{"company":{"name":"AWS","slug":"aws","website":"https://aws.com","category":"cloud-hosting"},"question":"What has AWS shipped recently?","answer":"In the last 30 days, AWS shipped 18 tracked updates. The most recent was \"All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS\" on 2026-10-06.","window":{"days":30,"updateCount":18,"returned":18},"generatedAt":"2026-10-08T09:29:31.520Z","updates":[{"title":"All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS","summary":"AWS powered Amazon Prime Day 2026 (June 23–26) with record-breaking metrics across multiple services, including 49% of EC2 compute via AWS Graviton, 2.3 trillion Lambda invocations/day, and DynamoDB processing 59 trillion requests. CloudFront delivered 2.1 trillion HTTP requests, while ElastiCache peaked at 2.3 quadrillion daily requests.","date":"2026-10-06","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"technical","signalTypeLabel":"Technical","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/all-the-numbers-amazon-prime-day-2026-powered-by-aws/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, Q3 service availability updates, Kiro workflows, and more (October 5, 2026)","summary":"AWS introduced Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, enabling OpenAI model-based agents to run natively within AWS with existing identity, permissions, and governance controls. Users can choose self-hosted compute or the new AgentCore Runtime for managed sessions. AWS also expanded Amazon Bedrock with additional frontier models to broaden model selection.","date":"2026-10-05","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-bedrock-managed-agents-powered-by-openai-q3-service-availability-updates-kiro-workflows-and-more-october-5-2026/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Announcing AWS Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered intelligence to optimize your cloud environment (preview)","summary":"AWS introduced the Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered service in public preview that analyzes cloud environments to deliver contextual recommendations for cost, security, performance, and resilience. It automates architecture reviews, generates prioritized remediation steps, and integrates with IaC tools like Terraform and CDK, with API access for workflow automation.","date":"2026-10-01","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-aws-well-architected-agent-an-ai-powered-intelligence-to-optimize-your-cloud-environment-preview/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Amazon S3 Tables now support all Apache Iceberg V3 data types","summary":"AWS announced full support for Apache Iceberg V3 data types in Amazon S3 Tables, including variant, nanosecond timestamps, geometry, geography, and unknown types. The update enables native handling of semi-structured and geospatial data, faster row-level operations via deletion vectors, and built-in row lineage for governance. Existing V2 tables can be upgraded in place with no data rewrite.","date":"2026-09-30","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-tables-now-support-all-apache-iceberg-v3-data-types/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre-filtering for higher recall on filtered searches","summary":"AWS introduced metadata pre-filtering for Amazon S3 Vectors, enabling filtered queries to evaluate metadata constraints before similarity searches. This improves recall by up to 5x on selective filters without additional cost or re-ingestion. The feature supports up to 2 KB of filterable metadata per vector and 100 filter constraints per query, with prefix matching via $startsWith for hierarchical keys.","date":"2026-09-30","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-vectors-now-supports-metadata-pre-filtering-for-higher-recall-on-filtered-searches/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake","summary":"AWS announced Aurora PostgreSQL can now directly query Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in data lakes without ETL, using familiar PostgreSQL tools. The feature integrates DuckDB for efficient query processing, supports Iceberg REST Catalog-compatible systems, and allows joining operational and archival data in a single query. Optimizations like predicate pushdown and caching improve performance, and materialization options are available for low-latency needs.","date":"2026-09-30","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-postgresql-now-supports-direct-querying-of-apache-iceberg-and-parquet-data-in-your-data-lake/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Celebrating Our Newest AWS Heroes – September 2026","summary":"AWS announced three new Heroes in September 2026: Avinash Shashikant Dalvi (serverless/container expert in Bengaluru), Joanne Skiles (serverless/AI educator in Orlando), and Xiaofei Li (community leader in Shanghai). Each brings unique expertise in serverless, AI, and regional community growth.","date":"2026-09-30","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"community_engagement","signalTypeLabel":"Community","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/celebrating-our-newest-aws-heroes-september-2026/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS Weekly Roundup: GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Claude Opus 5.5 on Amazon Bedrock, Strands harness, and more (September 28, 2026)","summary":"AWS introduced three new AI models to Amazon Bedrock: GPT-6 Sol and Luna from OpenAI, and Claude Opus 5.5 from Anthropic. These models target different use cases—development/operations, high-volume tasks, and agentic coding—with improved pricing and efficiency. The updates also highlight observability tools adapting to agentic workflows.","date":"2026-09-28","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-gpt-6-sol-and-luna-claude-opus-5-5-on-amazon-bedrock-strands-harness-and-more-september-28-2026/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Introducing enhanced custom event buses in Amazon EventBridge for enterprise-scale event-driven applications","summary":"AWS introduced an enhanced custom event bus in Amazon EventBridge to simplify event-driven architectures across multi-account organizations. The new bus enables a single, centralized event backbone with ordering guarantees, a unified Subscriber resource, and a new pricing model that replaces cross-account routing charges. Existing workloads remain unaffected.","date":"2026-09-24","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-enhanced-custom-event-buses-in-amazon-eventbridge-for-enterprise-scale-event-driven-applications/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Introducing Amazon CloudWatch Omni: collaborative AI-powered observability for your applications","summary":"AWS introduced CloudWatch Omni, an AI-powered observability experience that organizes telemetry around applications rather than infrastructure components. The feature integrates existing CloudWatch data, supports OpenTelemetry, and introduces Amazon DevOps Agent to assist in incident investigations. Teams access Omni via a dedicated URL with enterprise SSO, eliminating the need for AWS Console access.","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-cloudwatch-omni-collaborative-ai-powered-observability-for-your-applications/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Introducing Amazon CloudWatch Omni: AI-powered observability for generative AI and agentic workloads","summary":"AWS introduced CloudWatch Omni, a unified AI-powered observability solution for generative AI and agentic workloads, now generally available. It provides app-centric, IDE-integrated tracing, evaluation, and experimentation across any model provider or framework, with a standalone web experience for operators. Built-in evaluators and trace comparison tools address non-deterministic agent behavior, while open standards (OpenInference, ADOT) and third-party integrations (Braintrust, DeepEval, Ragas) ensure compatibility.","date":"2026-09-22","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":null,"signalTypeLabel":null,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-cloudwatch-omni-ai-powered-observability-for-generative-ai-and-agentic-workloads/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Builder Center mobile apps, Amazon Connect Talent GA, Amazon Corretto 27, and more (September 21, 2026)","summary":"AWS introduced a mobile app for AWS Builder Center on iOS and Android, enabling users to access trending articles, 600+ Skill Builder courses, workshops, and community features via AWS Builder ID. New in-app polls allow community questions with live voting, and the Zero to Shipped hackathon (Sept 18–Oct 2) offers a $28,000 prize pool for AWS-based app submissions.","date":"2026-09-21","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-aws-builder-center-mobile-apps-amazon-connect-talent-ga-amazon-corretto-27-and-more-september-14-2026/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"New low-cost burstable Amazon EC2 T8i instances are generally available","summary":"AWS announced general availability of EC2 T8i instances, powered by custom sixth-gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Granite Rapids). These burstable instances deliver up to 30% better price performance than T3 predecessors and target low-to-moderate CPU workloads like microservices, dev/test, and small databases. T8i instances are available in 14 global regions with Free Tier options for micro/small sizes.","date":"2026-09-17","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"product_launch","signalTypeLabel":"Launch","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-low-cost-burstable-amazon-ec2-t8i-instances-are-generally-available/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS Elastic Beanstalk introduces Cluster Mode","summary":"AWS Elastic Beanstalk introduced Cluster Mode, a fully-managed feature that deploys, scales, and maintains multiple applications on shared Amazon EKS infrastructure. This reduces per-application costs and operational complexity for teams managing portfolios of apps, while maintaining the same operational guarantees across stacks.","date":"2026-09-17","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-introduces-cluster-mode/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS reimagines the getting started experience","summary":"AWS introduced a streamlined getting-started experience for new builders, prioritizing AI workflows. Users sign up via Google, GitHub, or Apple, skip credit card requirements initially, and receive $100 in free credits. Projects are pre-configured with sensible defaults, automated IAM permissions, and optional spend limits to prevent cost overruns. Advanced AWS features can be activated without migration when scaling needs arise.","date":"2026-09-16","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-reimagines-the-getting-started-experience/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Quick desktop GA, Kiro for students, and more (September 14, 2026)","summary":"AWS announced the general availability of OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock, offering deeper reasoning, professional writing, and advanced computer/browser use with a 1M-token context window. The model integrates via Bedrock APIs or ChatGPT Work/Codex, with new enterprise plugins for browser-use capabilities. AWS also launched Amazon Quick desktop in GA.","date":"2026-09-14","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-openai-gpt-6-astra-on-amazon-bedrock-amazon-quick-desktop-ga-kiro-for-students-and-more-september-14-2026/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones across AWS accounts","summary":"AWS extended Amazon EBS Volume Clones to support copying volumes across AWS accounts, enabling secure data sharing for development and testing. Users can re-encrypt shared volumes with a target account's KMS key and manage access via AWS RAM. The feature is available in all EBS-supported regions.","date":"2026-09-09","dateIsEstimated":false,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-ebs-volume-clones-across-aws-accounts/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"},{"title":"How AWS Built a Live AI-Powered Vertical Video Capability for Fox Sports with AWS Elemental Inference","summary":"AWS built a live AI-powered vertical video capability for Fox Sports using AWS Elemental Inference, automating key moment detection, vertical reformatting, and distribution within 20–30 seconds of live events. The solution integrates AWS Elemental MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaConvert, and a serverless backend to streamline highlight creation and social media distribution.","date":"2026-09-09","dateIsEstimated":true,"signalType":"feature_update","signalTypeLabel":"Feature","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/how-aws-built-a-live-ai-powered-vertical-video-capability-for-fox-sports-with-aws-elemental-inference/","publisher":"aws.amazon.com"}],"attribution":{"source":"Spyingbee","url":"https://spyingbee.com/updates/aws","citation":"Spyingbee, \"AWS updates\", https://spyingbee.com/updates/aws (retrieved 2026-10-08)"}}