AWS Secrets Manager console now allows you to specify a custom customer managed AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key when creating secrets. You can now provide a KMS key Amazon Resource Name (ARN) directly in the console, in addition to…

Amazon CloudWatch announces Query Studio in public preview, a unified query and visualization experience that brings native PromQL querying to CloudWatch for the first time. Query Studio combines PromQL and CloudWatch Metric Insights in a single interface, enabling you to…

Amazon CloudWatch introduces Container Insights with OpenTelemetry metrics for Amazon EKS, available in public preview. Building on the existing Container Insights experience, this capability provides deeper visibility into EKS clusters by collecting more metrics from widely adopted open source and…

Amazon ElastiCache Serverless now supports IPv6 and dual stack connectivity, expanding beyond the IPv4 connectivity that was previously available. This gives you greater flexibility in how your applications connect to your Serverless caches. When creating an ElastiCache Serverless cache, you can now choose from three network type options —…

Amazon Lightsail now offers compute-optimized instance bundles with up to 72 vCPUs. The new instance bundles are available in 7 sizes with both IPv6-only and dual-stack networking types. All Lightsail blueprints are supported with compute-optimized instance bundles, including Linux and…

Amazon WorkSpaces Applications now enables instances in multi-session fleets to stop accepting new user sessions, while allowing existing sessions to continue uninterrupted. This capability, known as drain mode, ensures seamless operations during maintenance, scaling, or system updates. Multi-session fleets allow…