This week: DynamoDB global tables now replicate across multiple AWS accounts for stronger fault isolation, IAM Identity Center adds multi-region replication for resilient single sign-on, and new EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances deliver up to 43% higher performance. Plus CloudFront mutual TLS for origins, Connect voice testing APIs, and cost reductions for Network Firewall.
Compute
- EC2 C8id/M8id/R8id: GA, 43% faster, 3x memory bandwidth vs gen6
- Lightsail: Memory-optimized bundles up to 512GB RAM
Containers & Orchesttic
- ECS: Linear/canary deployments for NLB (TCP/UDP workloads)
- EKS: Pod Identity integration for add-ons in GovCloud
- Batch: Unmanaged compute on EKS; array job status in ListJobs API
Database
- DynamoDB: Global tables replicate across accounts (not just regions)
- Aurora DSQL: Indexes on NUMERIC columns
- RDS MySQL: 8.0.45 and 8.4.8 support
- RDS Console: Redesigned with code snippets, CloudShell access
Security & Identity
- IAM Identity Center: Multi-region replication for SSO resilience
- STS: Validates OIDC claims from Google, GitHub, CircleCI, OCI
- Multi-party approval: OTP verification required for votes
- CloudFront: Mutual TLS for origin authentication
- Security Groups: Single tab shows all dependent resources
AI/ML
- SageMaker JumpStart: 4 NVIDIA NIMs (ProteinMPNN, Cosmos), DeepSeek OCR, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 VL, Cartesia Sonic 3 TTS
- EC2 Capacity Blocks: Cross-account sharing via RAM
Analytics
- Redshift: Autonomics work across multi-cluster environments
- Glue: Native REST API connector
- QuickSight: Fix ambiguous map locations in-visual
Networking
- Network Firewall: NAT Gateway discounts expanded; TLS inspection charges removed
End User & Developer
- WorkSpaces: 12 new G6 graphics bundles
- WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom domain support
- Builder ID: Apple Account sign-in
- Console: Account name in nav bar
Other
- HealthImaging: JPEG XL lossy compression
- Connect: Voice testing APIs; agent evaluation appeals
- Config: 30 new resource types
- Bedrock AgentCore Browser: Reusable browser profiles
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