AWS News Apr 06 - Apr 12

This week: S3 Files transforms buckets into fully-featured file systems accessible from EC2, Lambda, and containers without data duplication. Lambda response streaming reaches all commercial regions for faster LLM apps, and Cost Explorer adds natural language queries powered by Amazon Q. Plus Bedrock's Claude Mythos Preview for cybersecurity and EKS warm pools for rapid scaling.

Storage

• S3 Files: Mount buckets as file systems on EC2/Lambda/containers, EFS-backed low-latency
• S3: SSE-C disabled by default for new buckets;
• S3 Lifecycle: Auto-pauses expiration on failed replication objects

AI/ML

• Bedrock: Claude Mythos Preview (gated); IAM user/role cost tracking
• Bedrock AgentCore Browser: OS-level automation (mouse, keyboard, system dialogs)
• Cost Explorer: Natural language queries via Amazon Q
• SageMaker Studio: Serverless Apache Airflow workflows; notebook import/export

Compute

• Lambda: Response streaming now in all commercial regions (200MB payloads)
• EKS: Warm pools for managed node groups
• EC2 Capacity Manager: Tag-based metric grouping (5 custom keys)

Database

• RDS Blue/Green: Proxy integration for faster switchover
• RDS Oracle: M8i/R8i instances (15% better price-perf); Oracle Management Agent 24.1
• RDS SQL Server: Latest CU/security patches (2 CVEs)
• Aurora PostgreSQL: Versions 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, 14.22
• OpenSearch Serverless: Zstandard compression (32% smaller indexes)
• OpenSearch: Graviton4 i8ge instances (60% better compute); unified observability

Networking & Security

• ACM: Search certificates by domain/ARN/status
• Transfer Family: IPv6 support for SFTP/AS2 connectors
• Route 53 GovCloud: DNS delegation for private hosted zones
• Private CA: Custom RAM permissions for cross-account sharing

Developer Tools

• Smithy-Java GA: Type-safe clients, Java 21 virtual threads
• Greengrass SDK: C/C++/Rust support (<0.5MB vs 30MB)
• Verified Permissions: Human-readable policy store aliases

End User Computing

• WorkSpaces: Unique DNS per PrivateLink endpoint; AI-powered Advisor

Other

• Braket: Rigetti 108-qubit processor
• IVS: Redundant ingest with failover
• Backup: FSx support in 5 new regions
• CloudWatch Pipelines: Conditional processing, keep-original for compliance

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