☁️ AWS Daily Digest · July 30, 2026
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1. AWS announces general availability of Policy-Based Routing on AWS Transit Gateway
Networking · AWS What's New
AWS Transit Gateway now supports Policy-Based Routing, giving network administrators granular control over traffic forwarding. This matters for security architects and enterprise network teams who need to classify and direct traffic inline without added complexity. Policy-Based Routing eliminates the need for multi-VPC architectures with additional routing hops.
2. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Instance Refresh in CloudFormation
Compute · AWS What's New
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Instance Refresh in CloudFormation, allowing for automated instance replacement during updates. This benefits users who want to access Instance Refresh capabilities like in-place updates and controlled rollouts while maintaining service health.
3. 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 giving users full security control. This matters for users who manage Lambda functions at scale and need to apply their own encryption and access controls.
4. Introducing modularized kernel cryptography in Amazon Linux
Security · AWS Compute Blog
Amazon Linux introduces modularized kernel cryptography, separating FIPS 140-3 cryptographic components into an independent kernel module for easier certification and reuse. This benefits customers who require FIPS compliance and want to simplify their workflows.
5. Grok 4.3 from xAI is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
AI/ML · AWS What's New
Grok 4.3 from xAI is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West), offering a reasoning-first model with configurable reasoning effort and strong tool use capabilities. This matters for users building generative AI applications across enterprise workloads like customer support and financial document Q&A.
6. Gemma 4 models are now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
AI/ML · AWS What's New
Gemma 4 models are now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West), including three variants spanning dense and mixture-of-experts architectures with built-in reasoning and multimodal input support. This benefits users who want to build generative AI applications across reasoning, software engineering, and other workflows.
7. Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 3.7
Database · AWS What's New
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 3.7, introducing improvements in vector search performance, search relevance, and Query Insights. This matters for users who want to enhance their search capabilities with features like 1-bit scalar quantization and Search Relevance Workbench.
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