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Amazon Connect Customer now lets business users manage more reference data to adjust contact center configurations in real time

Amazon Connect Customer now lets administrators store more of the reference data that drives their contact center configurations. Administrators can now use data tables to hold up to 20,000 values per table for defining configurations such as operating hours, escalation rules, AI agent prompts or queue assignments that drive contact flows. Administrators can now also export tables, edit hundreds of records, move tables between Connect Customer instances, or load reference data from external systems using tools and sources such as Excel and DynamoDB. Business teams can keep this data current themselves, adjusting their contact center configurations as conditions change without depending on technical resources.
This feature is available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US-West) regions where Amazon Connect Customer is offered. To learn more, see Create and configure data tables in the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide. To learn more about Amazon Connect, visit the Amazon Connect Customer website .
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Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports SpaceXAI Grok 4.7, a frontier model built for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work, with US Geo and Global cross-Region inference.  
Grok 4.7 builds on Grok 4.6 with better mixed-document handling, more dependable repo-scale coding with planning and error recovery, and enhanced browser-use agents for form fills and portal navigation.  
Get started with Grok 4.7 in the Amazon Bedrock console or programmatically through supported Amazon Bedrock APIs. For information about supported AWS Regions, endpoints, APIs, features, inference profiles and pricing, see the Amazon Bedrock documentation. To learn more, read the launch blog post.
 
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Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness now returns Feedback Codes

Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness now returns Feedback Codes that help customers understand why a liveness check received a low score and how users could retry successfully. The codes are returned in the GetFaceLivenessSessionResults API response, and they identify the specific conditions that contributed to the low score, such as poor lighting, face obstruction, closed eyes, or low video quality. Customers can surface these codes to their end users who can then make targeted corrections and retry with confidence. A single session can return multiple Feedback Codes at once, allowing users to resolve all contributing issues in one retry. This feature is especially useful in identity verification onboarding, re-authentication flows, and accessibility scenarios.
Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness verifies that the person in front of the camera is a real, live human (instead of a photo, video replay, mask, or deepfake) through a short, guided selfie-video check. It returns a confidence score, a reference image for face matching, and session audit images. 

Rekognition Face Liveness is available in US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Mumbai, Malaysia, Thailand), and South America (São Paulo). To learn more, visit the Amazon Rekognition Face Liveness API documentation and Face Liveness FAQ.
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Amazon EC2 Future-dated Capacity Reservations Now Supports Postponing Start Dates

Amazon EC2 Future-dated Capacity Reservations let you secure capacity up to 120 days in advance by specifying the capacity you need, the start date, and a commitment duration. If your plans change before delivery, you can now postpone your start date to match your new timeline.
When you postpone your start date, EC2 presents a quote that shows the new start date and the required commitment duration. The commitment duration can increase, depending on when you postpone the start date. After you review and accept the quote, EC2 updates your reservation with the new start date.
This feature is available to all Future-dated Capacity Reservation customers. Refer to the AWS Capabilities by Region website for the feature’s regional availability. For more details, refer to the Capacity Reservation user guide.
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Amazon Corretto September 2026 Patch Updates

On September 25, 2026, Amazon announced a patch update for the following Amazon Corretto Long-Term Support (LTS) and Feature Release (FR) versions of OpenJDK: Corretto 25.0.4.10.1, 21.0.12.11.1, 17.0.20.12.1, and 11.0.32.12.1 are now available for download. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. This patch includes the latest tzdata 2026d updates.
Visit Corretto home page to download Corretto 27, Corretto 25, Corretto 21, Corretto 17, Corretto 11, or Corretto 8. You can also get the updates on your Linux system by configuring a Corretto Apt, Yum, or Apk repo.
Feedback is welcomed!
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 now available on AWS

AWS now offers Claude Sonnet 5.5, a smarter and more efficient Sonnet that delivers a clear leap forward on coding and knowledge work with at a lower cost per task for most work at faster speed.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a smarter, more efficient Sonnet and a step up from Sonnet 5, making it a natural upgrade for teams already building on Sonnet. It’s stronger for coding, completing well-scoped tasks as part of a larger coding strategy such as building and fixing features with Claude in the same session or verifying output against requirements. And it produces ready-to-share knowledge work, from 1-pagers, diagrams, and summary slides to document edits and spreadsheet cleanup.
Customers have two ways to access Claude Sonnet 5.5: Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.
Amazon Bedrock gives you Sonnet’s capabilities while keeping your data within AWS infrastructure with regional data residency and provides access through a unified service with AWS-managed features like Guardrails and Knowledge Bases. To learn more, see the Amazon Bedrock documentation and regional availability. 
Claude Platform on AWS gives you direct access to Anthropic’s native platform experience and capabilities via the AWS Console. Build, test, and deploy with the same APIs, features, and console experience you’d get working with Anthropic directly, unified with AWS billing and authentication. To get started, see the Claude Platform on AWS documentation.
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Claude Sonnet 5.5 now available on AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Sonnet 5.5, a smarter and more efficient Sonnet that delivers a clear leap forward on coding and knowledge work with at a lower cost per task for most work ag faster speed.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is a smarter, more efficient Sonnet and a step up from Sonnet 5, making it a natural upgrade for teams already building on Sonnet. It’s stronger for coding, completing well-scoped tasks as part of a larger coding strategy such as building and fixing features with Claude in the same session or verifying output against requirements. And it produces ready-to-share knowledge work, from 1-pagers, diagrams, and summary slides to document edits and spreadsheet cleanup.
Amazon Bedrock gives you Sonnet’s capabilities while keeping your data within AWS infrastructure with regional data residency and provides access through a unified service with AWS-managed features like Guardrails and Knowledge Bases. To learn more, see the Amazon Bedrock documentation and regional availability. 
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AWS IAM outbound identity federation now supports interface VPC endpoints for OIDC discovery

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) outbound identity federation now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoints for the OpenID Connect (OIDC) discovery APIs. You can now access the OIDC discovery metadata and JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) verification key endpoints from within your VPC using AWS PrivateLink, without requiring traffic to traverse the public internet.
IAM outbound identity federation eliminates the need to use long-lived credentials when your AWS workloads access external services. Instead, your workloads request short-lived JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) from AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS). External services verify these tokens using public verification keys and metadata available at OIDC discovery endpoints. Previously, the OIDC discovery endpoints were only reachable over the public internet, so a verifying workload running in a VPC without internet access could not retrieve them. With this launch, you can create an interface VPC endpoint to reach these endpoints privately, keeping the verification key retrieval traffic within the AWS network. This capability helps you meet network security requirements for workloads that operate in VPCs with restricted internet access, while still enabling external services to verify JWTs.
This feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions, the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, and China Regions. There is no additional charge for this feature beyond standard AWS PrivateLink pricing. To learn more, see the IAM User Guide.
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Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8i and C8i-flex instances are available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. These C8i and C8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% higher performance than C7i and C7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. The C8i and C8i-flex are up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models, and 35% faster for Memcached stores compared to C7i and C7i-flex.

C8i-flex are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of compute intensive workloads like web and application servers, databases, caches, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, and enterprise applications. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.

C8i instances are a great choice for all memory-intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. C8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications.

To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new C8i and C8i-flex instances visit the AWS News blog.
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Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances are now available in additional regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i and R8i-flex instances are available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The R8i and R8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver 20% higher performance than R7i instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. They are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to R7i.
R8i-flex, our first memory-optimized Flex instances, are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of memory-intensive workloads. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources.
R8i instances are a great choice for all memory-intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. R8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications. R8i instances are SAP-certified and deliver 142,100 aSAPS, the highest among all comparable machines in on-premises and cloud environments, delivering exceptional performance for mission-critical SAP workloads.
To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new R8i and R8i-flex instances visit the AWS News blog.
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