This week: EventBridge quadruples payload limits to 1MB, EKS adds Kubernetes 1.35 with in-place pod resource updates, and S3 lets you change encryption types without moving data. Plus Network Firewall gains AI traffic filtering, GameLift scales to zero, and new Deployment Agent SOPs take web apps from prototype to production with a single prompt.
Compute & Containers
- EKS 1.35: In-place pod resource updates, local traffic distribution, image volumes for AI models
- GameLift Servers: Auto-scale to/from zero instances, eliminates idle costs
- Lambda: Enhanced Kafka observability with CloudWatch logs/metrics for MSK
Storage & Database
- S3: Change encryption type without moving data via Update Object Encryption API
- EventBridge: 1MB event payloads (4x increase)
- DynamoDB: Global tables integrate with Fault Injection Service for resilience testing
- RDS: R6id/R6gd instances in more regions; Graviton up to 40% better perf
- RDS Oracle: Cross-region replicas with multi-volume support, up to 256 TiB
- Keyspaces: Table pre-warming for traffic spikes
AI & ML
- Bedrock: 1-hour prompt cache TTL for Claude (was 5 min)
- Bedrock: Server-side custom tools via Responses API, Lambda integration
- SageMaker Unified Studio: PrivateLink support for private data traffic
Security & Networking
- Network Firewall: GenAI traffic filtering with web categories
- IAM Identity Center: IPv6 dual-stack endpoints
- Cognito: Lambda triggers to transform federated user attributes
- Lightsail: IMDSv2 enforced by default on Node.js/LAMP/Ruby blueprints
Management & Developer Tools
- Deployment Agent SOPs: Natural language to production via MCP Server
- Connect Cases: Tag-based access control
- Deadline Cloud: Edit job names/descriptions post-submission
- ECS: Container health status as CloudWatch metric
End User & Partner
- WorkSpaces Personal: Advanced printer redirection (duplex, stapling, trays)
- WorkSpaces Core: Monthly flat-rate pricing option
- GameLift Streams: 6 new regions (EU, SA, India, Asia)
- Transfer Family: FSx for NetApp ONTAP support
- Partner Revenue Measurement: Track solution-driven consumption
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