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🔐 Amazon Cognito now supports on-demand client secret rotation and lets you bring your own custom client secrets for app clients in user pools. You can maintain up to two active secrets per app client to enable staged rollovers and avoid application downtime during transitions. These lifecycle controls address periodic rotation and migration needs and are available in all Regions where Amazon Cognito user pools are offered; management is supported via the Console, CLI, SDKs, or CloudFormation.

🔔 Amazon CloudWatch Observability EKS add-on v5.0.0 now enables CloudWatch Application Signals (APM) by default for new installations and upgrades, removing the previous manual opt-in. The add-on automatically instruments services to collect traces, metrics, and logs, delivering an application-centric view without additional Kubernetes annotations. Users get immediate access to pre-built dashboards and enriched troubleshooting to detect latency, errors, and request traces out of the box.

🖥️ Amazon expanded availability of EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances to US West (N. California), Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and South America (Sao Paulo). These instances run on custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS and deliver higher performance and memory bandwidth than comparable Intel-based cloud processors. AWS reports up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x memory bandwidth versus the prior Intel-based generation, with workload-specific gains over M7i up to 20–60%. M8i-flex targets common general-purpose sizes while M8i supports larger, SAP-certified and bare-metal configurations.

🚀 Amazon Web Services announced general availability of the Amazon EC2 I8g.metal-48xl storage-optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton4. These instances pair third-generation Nitro NVMe SSDs with the AWS Nitro System to deliver up to 60% better compute and up to 65% better real-time storage performance per TB, while reducing storage I/O latency and variability. They target I/O-intensive, low-latency workloads such as transactional databases, NoSQL engines, and real-time analytics, and offer large memory and local storage configurations.

📣 Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) now supports sending push notifications from the AWS Europe (Spain) Region. This expansion allows customers in Spain to deliver messages to major push platforms including Amazon Device Messaging (ADM), Apple Push Notification Service (APNs), Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Baidu Cloud Push, Microsoft Push Notification Service (MPNS), and Windows Push Notification Services (WNS). With this addition, SNS supports push delivery from 25 regions, enabling more localised mobile, web, and IoT notification workflows and potentially lower latency for Iberian users.

🔔 AWS has announced the developer preview of the Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Java, enabling Java 17+ developers to build resilient, multi-step serverless applications without custom progress tracking. The SDK adds automatic checkpointing, wait primitives that suspend execution for up to a year, and durable futures for callback-based flows. Paused on-demand functions are not billed for duration, and the preview includes samples and guidance to get started.

📡 AWS now publishes two CloudWatch metrics — VifConnectionStatus and VifBgpSessionState — for Outposts racks in AWS GovCloud (US‑East and US‑West) where Outposts are available. These metrics show Local Gateway (LGW) and Service Link VIF connectivity and BGP session state (VifConnectionStatus: 1=operational, 0=not ready; VifBgpSessionState: 1–6 from IDLE to ESTABLISHED). View them in the CloudWatch console to set alarms, troubleshoot connectivity, and reduce dependence on external networking tools or cross‑team coordination.

🔒 AWS Security Agent now enables customers to run penetration tests against Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) resources shared from other AWS accounts within the same organization. By using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM), teams can securely share VPCs from sub-accounts to a central account where an Agent Space performs assessments. This capability simplifies testing across distributed, multi-account architectures and improves visibility into shared network security posture. To get started, ensure accounts are in the same AWS Organization and configure RAM before launching the agent.

🔧 AWS announced Aurora DSQL integrations for popular ORMs and migration tools: a Tortoise adapter for Python, a Flyway dialect, and Prisma CLI tools for Node.js. The Tortoise adapter supports both asyncpg and psycopg, integrates with the Aurora DSQL Connector for Python for automatic IAM token generation, and includes migration compatibility patches. Flyway's dialect automates IAM-based authentication and adapts Flyway to Aurora DSQL's distributed behaviors, while Prisma tools validate schemas and generate Aurora DSQL-compatible migrations. These integrations let developers remain in familiar frameworks while offloading IAM and compatibility concerns.

🔌 The Aurora DSQL Driver for SQLTools and the Aurora DSQL Plugin for DBeaver Community Edition are now available, enabling developers and DBAs to run queries, explore schemas, and manage data from popular database clients. Both integrations transparently handle AWS IAM authentication and access-token management, removing the need to write token-generation code or manually supply IAM tokens. The SQLTools driver supports Visual Studio Code and is published on Open VSX for VS Code–compatible editors, while the DBeaver plugin is built on the Aurora DSQL Connector for JDBC. Together they enable password-free, IAM-based access to Aurora DSQL clusters for improved security and ease of use.

🧪 AWS has launched the Amazon Aurora DSQL Playground, a browser-based interactive sandbox that enables developers to evaluate Aurora DSQL without an AWS account. Users can write and execute SQL, test schema designs, and explore PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL capabilities with no setup. The playground offers temporary clusters and sample datasets to accelerate prototyping and learning prior to production deployment.

🚀 Amazon has launched EC2 R8a instances in the Europe (Ireland) region, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly Turin) with up to 4.5 GHz frequency. R8a offers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus R7a, along with 45% more memory bandwidth and up to 60% faster GroovyJVM. Built on the AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards, the family includes 12 sizes (two bare metal) and is SAP-certified. To begin, sign in to the AWS Management Console.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are available in the Africa (Cape Town) region, powered by a custom Intel Xeon 6 processor exclusive to AWS. The new instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5× the memory bandwidth versus previous Intel-based generations, and up to 20% higher performance than the M7i family for many workloads. M8i-flex targets common general-purpose sizes (large through 16xlarge) for cost-optimized workloads, while M8i provides larger, SAP-certified configurations including two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge. Sign in to the AWS Management Console to evaluate and deploy these shapes.

📍 Amazon Location Service now provides curated AI agent context delivered as a Kiro power, a Claude Code plugin, and an open Agent Skills-format agent skill. The context supplies pre-validated implementation patterns and step-by-step instructions for common location features such as address entry, map display, nearest-store lookup, routing, and geofencing. Developers can load it into tools like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor to improve code accuracy, accelerate feature implementation, and reduce iteration time when integrating Amazon Location APIs.

🚀 Today AWS announced general availability of M8gn and M8gb metal-24xl and metal-48xl instances powered by AWS Graviton4, delivering up to 30% better compute than Graviton3. M8gn adds 6th‑generation Nitro Cards and offers up to 600 Gbps networking and up to 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth for network‑intensive workloads; M8gb targets high block storage throughput with up to 300 Gbps EBS and up to 400 Gbps networking. Both families support EFA on larger sizes and the new metal sizes are available in US East (N. Virginia).

🖥️ Amazon updated WorkSpaces Applications to support up to 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution on non‑accelerated instance types and across all client connection modes. The change provides a consistent, high-quality streaming experience—in native application mode, classic application mode, or desktop view—so users with 4K or ultra-wide (21:9) displays see improved clarity without requiring graphics-accelerated instances. The capability is available at no additional cost in all Regions and requires an agent dated on or after February 4, 2026, or managed image updates dated on or after February 18, 2026.

🛡️ AWS Backup now supports Amazon Neptune in five additional AWS Regions: Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Canada West (Calgary), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Europe (Spain). This expansion extends policy-based data protection and recovery to Neptune clusters in those Regions. To protect clusters, add them to an existing backup plan or create a new plan and attach your Neptune clusters via the AWS Backup console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs. Review product documentation and pricing for details.

🔒 The Fulu Foundation has offered a US $10,000 bounty to anyone who can modify Ring doorbell cameras so they operate locally and stop sending footage to Amazon's servers. The prize requires a demonstrable method to redirect recordings to an owner's own computer or server rather than to cloud services. The initiative follows public privacy backlash over Ring's Super Bowl ad and broader worries about data ownership and consent.

🔖 AWS Compute Optimizer now automatically tags EBS snapshots it creates when snapshotting and deleting unattached Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes. The tag — aws:compute-optimizer:automation-event-id — stores the unique automation event identifier, linking each snapshot to the optimization action that produced it. This makes it easier to identify, track, and manage snapshots created through manual or automated optimization workflows. The feature is available in all Regions where Compute Optimizer Automation is provided.

⚡ AWS announced that AWS Observability is now available as a Kiro Power, enabling AI agent-assisted workflows to speed investigation of application and infrastructure health issues. The power packages four MCP servers—CloudWatch, Application Signals, CloudTrail, and AWS Documentation—to supply contextual observability, tracing, security signals, and references. It also provides automated gap analysis to identify missing instrumentation and eight steering guides to accelerate incident response and observability improvements.