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Amazon Lightsail now offers new Node.js, LAMP, and Ruby on Rails blueprints. These new blueprint have Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) enforced by default, and support IPv6-only instances. With just a few clicks, you can create a Lightsail virtual private server (VPS) of your preferred size with Node.js, LAMP, or Ruby on Rails preinstalled. With Lightsail, you can easily get started on the cloud by choosing a blueprint and an instance bundle to build your web application. Lightsail instance bundles include instances preinstalled with your preferred operating system, storage, and monthly data transfer allowance, giving you everything you need to get up and running quickly. These new blueprints are now available in all AWS Regions where Lightsail is available. For more information on blueprints supported on Light

Amazon Bedrock now supports a 1-hour time-to-live (TTL) option for prompt caching for select Anthropic Claude models. With this update, you can extend the persistence of cached prompt prefixes from the default 5 minutes to 1 hour, improving cost efficiency and performance for long-running agentic workflows and multi-turn conversations. Previously, cached content remained active for a fixed 5-minute window and refreshed when reused. With the new 1-hour TTL option, you can maintain context for users who interact less frequently, or for complex agents that require more time between steps—such as tool use, retrieval, and orchestration. The 1-hour TTL is also useful for longer sessions and batch processing where you want cached content to persist across extended periods. 1-hour TTL prompt caching is generally available for Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5, Claude Haiku 4.5, and Claude Opus 4.5 in all commercial

Amazon Managed Grafana is now available in both AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions, enabling government customers and regulated industries to securely visualize and analyze their operational data while meeting stringent compliance requirements. Amazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed service based on open-source Grafana that makes it easier for you to visualize and analyze your operational data at scale. All Amazon Managed Grafana features are supported in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions except for Enterprise plugins. To get started with Amazon Managed Grafana, visit the AWS Console and Amazon Managed Grafana user guide. To learn more about Amazon Managed Grafana, visit the product page and

AWS is announcing flexible billing for Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances, adding monthly flat-rate pricing alongside existing hourly billing. Customers can now choose the optimal pricing model based on their end user usage patterns. Monthly billing is ideal for predictable full-time desktops and hourly billing is ideal for variable usage patterns. Both options are pay-as-you-go with no long-term commitments. Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances simplifies virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) migrations with highly customizable instance configurations. WorkSpaces Core managed instances provisions resources in your AWS account, handling infrastructure lifecycle management for both persistent and non-persistent workloads. Monthly pricing delivers savings vs hourly billing at always-on utilization, optimized for real-world VDI use cases. With flexible billing, customers benefit from predictable costs for persistent desktop workloads and the flexibility to mi

AWS Transfer Family customers can now access file system data stored in Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP over SFTP, FTPS, and FTP.  AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed file transfers over SFTP, FTP, FTPS, AS2, and web browser-based interfaces. With this launch, you can now access FSx for ONTAP file systems over Transfer Family’s supported protocols through S3 Access Points, while maintaining access via native file protocols (NFS/SMB). This allows you to maintain existing file system workflows while adding secure access via industry-standard protocols for external partners and internal users. Access is controlled through standard IAM policies and S3 Access Point configurations, helping you meet data security and compliance requirements. Transfer Family support for FSx for ONTAP is available in select 

Amazon Route 53 Domains now supports registration and management of ten new top-level domains (TLDs): .ai, .nz, .shop, .bot, .moi, .spot, .free, .deal, .now, and .hot. This expansion enhances Route 53's capabilities as a domain registration and DNS management service, offering customers more options to establish their online presence. With these additions, businesses and individuals can now leverage domain names tailored to specific industries, regions, or purposes directly through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The new TLDs cater to various use cases. To name a few, the .ai domain, originally for Anguilla, has become popular among artificial intelligence companies. E-commerce sites can utilize .shop for their online storefronts. The .bot domain suits chatbot and AI-related services. The .now domain works well for time-sensitive services and instant delivery platforms. Users can register these domains through the Route 53 console, AWS CLI, or SDKs, enjoying integrated DNS manag

EC2 Auto Scaling is introducing a new policy condition key autoscaling:ForceDelete. This condition key is used with the DeleteAutoScalingGroup action to control whether the ForceDelete parameter can be used during deletion, which determines if an Auto Scaling group (ASG) can be deleted while it still contains running instances. You can use this condition key in IAM policies to restrict deletion permissions. This provides a safety measure to prevent accidental deletion of ASGs that still have running instances. Furthermore, EC2 Auto Scaling now offers deletion protection at the group level. The new deletion-protection configuration can be set either when you create your ASGs or update them. This new feature lets you set enhanced controls based on your workload's criticality, with multiple protection levels available

Today, we're announcing that Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) now supports the ability to deploy multiple VMware NSX Tier-0 Gateways within VMware Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC), enabling enhanced network segmentation and more flexible routing configurations. Multiple NSX Tier-0 Gateways allow for better performance and scale by distributing network traffic across multiple NSX Edge Clusters. This latest enhancement enables improved network segmentation, allowing you to isolate different workload environments and maintain distinct security policies for each gateway. You can also use multiple gateways to create separate test environments for validating network configurations and performing gateway upgrades with minimal impact to production workloads. This architecture flexibility helps you align your network topology with specific business requirements while maintaining operational efficiency in running your VMware workloads on AWS with Amazon EVS. 

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports database replicas for instances set up in Oracle multi-tenant configuration. Oracle multi-tenant configuration allows customers to host multiple, isolated pluggable databases in a single container database, which allows for cost reduction through consolidation and easier management. With support for replicas in Oracle multi-tenant configuration, customers can now distribute read workloads to a replica to scale workloads, or setup cross-Region replicas. In disaster recovery situations, customers can promote replicas to serve as a new standalone database, or execute a switchover to reverse roles between the primary database and the replica for a quick recovery. To set up replicas in Oracle multi-tenant configuration, customers can create a replica in either mounted or read-only mode using the AWS management console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK. Once a replica is set up, Amazon RDS for Oracle manages asynchronous physical replication between primary a

Amazon Web Services announces general availability of Amazon EC2 M4 Max Mac instances, powered by the latest Mac Studio hardware. Amazon EC2 M4 Max Mac instances are the next-generation EC2 Mac instances, that enable Apple developers to migrate their most demanding build and test workloads onto AWS. These instances are ideal for building and testing applications for Apple platforms such as iOS, macOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, visionOS, and Safari. Amazon EC2 M4 Max Mac instances offer up to 25% better application build performance compared to Amazon EC2 M1 Ultra Mac instances. M4 Max Mac instances are powered by the AWS Nitro System, providing up to 10 Gbps network bandwidth and 8 Gbps of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) storage bandwidth. These instances are built on Apple M4 Max Mac Studio computers featuring a 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, and 128GB of unified memory.  Amazon EC2 M4 Max Mac instances are available in US East (N. Virgi