This week: New Graviton5-powered M9g instances deliver 25% better compute with mathematically proven workload isolation, Claude Fable 5 brings autonomous AI agents to Bedrock, and Amazon Q now explains your cost anomalies and spending patterns in plain language. Plus Lambda Managed Instances hit most regions, CloudWatch Logs gets 23 new query commands, and VPC Flow Logs now captures resource tags directly.
Analytics & Data
- Redshift: Snapshot billing now based on unique blocks, not total size
- Aurora DSequel: JSONB support with default compression
- DocumentDB 5.0.1: New aggregation operators, command-level CloudWatch metrics
- Aurora PostgreSQL 18.3: B-tree skip scans, parallel large transaction replication
- OpenSearch: MCP Apps for AI agents to query logs/traces/metrics
Compute
- EC2 M9g/M9gd: Graviton5, 25% better performance, first Nitro Isolation Engine
- EC2 M8i/R8i: Bare metal sizes with 600Gbps network, 300Gbps EBS
- Lambda Managed Instances: EC2 pricing models for steady-state workloads
- ECS Managed Daemons: Inter-task visibility via pid/ipc mode settings
AI/ML
- Bedrock: Claude Fable 5 (Mythos-class), Gemma 4 family (3 variants, 256K context)
- SageMaker: Serverless fine-tuning for Nemotron 3 Nano (30B params)
- EMR Serverless: Spark Connect interactive sessions
- QuickSight: Snowflake Cortex AI integration via MCP
Cost & Observtic
- Cost Anomaly Detection: Amazon Q explains spending with CloudTrail correlation
- Cost Explorer: Q Developer integration for one-click spend analysis
- Compute Optimizer: Idle detection for 6 more services (DynamoDB, ElastiCache, etc.)
- Savings Plans Analyzer: Set coverage targets, compare scenarios
- CUR 2.0: Update table configs without recreating exports
Observability
- CloudWatch Logs Insights: 23 new commands (hash, CSV/XML parsing, histograms)
- VPC Flow Logs: EC2 tags and next-hop metadata captured directly
- Application Signals: Health-ranked service maps, infra/logs/traces tabs
- Prometheus: Native histograms, out-of-order sample ingestion
Migration & Management
- Application Migration Service: Renamed to Transform MGN
- Lake Formation: S3 file access using table permissions
- Workload Credentials Provider: Open source cert/secrets automation
- MWAA Serverless: EventBridge events for workflow state changes
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