This week: DynamoDB global tables now replicate across multiple AWS accounts for stronger fault isolation, IAM Identity Center adds multi-region replication for resilient single sign-on, and new EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances deliver up to 43% higher performance. Plus CloudFront mutual TLS for origins, Connect voice testing APIs, and cost reductions for Network Firewall.

Compute

• EC2 C8id/M8id/R8id: GA, 43% faster, 3x memory bandwidth vs gen6
• Lightsail: Memory-optimized bundles up to 512GB RAM

Containers & Orchesttic

• ECS: Linear/canary deployments for NLB (TCP/UDP workloads)
• EKS: Pod Identity integration for add-ons in GovCloud
• Batch: Unmanaged compute on EKS; array job status in ListJobs API

Database

• DynamoDB: Global tables replicate across accounts (not just regions)
• Aurora DSQL: Indexes on NUMERIC columns
• RDS MySQL: 8.0.45 and 8.4.8 support
• RDS Console: Redesigned with code snippets, CloudShell access

Security & Identity

• IAM Identity Center: Multi-region replication for SSO resilience
• STS: Validates OIDC claims from Google, GitHub, CircleCI, OCI
• Multi-party approval: OTP verification required for votes
• CloudFront: Mutual TLS for origin authentication
• Security Groups: Single tab shows all dependent resources

AI/ML

• SageMaker JumpStart: 4 NVIDIA NIMs (ProteinMPNN, Cosmos), DeepSeek OCR, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 VL, Cartesia Sonic 3 TTS
• EC2 Capacity Blocks: Cross-account sharing via RAM

Analytics

• Redshift: Autonomics work across multi-cluster environments
• Glue: Native REST API connector
• QuickSight: Fix ambiguous map locations in-visual

Networking

• Network Firewall: NAT Gateway discounts expanded; TLS inspection charges removed

End User & Developer

• WorkSpaces: 12 new G6 graphics bundles
• WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom domain support
• Builder ID: Apple Account sign-in
• Console: Account name in nav bar

Other

• HealthImaging: JPEG XL lossy compression
• Connect: Voice testing APIs; agent evaluation appeals
• Config: 30 new resource types
• Bedrock AgentCore Browser: Reusable browser profiles

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