This week: Aurora PostgreSQL joins the AWS Free Tier with express configuration for instant serverless setup, Lambda Managed Instances gets a major boost to 32GB memory and 16 vCPUs, and Step Functions adds 28 new service integrations including Bedrock AgentCore. Plus SageMaker HyperPod continuous provisioning, ParallelCluster P6B300 support, and Amazon Q launches in Tokyo, London, and Frankfurt regions.

Compute

• Lambda: 32GB RAM/16 vCPUs, 4096 file descriptors (4x increase)
• EC2 I8ge: Graviton4, 120TB NVMe, 60% better compute vs I3en
• GameLift: EC2 5th-8th gen instances (Graviton, DDR5)
• ECS: FIPS compliance on Graviton/GPU in GovCloud

AI/ML

• Bedrock AgentCore: Managed session storage, Chrome policies, custom CA certs
• Bedrock: Palmyra Vision 7B model (document/chart analysis)
• SageMaker HyperPod: Continuous provisioning for Slurm clusters
• SageMaker: RLHF fine-tuning for 12 models (Qwen, DeepSeek, Llama)
• SageMaker Studio: Kiro/Cursor IDE support via AWS Toolkit
• SageMaker Batch: Quota management with job preemption

Servertic/Step Functions

• Step Functions: 28 new services, 1100 API actions, Bedrock AgentCore integration
• Lambda Durable: Idempotent invocations from workflows

Database

• Aurora PostgreSQL: Free Tier ($100 credits), express config (seconds to query)
• Aurora DSQL: Ruby pg gem connector with auto IAM tokens

Storage & Data

• HealthOmics: Batch runs up to 100K workflows per request
• HealthImaging: Study/series-level IAM access control
• S3 Vectors: Automated ingestion via Step Functions

Analytics

• Amazon Q: London, Frankfurt, Tokyo regions (data sovereignty)
• CloudWatch Logs IA: Data protection, OpenSearch PPL/SQL queries
• Timestream InfluxDB: CloudWatch metrics integration

Networking & Security

• Route 53 Profiles: Granular IAM per resource type
• Firewall Manager: Asia Pacific New Zealand region
• Transfer Family: Async MDN for AS2 messaging

Developer Tools

• ParallelCluster 3.15: P6b instances, Slurm 25.11
• Storage Gateway Terraform: AL2023, IMDSv2 default
• AppConfig: User-targeted gradual rollouts
• Agent Plugin: Serverless guidance for Kiro/Claude/Cursor

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