☁️ AWS Daily Digest · July 19, 2026
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1. Amazon GameLift Streams now supports IAM role credentials for stream sessions
Security · AWS What's New
Amazon GameLift Streams now supports IAM role credentials for stream sessions, enabling secure access to AWS resources. This benefits developers who need to access AWS services like S3 and DynamoDB from their streamed applications. A key caveat is that the IAM role is assigned to the stream session, providing short-lived and auto-refreshing AWS credentials.
2. Introducing self-managed Amazon S3 buckets for AWS Lambda function code
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda now supports self-managed Amazon S3 buckets for function code, eliminating the 75 GB code storage limit and providing full security control. This benefits large-scale Lambda function deployments that require more storage and custom security configurations.
3. Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports partition-level topology for Slurm orchestrated clusters
AI/ML · AWS What's New
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports partition-level topology for Slurm orchestrated clusters, improving distributed training performance. This benefits machine learning developers who require optimized job placement and faster GPU-to-GPU communication.
4. Track cost efficiency trends directly in Billing and Cost Management Dashboards with the new Cost Efficiency widget
FinOps · AWS What's New
AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboards now include a Cost Efficiency widget, providing a unified view of spending, commitments, and optimization performance. This benefits FinOps teams who need to track cost efficiency trends and optimize their AWS environment.
5. Upgrade Amazon EKS clusters with confidence using Kubernetes version rollbacks
Compute · AWS Blog
Amazon EKS clusters now support Kubernetes version rollbacks, enabling confident upgrades and rollbacks of control plane versions. This benefits organizations that manage large numbers of EKS clusters and require reliable upgrade and rollback mechanisms.
6. Introducing modularized kernel cryptography in Amazon Linux
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
Amazon Linux 2023 introduces modularized kernel cryptography, separating FIPS 140-3 cryptographic components into an independent kernel module. This benefits customers who require FIPS compliance and need to certify their kernel cryptography components.
7. Eliminating Java cold starts with AWS Lambda Managed Instances
Compute · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Lambda Managed Instances eliminate Java cold starts, providing optimized performance for Java-based Lambda functions. This benefits developers who require low-latency and high-performance Java applications.
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