In November 2024, Amazon OpenSearch Service announced Extended Support for legacy Elasticsearch and OpenSearch engine versions (see also the detailed blog post). Since that announcement, many customers have upgraded to newer versions. However, some customers need more time to plan…

Amazon Cognito is now available as a core skill (aws-auth) in the Agent Toolkit for AWS. AI coding agents using the toolkit can now set up, configure, secure, and troubleshoot Amazon Cognito using best-practice workflows, helping developers implement secure sign-in…

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now lets you create and manage your own backups and restore your data on demand. You can trigger one-time, on-demand backups, schedule automated recurring backups at the frequency and retention you choose, and restore a backup…

Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 additional Amazon EC2 instance types for managed EC2 fleets and managed container fleets. Amazon GameLift Servers is a fully managed service that enables game developers and studios to deploy, operate, and scale dedicated game…