# AWS News Blog Announcements, Updates, and Launches This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## AWS reimagines the getting started experience DevFeed: [AWS reimagines the getting started experience]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Micah Walter Published: 2026-09-16T17:50:14Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [AWS IAM](), [configuration](), [App]() Tags: [announcements](), [aws](), [aws-management-console](), [configuration](), [developers](), [free](), [getting-started](), [launch](), [news](), [permissions](), [project](), [team]() ### AI overview AWS announces a simplified getting-started experience with sensible defaults, managed project environments, simplified permissions, and $100 in Free Tier credits for most new customers. Customers can later activate advanced AWS features without migrating. ### Source excerpt AWS has reimagined the getting started experience with smart and sensible defaults to help developers get started fast so that they can focus on building. New customers can sign up and get started right away with $100 in Free Tier credits, managed project environments, and simplified team and resource permissions. If their workload evolves, customers can activate advanced features to access the full breadth and depth of AWS in one step, with no migration required. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Quick desktop GA, Kiro for students, and more (September 14, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Quick desktop GA, Kiro for students, and more (September 14, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Micah Walter Published: 2026-09-14T15:56:33Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Bedrock](), [Frontier Model](), [OpenAI](), [context window](), [browser](), [ChatGPT](), [codex](), [macOS](), [Windows](), [Mobile]() Tags: [agents](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [amazon](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs](), [amazon-opensearch-service](), [amazon-quick-suite](), [aws](), [aws-lambda](), [aws-outposts](), [aws-transform](), [bedrock](), [browser](), [chatgpt](), [codex](), [context-window](), [frontier-model](), [google-play](), [gpt](), [kiro](), [launch](), [macos](), [mobile](), [openai](), [week-in-review](), [windows]() ### AI overview This AWS Weekly Roundup highlights the general availability of OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, describing its reasoning, writing, design, computer-use, browser-use, and million-token context-window capabilities. It also covers the Amazon Quick desktop app for macOS and Windows, including synchronized conversations and agents across desktop and mobile, plus other AWS launches and updates. ### Source excerpt There's a particular energy to mid-September in New York. Pumpkin spice lattes are flowing, temperatures are dropping, and it's nearly sweater weather. The city is back at full speed, and so is the AWS launch calendar. This week that energy showed up in a new frontier model on Amazon Bedrock, a desktop app for Amazon [...] ## Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones across AWS accounts DevFeed: [Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones across AWS accounts]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-09-09T22:01:47Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [Encryption](), [Model Context Protocol]() Tags: [amazon](), [amazon-elastic-block-store-amazon-ebs](), [apis](), [availability](), [aws](), [development](), [encryption](), [launch](), [mcp](), [mcp-server](), [news](), [production](), [storage]() ### AI overview AWS introduces cross-account Amazon EBS Volume Clones, allowing point-in-time copies of EBS volumes in other AWS accounts with optional re-encryption using a customer-managed AWS KMS key in the target account. ### Source excerpt AWS introduces Amazon EBS Volume Clones with cross-account copy, so you can create copies of your EBS volumes into other AWS accounts and optionally re-encrypt them with an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key in the target account. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Fable 5.1 on AWS, Amazon Linux 2027 preview, AWS Certified AI Business Strategist, and more (September 7, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Fable 5.1 on AWS, Amazon Linux 2027 preview, AWS Certified AI Business Strategist, and more (September 7, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-09-07T14:24:08Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Claude](), [Amazon Bedrock](), [anthropic](), [Amazon EC2](), [Operating system]() Tags: [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-redshift](), [anthropic](), [aws](), [aws-lambda](), [aws-training-and-certification](), [claude](), [linux](), [news](), [security-identity-compliance](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS's weekly roundup announces Claude Fable 5.1 availability through Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS, including retention and safety-review details for Covered Models. It also highlights the Amazon Linux 2027 public preview and EC2 R9g/R9gd memory-optimized instances. ### Source excerpt Last week, Claude Fable 5.1 became available on AWS. According to Anthropic, Claude Fable 5.1 delivers frontier intelligence for ambitious tasks across coding, scientific research, and enterprise workflows. Claude Fable 5.1 is built for long-running, high-stakes work that runs for hours and spans many applications. It can own more of a software project on its [...] ## Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now generally available DevFeed: [Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now generally available]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Daniel Abib Published: 2026-08-31T19:53:34Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon EC2](), [cpu](), [networking]() Tags: [amazon-ec2](), [announcements](), [aws](), [big-data](), [cache](), [compute](), [databases](), [graviton](), [hardware](), [launch](), [memory](), [networking](), [news](), [nitro-isolation-engine](), [nitro-system](), [performance](), [storage]() ### AI overview Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd memory-optimized instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are generally available. The release highlights higher compute performance, faster memory, larger cache, increased network and EBS bandwidth, and local NVMe SSD storage for R9gd. ### Source excerpt Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 are now generally available, delivering up to 25% better compute performance than R8g, ideal for databases, in-memory caches, and real-time analytics. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Daniel Abib Published: 2026-08-31T14:45:25Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [data](), [Amazon S3](), [Amazon Redshift](), [Node.js]() Tags: [acquisition](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-elastic-container-service](), [amazon-gamelift](), [amazon-redshift](), [amazon-s3](), [amazon-sagemaker](), [amazon-sagemaker-ai](), [analytics](), [announcements](), [aws](), [aws-fargate](), [aws-glue](), [aws-iot-core](), [aws-lambda](), [database](), [duckdb](), [json](), [news](), [node-js](), [open-source](), [parquet](), [python](), [sql](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS weekly roundup covering the planned acquisition of DuckLabs, the company behind DuckDB, alongside Amazon ECS recovery updates and AWS Lambda preview runtimes for Node.js 26 and Python 3.15. ### Source excerpt The news that interested me the most last week was the DuckLabs acquisition. AWS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB, the popular open source analytical database that runs in-process and executes SQL directly against files like Parquet, CSV, and JSON. DuckDB stays open source under its independent foundation [...] ## Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2 DevFeed: [Happy 20th Birthday, Amazon EC2]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-08-25T16:11:02Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon EC2](), [Inference Performance]() Tags: [ai-inference](), [amazon-cloudwatch](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-ec2-mac-instances](), [apple](), [aws](), [aws-inferentia](), [aws-local-zones](), [aws-outposts](), [aws-trainium](), [cloud](), [cloud-computing](), [general](), [generative-ai](), [graviton](), [infrastructure](), [intel](), [linux](), [news](), [nitro-system](), [performance]() ### AI overview AWS marks Amazon EC2's 20th anniversary by reviewing its evolution from a single Linux virtual-server instance to a global service with more than 1,200 instance types. The article highlights foundational services, expanded deployment options, and AWS-designed silicon for AI inference and training. ### Source excerpt On the 20th Anniversary, we recognize how AWS has continued to push the boundaries of what cloud computing can deliver, building custom silicon for general-purpose and AI workloads and expanding EC2 into new form factors and deployment models that our customers in 2006 could not have imagined. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Esra Kayabali Published: 2026-08-24T16:20:15Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [AWS Local Zones](), [Amazon EC2](), [Availability](), [Cloud](), [Amazon Elastic Container Service](), [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service]() Tags: [2026](), [amazon](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-eks](), [amazon-workspaces](), [announcements](), [availability](), [aws](), [aws-cloudshell](), [aws-glue](), [aws-local-zones](), [cloud](), [education](), [launch](), [news](), [resources](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview This AWS Weekly Roundup highlights Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, which gives verified higher-education students access to premium AWS Skill Builder resources and awards AWS Credits and a certification exam voucher for earning badges. It also covers a new AWS Local Zone in Las Vegas, an additional Availability Zone in the Europe (London) Region, and batch instance termination support for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. The supplied article text ends mid-sentence, so the summary covers only the available content. ### Source excerpt During my time at AWS, I have always looked for opportunities to work with students. I have delivered over 50 talks at universities across the region, and watching the potential in the room is always a strong motivator. It reminds me of why I do this work, and that the students I meet today may [...] ## AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support DevFeed: [AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-08-21T18:53:26Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Apache Iceberg](), [Amazon Web Services](), [Apache Spark](), [Python](), [Scala](), [Geographic Information System](), [Internet of things]() Tags: [analytics](), [apache](), [apache-iceberg](), [aws](), [aws-glue](), [launch](), [news](), [performance](), [pricing](), [python-3-13](), [real-time](), [release](), [scala](), [spark](), [streaming]() ### AI overview AWS Glue 6.0 is generally available with 30% lower pricing, a modernized Spark 4.1 runtime, Python 3.13 and Scala 2.13 support, and full Apache Iceberg v3 support. The release adds improved handling of semi-structured data, declarative ETL pipelines, faster PySpark execution, and real-time streaming with single-digit millisecond latency. ### Source excerpt AWS Glue 6.0 is built on a fully modernized runtime, Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.13, and Scala 2.13, delivering 30% lower pricing than previous AWS Glue versions. ## In the works: AWS Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo DevFeed: [In the works: AWS Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-08-18T13:58:41Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [coding-community](), [Cloud](), [Generative AI]() Tags: [aws](), [aws-loft](), [brazil](), [collaboration](), [community](), [developers](), [europe](), [events](), [networking](), [news](), [workshops]() ### AI overview AWS plans to open permanent Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo. The community spaces will provide free workshops, networking, collaboration, co-working, content creation, and event-hosting opportunities for developers, students, and technology professionals. ### Source excerpt Each location will be a permanent community space to offer free workshops, networking events, pitch nights, content creation spaces, collaboration/co-working areas, and event hosting for developers, students, or tech professionals who want to walk through the doors. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: EC2 application status checks, IAM role manager, OpenAI Daybreak on Bedrock, and more (August 17, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: EC2 application status checks, IAM role manager, OpenAI Daybreak on Bedrock, and more (August 17, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-08-17T16:02:36Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [Amazon EC2](), [AWS IAM](), [Amazon OpenSearch Service](), [Open Source](), [Amazon Bedrock](), [Linux](), [OpenAI](), [MCP]() Tags: [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-elasticache](), [amazon-opensearch-service](), [amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart](), [aws](), [aws-certificate-manager](), [aws-client-vpn](), [aws-identity-and-access-management-iam](), [bedrock](), [iam](), [linux](), [mcp](), [news](), [open-source](), [openai](), [oracle-database-aws](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS Weekly Roundup highlights EC2 application status checks, automatic IAM role setup, OpenAI Daybreak on Amazon Bedrock, and updates involving OpenSearch, Valkey, and open source community events. ### Source excerpt Last week, AWS contributors joined the OpenSearch and Valkey communities at Open Source Summit Korea 2026 and MCP DevSummit Seoul 2026 to meet open source developers and contributors. At the four-day event, community leaders and users of these Linux Foundation open source projects gathered to share knowledge, collaborate on solutions, and push the projects forward. [...] ## AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Heroes Summit, Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, Dogwood, Kiro Crew, and more (August 10, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Heroes Summit, Web Search on Amazon Bedrock, Dogwood, Kiro Crew, and more (August 10, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-08-10T15:45:03Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Bedrock](), [Amazon Web Services](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Amazon Bedrock AgentCore](), [Amazon DynamoDB](), [AWS Transform](), [Embeddings](), [Containers](), [Serverless](), [Mainframe](), [OpenAI]() Tags: [ai](), [amazon](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-bedrock-agentcore](), [amazon-dynamodb](), [applications](), [aws](), [aws-lambda](), [aws-transform](), [bedrock](), [containers](), [embeddings](), [kiro](), [modernization](), [news](), [open-source](), [product](), [serverless](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview This AWS Weekly Roundup covers the AWS Heroes Summit and selected launches, including web search for OpenAI models in Amazon Bedrock, dedicated runtime instances for agents in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, vector search in Amazon DynamoDB, and general availability of AWS Transform continuous modernization. ### Source excerpt Last week, we brought together AWS Heroes from around the world to connect, collaborate, and celebrate the builders who go above and beyond for the AWS community. The AWS Heroes Summit, an invite-only annual gathering, brings global experts specializing in fields like AI, serverless, and containers together for direct collaboration, technical deep-dives, and feedback sessions [...] ## Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore DevFeed: [Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Sébastien Stormacq Published: 2026-08-06T22:58:00Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Bedrock](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Amazon EC2](), [Amazon Web Services](), [GPU](), [observability]() Tags: [agents](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [amazon](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-bedrock-agentcore](), [apis](), [aws](), [bedrock](), [compute](), [developers](), [framework](), [infrastructure](), [launch](), [memory](), [model](), [monitoring](), [news](), [os](), [production](), [storage](), [tools]() ### AI overview Amazon Bedrock AgentCore runtime instances provide persistent, AWS-managed EC2 infrastructure for production AI agents. The feature supports multi-agent collaboration, shared sessions lasting up to 14 days, GPU acceleration, containerized deployments, session stop/restart, and integration with EBS, AgentCore Memory, existing APIs, identity controls, and observability. ### Source excerpt Announcing runtime instances in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore--persistent, managed EC2 infrastructure for production AI agents with multi-agent collaboration, GPU support, and sessions lasting up to 14 days. ## Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale DevFeed: [Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Esra Kayabali Published: 2026-08-05T14:45:10Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [AI search](), [AI, ML & Data Engineering](), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)]() Tags: [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-dynamodb](), [announcements](), [api](), [artificial-intelligence](), [database](), [embeddings](), [generative-ai](), [latency](), [launch](), [news](), [openai](), [real-time](), [retrieval-augmented-generation](), [scale](), [search](), [serverless](), [vector]() ### AI overview Amazon DynamoDB has added generally available native vector search, allowing embeddings and operational data to be stored and queried together. The feature provides similarity-ranked results with configurable dimensions, distance functions, and filters, without a separate vector database or synchronization pipeline. ### Source excerpt DynamoDB now supports native vector search with single-digit millisecond latency at 99%+ recall. It is designed for any scale, even trillions of vectors and requires zero infrastructure management. ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Price reduction of GPT models in Bedrock, CloudWatch managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, and more (August 3, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Price reduction of GPT models in Bedrock, CloudWatch managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, and more (August 3, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Micah Walter Published: 2026-08-03T16:12:30Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [AI, ML & Data Engineering](), [telemetry](), [networking](), [Amazon EC2](), [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service](), [Amazon OpenSearch Service]() Tags: [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-cloudwatch](), [amazon-s3-tables](), [aws](), [aws-iam-identity-center](), [bedrock](), [cloud-networking](), [gpt](), [inference](), [observability](), [openai](), [prometheus](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS weekly roundup covering lower Amazon Bedrock pricing for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models, managed Prometheus metric collection in CloudWatch, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure connectivity through AWS Interconnect. ### Source excerpt Last week I had the joy of participating in Amazon's "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" with my 7 year old son. We commuted together into the New York City office, his first real rush hour train ride, and spent the day exploring how Amazon uses AI, machine learning, and robotics to deliver packages to [...] ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda durable execution for .NET, and more (July 27, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Local Zone in Athens, Claude Opus 5 on AWS, Lambda durable execution for .NET, and more (July 27, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Daniel Abib Published: 2026-07-27T14:54:41Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [AWS Local Zones](), [Latency](), [Amazon Bedrock](), [Amazon EC2](), [Amazon S3](), [Claude](), [cloud-infrastructure](), [Amazon Elastic Container Service](), [anthropic](), [data-governance]() Tags: [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-bedrock-agentcore](), [amazon-connect](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-s3](), [amazon-sagemaker-ai](), [announcements](), [anthropic](), [aws](), [aws-lambda](), [aws-local-zones](), [claude](), [data-governance](), [latency](), [news](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview An AWS weekly roundup covering a new Local Zone in Athens, Greece, and selected AWS launches and updates, including Claude Opus 5 on Amazon Bedrock. The article highlights local data processing, data residency, low latency, and infrastructure for regional workloads. ### Source excerpt Last week I had the privilege of spending three days in São Paulo with technical builders from across Latin America, brought together for a regional tech event full of deep-dive sessions, hands-on workshops, and conversations with customers and partners. What struck me most wasn't any single session, it was the energy of a technical community [...] ## AWS Weekly Roundup: One-click Lambda setup prompt, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Bedrock, and more (July 20, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: One-click Lambda setup prompt, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Bedrock, and more (July 20, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-07-20T16:37:34Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [AI-assisted coding](), [Amazon S3](), [cursor](), [GitHub Copilot]() Tags: [ai-agent](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-cognito](), [amazon-dynamodb](), [amazon-s3](), [amazon-simple-storage-service-s3](), [aws](), [aws-lambda](), [kiro](), [mcp](), [news](), [openai](), [serverless](), [strands-agents](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS weekly roundup covering a one-click Lambda prompt for configuring coding agents with serverless skills and an MCP server, OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock, and same-day Amazon S3 storage-class transitions. ### Source excerpt Last week, my team visited Seoul to meet AWS Korea User Group (AWSKRUG) leaders. AWSKRUG is the largest cloud developer community in Korea, with 20 meetup groups organized by topic and area that collectively host over 100 events each year, primarily in Seoul. My team regularly visits countries across the Asia-Pacific region, listens to feedback [...] ## Amazon SQS turns 20: Two decades of reliable messaging at scale DevFeed: [Amazon SQS turns 20: Two decades of reliable messaging at scale]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Esra Kayabali Published: 2026-07-13T18:13:57Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)](), [distributed-systems](), [Amazon Web Services](), [Encryption](), [Security](), [Availability]() Tags: [amazon](), [amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs](), [amazon-sqs](), [announcements](), [availability](), [distributed-systems](), [encryption](), [launch](), [messaging](), [news](), [performance](), [scale](), [security](), [systems](), [transactions]() ### AI overview Amazon SQS marks its 20th anniversary with a retrospective on reliable, asynchronous messaging and the decoupling of producers from consumers. The article highlights recent developments including higher-throughput FIFO queues, default server-side encryption, and dead-letter queue redrive enhancements. ### Source excerpt On July 13, 2006, we launched Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) as one of the first three services available to customers, alongside Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. We had learned firsthand that distributed systems need a reliable way to pass messages between components without creating tight dependencies. If one service called another directly and [...] ## AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Builder Center at 1 year, Network Scanning in Security Hub, Loom for AWS, and more (July 13, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Builder Center at 1 year, Network Scanning in Security Hub, Loom for AWS, and more (July 13, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Esra Kayabali Published: 2026-07-13T16:18:20Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Web Services](), [Security]() Tags: [agents](), [amazon-aurora](), [amazon-elastic-container-service](), [amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service](), [amazon-sagemaker](), [announcements](), [aws](), [aws-security-hub](), [community](), [ecosystem](), [github](), [hub](), [launch](), [linux](), [mcp](), [news](), [platform](), [sandbox](), [security](), [spaces](), [week-in-review](), [workshops]() ### AI overview AWS Weekly Roundup highlights the first anniversary of AWS Builder Center, including its expansion into sandbox environments, workshops, Spaces, community features, and the Builders' Library. It also covers the launch of Network Scanning in AWS Security Hub, which probes resources from the public internet to identify actual reachability, alongside other weekly AWS announcements. ### Source excerpt AWS Builder Center turned one year old last week. Launched on July 9, 2025, the platform has grown from a community hub with Wishlist voting, community profiles, and a toolbox into a full ecosystem with sandbox environments, workshops, Spaces, and a Builders' Library. To mark the anniversary, Rick Suttles published a full feature timeline covering [...] ## AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, AWS service availability updates, and more (July 6, 2026) DevFeed: [AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 5 on AWS, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, AWS service availability updates, and more (July 6, 2026)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Daniel Abib Published: 2026-07-06T15:46:43Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon WorkSpaces](), [Amazon EC2](), [AWS CloudFormation](), [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service](), [Kubernetes]() Tags: [ai-agents](), [amazon-bedrock](), [amazon-cloudwatch](), [amazon-ec2](), [amazon-eks](), [amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service](), [amazon-opensearch-service](), [amazon-sagemaker-ai](), [amazon-workspaces](), [aws](), [aws-certificate-manager](), [aws-cloudformation](), [claude](), [kubernetes](), [news](), [tls](), [week-in-review]() ### AI overview AWS weekly roundup covering Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents, Claude Sonnet 5 availability, service availability updates, and recent launches including EC2 instances, CloudFormation Express mode, EKS Kubernetes rollbacks, and ACM ACME support. ### Source excerpt A couple of editions ago I wrote about what I find so energizing about working with startups. Last week I got a fresh dose of it: I spent a few days with the AWS Startups team, listening to stories of founders talking about the problems they're actually solving. One story that stayed with me came [...] ## Upgrade Amazon EKS clusters with confidence using Kubernetes version rollbacks DevFeed: [Upgrade Amazon EKS clusters with confidence using Kubernetes version rollbacks]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Micah Walter Published: 2026-07-01T17:20:30Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service]() Tags: [amazon-eks](), [amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service](), [compute](), [feature](), [kubernetes](), [launch](), [news](), [safety]() ### AI overview Amazon EKS introduces Kubernetes version rollbacks, allowing administrators to reverse an upgrade to the prior version within seven days. The feature includes rollback-readiness checks for node compatibility and add-on dependencies. ### Source excerpt Learn how Kubernetes version rollbacks for Amazon EKS let you reverse cluster upgrades within seven days. This new feature provides a safety net for upgrade failures--no cluster rebuilds required--turning Kubernetes version upgrades into a reversible, low-risk operation. ## Accelerate your infrastructure deployments by up to 4x with AWS CloudFormation Express mode DevFeed: [Accelerate your infrastructure deployments by up to 4x with AWS CloudFormation Express mode]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Channy Yun (윤석찬) Published: 2026-06-30T21:30:33Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [AWS News Blog]() Topics: [AWS CloudFormation](), [Deployment](), [Amazon Web Services](), [Infrastructure as code](), [Command-line interface](), [AWS Management Console](), [Resilience](), [SDKs](), [Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)](), [AWS Lambda](), [Kiro]() Tags: [accelerate](), [agents](), [ai-tools](), [amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs](), [aws](), [aws-cloudformation](), [aws-lambda](), [aws-management-console](), [cli](), [cloudformation](), [deployment](), [developers](), [infrastructure](), [kiro](), [launch](), [management-tools](), [news](), [resilience](), [sdks](), [testing]() ### AI overview AWS CloudFormation Express mode accelerates infrastructure deployments by completing when resource configuration is applied instead of waiting for extended stabilization checks. The article describes use in iterative development, production scenarios, testing, and AI-assisted infrastructure workflows, with examples involving SQS and Lambda. ### Source excerpt AWS CloudFormation speeds up infrastructure deployment with Express mode, enabling AI agents and developers to receive deployment confirmation in seconds and iterate faster. Available in all commercial Regions at no additional cost.