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ALB Now Supports URL and Host Header Rewrite Across Regions

🔁 With the new URL and Host Header rewrite capability for Application Load Balancer, AWS lets customers modify request URLs and Host headers using regex-based pattern matching before routing to targets. You can rewrite paths (for example, transform "/api/v1/users" to "/users"), standardize URL patterns, remove or add path prefixes, and modify the Host header for internal service routing. Configurable via the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, SDKs, and APIs, the feature incurs no extra charge beyond ALB usage and is available in all AWS commercial regions.

Cloudflare addresses Workers CPU benchmark disparities

🔍 Cloudflare investigated an independent October benchmark comparing server-side JavaScript performance between Cloudflare Workers and Vercel, which initially showed Workers up to 3.5x slower. The company found multiple causes — scheduling heuristics, outdated V8 garbage-collector tuning, and framework-level inefficiencies in OpenNext/Next.js — and implemented fixes. Most changes are live and yield parity with Vercel across nearly all tested cases, with further work planned to close the remaining Next.js gap.

Amazon EC2 M7i arrives in Milan with custom Intel CPUs

🚀 Amazon EC2 M7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), are now available in the Europe (Milan) region. M7i delivers up to 15% better performance versus comparable x86 Intel processors on other clouds and up to 15% improved price-performance compared to M6i. Instances scale to 48xlarge and include two bare-metal sizes (metal-24xl, metal-48xl) with built-in Intel accelerators for data streaming, in-memory analytics, and QuickAssist Technology, making them suited for sustained high-CPU workloads like gaming servers, CPU-based ML, and video streaming.

Amazon AppStream Adds License-Included Microsoft Apps

🧾 Amazon AppStream 2.0 now offers license-included Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project (2021/2024) in Standard and Professional editions, available in both 32‑bit and 64‑bit for On‑Demand and Always‑On fleets. Administrators can add or remove these applications from images and fleets to control availability, and end users access fully integrated Microsoft apps within AppStream sessions. Deployments require an AppStream Image Builder agent released on or after October 2, 2025, or managed image updates dated October 3, 2025 or later. Billing remains hourly for streaming and per-user per-month (non-prorated) for Microsoft apps.

AWS for Fluent Bit 3.0.0 Released with Fluent Bit 4.1.1

🚀 AWS for Fluent Bit 3.0.0, based on Fluent Bit 4.1.1 and built on Amazon Linux 2023, is now available for Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS customers. The release introduces native OpenTelemetry (OTel) support to ingest and forward OTLP logs, metrics, and traces with AWS SigV4 authentication, removing the need for additional sidecars. It delivers faster JSON parsing and higher log throughput per vCPU with lower latency, plus configurable TLS minimum versions and cipher controls to strengthen output security. Upgrade by pulling the 3.0.0 image from the Amazon ECR Public Gallery, updating your ECS FireLens task definition, or updating the DaemonSet/Helm release on EKS.

AWS for Fluent Bit 3.0.0: Based on Fluent Bit 4.1.0

🚀 AWS for Fluent Bit 3.0.0, based on Fluent Bit 4.1.0 and Amazon Linux 2023, delivers faster, more secure container logging for Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. It adds native OpenTelemetry (OTel) support for OTLP logs, metrics, and traces with SigV4 authentication and faster JSON parsing for higher throughput and lower latency. TLS minimum version and cipher controls enforce stronger output security. The image is available in the Amazon ECR Public Gallery and Amazon ECR, and source code and guidance are provided on GitHub.

Amazon EBS Volume Clones for Instant Volume Copies

⚡ Amazon Web Services has launched general availability of Amazon EBS Volume Clones, enabling instant, point-in-time copies of EBS volumes within the same Availability Zone. Cloned volumes are immediately accessible with single-digit millisecond latency and support all EBS volume types. The capability integrates with the EBS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver and is available via Console, CLI, SDKs, and CloudFormation across AWS Commercial and GovCloud (US) Regions.

Amazon Route 53 Profiles Adds AWS PrivateLink Support

🔒 Amazon Route 53 Profiles now supports AWS PrivateLink, allowing customers to access and manage their Profiles privately over the Amazon network instead of the public internet. When accessed via PrivateLink, management operations such as creating, editing, listing, and deleting Profiles occur over private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and on‑premises applications. This capability reduces control‑plane exposure and supports hybrid and regulated deployments.

AWS Transfer Family SFTP Connectors Gain VPC Support

🔒 AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors can now route connections through your Amazon VPC, enabling secure file transfers between Amazon S3 and remote SFTP servers whether privately or publicly hosted. Connectors can present VPC CIDR IP addresses for compatibility with IP allowlists and leverage NAT Gateway bandwidth for higher-throughput internet transfers. All traffic is routed through existing VPC networking and security controls, including Transit Gateway and centralized firewalls to help meet data security mandates.

Amazon MSK Connect Expands to Ten More AWS Regions

🚀 Amazon MSK Connect is now available in ten additional AWS Regions — Jakarta, Hong Kong, Osaka, Melbourne, Milan, Zurich, Bahrain, UAE, Cape Town, and Tel Aviv. MSK Connect provides fully managed Kafka Connect clusters for deploying, monitoring, and scaling connectors to move data between Apache Kafka/Amazon MSK and external systems without provisioning infrastructure. The service supports both managed and self-managed Kafka clusters and is accessible via the MSK console and CLI.

AWS Expands Graviton4 M8g EC2 Instances to Regions

🚀 AWS announced that Amazon EC2 M8g instances, powered by Graviton4 processors, are now available in Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (Central), and the Middle East (Bahrain). The M8g family delivers up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3-based instances and offers larger sizes with up to 3× more vCPUs and memory. Built on the AWS Nitro System, these instances provide enhanced networking and EBS bandwidth for general-purpose workloads such as application servers, microservices, gaming servers, and caching fleets.

Amazon Connect Adds Configurable Schedule Adherence

📈 Amazon Connect now supports configurable thresholds for schedule adherence, enabling contact center managers to set allowable early and late windows for shift starts, shift ends, and individual activities. Administrators can apply defaults and customize thresholds at the team level—for example, allowing a 5-minute early start, a 10-minute late end, or a 3-minute late break—so minor timing differences don’t hurt adherence scores. This reduces false violations, helps managers focus on real adherence issues, and improves agent satisfaction and productivity.

Amazon RDS Adds Latest CU and GDR Updates for SQL Server

🛡️Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports the latest General Distribution Release (GDR) and Cumulative Update packages for Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server 2016 SP3+GDR (KB5065226), 2017 CU31+GDR (KB5065225), 2019 CU32+GDR (KB5065222) and 2022 CU21 (KB5065865). These updates address multiple security vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-47997, CVE-2025-55227 and CVE-2024-21907. AWS recommends that customers upgrade their RDS SQL Server instances using the Amazon RDS Management Console, AWS SDKs or the AWS CLI and follow the RDS SQL Server upgrade guidance.

Amazon QuickSight Adds Expanded Font Customization

🔤 Amazon QuickSight now extends font customization to data labels and axes across supported charts, complementing existing controls for titles, subtitles, legends, and table headers. Authors can set font family, pixel size, color, and styling such as bold, italics, and underline for analyses, dashboards, reports, and embedded scenarios. The update improves branding alignment and readability on large displays and is available in all supported regions.

SageMaker AI Projects Adds Custom ML Templates from S3

🛠️ Amazon Web Services announced that SageMaker AI Projects can now provision custom ML project templates stored in Amazon S3. Administrators can define and manage standardized end-to-end project templates in SageMaker AI Studio so data scientists can create projects that follow organizational patterns and automated workflows. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where SageMaker AI Projects is offered.

AWS Resource Explorer Enables Immediate Regional Discovery

🔍 AWS Resource Explorer now provides immediate access to resource search within each AWS Region without requiring prior activation. To start searching you need, at minimum, permissions granted by the AWS Resource Explorer Read Only Access or AWS Read Only Access managed policies, and you can discover resources via the Resource Explorer console, Unified Search, or AWS CLI/SDKs. To index the full inventory, including historical backfill and automatic updates, complete Resource Explorer setup so it can create a service-linked role. You can also enable cross-Region search with a single console click or the new CreateResourceExplorerSetup API, and the feature is available at no additional cost in supported Regions.

AWS launches EC2 High Memory U7i-12TB in Mumbai region

🚀 Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-12tb instances with 12TiB of DDR5 memory are now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region as of Oct 13, 2025. The u7i-12tb.224xlarge is powered by custom fourth‑generation Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) processors, offers 896 vCPUs, and supports up to 100Gbps for both EBS and network throughput plus ENA Express. These instances are targeted at mission‑critical in‑memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server, enabling higher transaction throughput, faster data loading, and shorter backup windows for large-scale deployments.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore GA: Secure Agent Platform

🔐 Amazon Bedrock AgentCore is now generally available, offering an agentic platform to build, deploy, and operate agents securely at scale without infrastructure management. It adds VPC support, extended eight-hour runtimes, session isolation, and initial Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol support. Identity, Gateway, and Observability features provide secure authorization, tool discovery, and CloudWatch/OTEL monitoring.

AWS Service Changes: Maintenance, Sunset, and End of Support

📢 AWS is updating the availability status of a range of services and features across three lifecycle categories: moving to Maintenance, entering Sunset, and reaching End of Support. Services moving to maintenance will stop accepting new customers on Nov 7, 2025, while current customers can continue using them as they evaluate alternatives. Several services, including Amazon FinSpace, AWS IoT Greengrass v1, and AWS Proton, are entering sunset with documented timelines (typically ~12 months). AWS Mainframe Modernization App Testing has reached end of support as of Oct 7, 2025. AWS provides migration guides and support resources to help customers transition.

AWS Config Adds Support for Three New Resource Types

📣 AWS Config now supports three additional resource types—AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Integration, AWS::CloudTrail::EventDataStore, and AWS::Config::StoredQuery—providing broader visibility across AWS environments. If you have recording enabled for all resource types, AWS Config will automatically begin tracking these new types. They are available for use in Config rules and Config aggregators in all Regions where the resources exist. This expansion enhances your ability to discover, assess, audit, and remediate a wider range of resources.