton3-based C7gn, include 6th-generation AWS Nitro Cards, and offer up to 600 Gbps of network bandwidth. C8gn scales to 48xlarge (up to 384 GiB memory) with up to 60 Gbps to EBS, and selected large/metal sizes support EFA for lower-latency clusters. They are optimized for network-intensive workloads, high-throughput analytics, network virtual appliances, and CPU-based AI/ML inference.

🔁 Amazon EKS now supports on-demand refresh of cluster insights, enabling operators to retrieve the latest detection results immediately after making changes. The capability complements existing periodic checks that identify upgrade warnings and configuration recommendations. By allowing immediate verification, teams can accelerate upgrade testing, confirm that remediations took effect, and shorten the feedback loop for cluster configuration changes.

🔐 AWS announced that AWS Client VPN version 5.3.0 adds official support for Windows Arm64, enabling the AWS-supplied desktop VPN client to run on the latest Arm64-based Windows devices. The client remains free of charge and is available in all regions where the service is generally available. Client VPN is a managed service that connects remote users securely to AWS and on-premises networks and continues to support macOS 13–15, Windows 10 (x64), Windows 11 (Arm64 and x64), and Ubuntu Linux 22.04 and 24.04 LTS. Administrators can download and deploy the updated client to bring Arm64 Windows endpoints into supported VPN configurations.

🚀 The AWS Transfer Family Terraform module now supports provisioning SFTP connectors to transfer files between Amazon S3 and remote SFTP servers. Announced 2025-08-27, the addition builds on existing Terraform support for SFTP server endpoints and enables programmatic provisioning of connectors, dependencies, and customizations in a single IaC deployment. The module includes end-to-end examples to automate transfers on schedules or event triggers, reducing manual configuration and improving repeatability, security, and scale.

🔍 AWS has added the new ReceivedBytes metric for AWS Network Firewall to Amazon CloudWatch, giving customers per-firewall visibility into total incoming bytes inspected. The metric differentiates counts for the stateless and stateful engines, enabling more granular analysis of processing and performance. Available in all Regions where Network Firewall is supported, the data can be integrated into existing monitoring, alerting, and optimization workflows to support capacity planning and cost reduction.

🔐 Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports customer-managed AWS KMS keys (CMKs) to encrypt EBS volumes, giving enterprises direct control over encryption for root and secondary storage. This enables integration with existing key management and compliance workflows and uses a grants-based approach for secure cross-account access. Customers can specify CMKs via the CreateCluster and UpdateCluster APIs for clusters in continuous provisioning mode. The capability is available in all Regions where HyperPod runs.

⚠️A protected whistleblower alleges that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) copied the Social Security Administration's NUMIDENT database to an unsecured Amazon Web Services test environment, bypassing mandated oversight and authorization. The complaint names several DOGE-affiliated hires and documents approvals and risk assessments dated June 12, June 25, and July 25, 2025. It alleges the move circumvented required FISMA authorization and NIST SP 800-53 controls, exposing sensitive personal data for more than 300 million people and potentially violating the Privacy Act and the CFAA.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors are now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. C7i delivers up to 15% better performance versus comparable x86-based Intel processors and up to 15% improved price-performance over C6i. Instances scale to 48xlarge and provide two bare-metal sizes with Intel accelerators, support Intel AMX, and allow up to 128 EBS volumes to better handle compute-intensive workloads.

🔧 Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver, enabling dynamic provisioning and lifecycle management of persistent EBS volumes for machine learning workloads on HyperPod EKS clusters. Through standard Kubernetes persistent volume claims and storage classes, teams can create, attach, resize, snapshot, and encrypt volumes (including customer-managed KMS keys), and volumes persist across pod restarts and node replacements. Install the EBS CSI driver as an EKS add-on to get started; the capability is available in all regions where HyperPod EKS clusters are supported.

🔍 Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals now supports Custom Metrics, enabling developers and operators to define and visualize application-specific telemetry alongside standard health metrics such as fault rates, errors, and latency. You can ingest metrics directly with OpenTelemetry Metrics or derive them from spans using the OpenTelemetry Traces SDK and Metrics Filters. The Application Signals console offers correlated views in the Related Metrics tab, interactive visualization, and quick navigation to correlated spans, top contributors, and related logs. Custom Metrics support is available in all regions where Application Signals is offered; see documentation and CloudWatch pricing for details.