☁️ AWS Daily Digest · August 15, 2026
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1. AWS Client VPN now supports CLI, administration controls, and faster connections
Security · AWS What's New
AWS Client VPN now supports CLI, administration controls, and faster connections, making it easier to automate VPN connectivity. This benefits organizations that need to centralize device management across their infrastructure. The new AWS VPN Client v6.0.x offers full feature parity with the GUI, enabling scripting of VPN connections into automation workflows.
2. Introducing public preview runtimes on AWS Lambda, starting with Node.js 26 and Python 3.15
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda introduces public preview runtimes, starting with Node.js 26 and Python 3.15, allowing developers to try upcoming language versions before general availability. This benefits developers who want to test their functions with pre-release language versions and provide feedback.
3. Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance sizes in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Storage · AWS What's New
Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance sizes in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, delivering better performance for data warehouse and data lake workloads. This benefits customers who need high-performance instances for their data analytics workloads in GovCloud regions. The new instance sizes are available on patch version P202 and later.
4. Amazon SES click tracking now supports custom URL paths for mobile app deep linking
Networking · AWS What's New
Amazon SES click tracking now supports custom URL paths for mobile app deep linking, making it easier to support mobile deep linking without disabling engagement tracking. This benefits developers who want to use mobile deep linking in their email campaigns. The feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon SES is available.
5. AWS Billing and Cost Management introduces Managed Dashboards
FinOps · AWS What's New
AWS Billing and Cost Management introduces Managed Dashboards, providing preconfigured and read-only dashboards with actionable cost insights. This benefits customers who want to gain insights into their spending patterns without setting up custom dashboards. There are five curated dashboards available, including Cost Overview & Trends and Compute and Database dashboards.
6. Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
AI/ML · AWS Blog
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore introduces runtime instances, providing persistent compute for production AI agents. This benefits developers who need to run AI agents continuously for hours or days, with support for stateful workflows and managed session storage. Runtime instances can run for up to 8 hours and support dedicated environments with GPUs or underlying OS access.
7. Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale
Database · AWS Blog
Amazon DynamoDB now supports real-time vector search at any scale, allowing customers to store vector embeddings alongside operational data. This benefits developers who want to run similarity searches directly against their data without replicating it to a separate vector store. DynamoDB supports native vector search with single-digit millisecond latency and no storage limits.
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