Amazon Corretto October 2026 Patch Updates
Amazon announced patch updates for multiple Amazon Corretto OpenJDK versions on October 26, 2026, addressing security and performance improvements across supported releases.
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AWS What's New coverage
Every ClipRaptor briefing sourced from AWS What's New, with a direct link to the original publisher page. Page 1 of 9: briefings 1-30, published Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026.
AWS EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Launch Before Terminate at account-level to replace instances
AWS EC2 Auto Scaling introduces account-level Launch Before Terminate to replace instances, improving availability during replacement events without additional cost.
Web Search on AWS Bedrock now supports domain filtering and user location controls
AWS Bedrock’s Web Search now allows domain filtering and user location controls to refine model response grounding, available in four AWS Regions.
Amazon OpenSearch Service introduces intelligent ingestion for logs and documents in Amazon S3
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless launches intelligent ingestion to automatically process and index logs and documents from Amazon S3 into searchable collections with minimal setup.
AWS CloudFormation now simplifies stack update rollback operations
AWS CloudFormation introduces force rollback to simplify stack update rollbacks, enabling single-operation completion and reducing manual intervention for affected resources.
Amazon SageMaker AI announces training session APIs for serverless model customization
Amazon SageMaker AI introduces training session APIs for serverless model customization, enabling direct control over post-training algorithms without managing GPU infrastructure.
AgentCore Gateway now supports Bedrock InvokeModel APIs and model fallback
AWS expands AgentCore Gateway with Bedrock InvokeModel APIs and automated model fallback to streamline multi-provider inference routing and improve agent reliability.
Amazon SageMaker AI now supports serverless model customization for Muse Glimmer, Qwen 3.8 and Ministral 3 models
Amazon SageMaker AI enables serverless customization of Muse Glimmer, Qwen3.8 27B, and Ministral 3 models using fine-tuning techniques to adapt models for proprietary data and workflows.
AWS Lambda MicroVMs is now available in 4 additional AWS regions
AWS Lambda MicroVMs expands to four new regions, bringing the total to 14, to support isolated, stateful compute closer to users for latency and data residency needs.
Amazon Quick Now Available in the AWS Singapore Region
Amazon Quick is now available in AWS’s Singapore region, enabling local data processing and AI-powered workplace assistance for business users.
Amazon SageMaker AI now supports custom sequence lengths for serverless model customization jobs
Amazon SageMaker AI now allows users to configure sequence length during serverless model customization jobs, enabling finer control over fine-tuning for open-weight models.
Polly Generative engine upgraded with more natural speech, 14 new voices, and 2 new languages
Amazon Polly’s Generative engine gains 14 new voices across nine locales, plus Hindi and Finnish, improving speech naturalness and accuracy with low-latency streaming.
Structured outputs for Claude models available on Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now enables structured JSON outputs for all Anthropic Claude models via runtime and mantle endpoints, allowing schema-compliant responses without additional parsing.
Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization now supports prompt shortening
Amazon Bedrock’s Advanced Prompt Optimization now includes prompt shortening to reduce input token costs while maintaining evaluation scores.
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails now supports Standard tier for contextual grounding checks
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails introduces a Standard tier for contextual grounding checks, expanding hallucination detection beyond summarization to conversational and reasoning use cases while maintaining existing pricing.
Amazon CloudWatch Omni is now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon CloudWatch Omni expands to eight new AWS Regions, enabling unified AI-powered observability across multiple clouds and accounts from a single interface.
Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US)
AWS GovCloud (US) now hosts SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.7 on Amazon Bedrock, offering improved coding, agentic tasks, and document handling for government workloads.
AWS Lambda durable functions are now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda durable functions are now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, enabling reliable multi-step workflows for government and regulated industries while meeting compliance requirements.
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL model now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, a multimodal vision-language model, is now accessible via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart for AWS customers to deploy on AWS infrastructure.
Beam model by Reflection is now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and AWS Trainium
Reflection’s open-weight Beam model is now accessible via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart and optimized for AWS Trainium3, enabling self-hosted AI deployments with full data control.
AWS Transform announces Azure-to-AWS cloud-native code conversion
AWS Transform now converts Azure SDK code to AWS SDK for .NET applications, enabling migration of Azure services like Functions and Cosmos DB to AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.
AWS End User Messaging adds a guided wizard for RCS registration videos
AWS End User Messaging introduces a guided wizard to automate RCS agent registration video capture, reducing errors and accelerating approvals.
AWS End User Messaging now offers managed OTP verification end-to-end
AWS End User Messaging in Notify now provides fully managed one-time passcode verification, handling code generation, delivery, and validation automatically across SMS, voice, and WhatsApp.
AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Go is now generally available
AWS has released the AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Go, allowing developers to build resilient, long-running workflows directly in Go without custom progress tracking.
Muse Spark Open model now available on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Meta’s Muse Spark Open, a coding-optimized open-weight model, is now accessible via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, enabling AWS customers to deploy it for agentic coding workflows with minimal setup.
AWS Transform for full-stack Windows modernization now supports Aurora PostgreSQL cross-region deployment in 7 more Regions
AWS expands its Transform tool to enable cross-region deployment of modernized Aurora PostgreSQL databases after SQL Server migrations, now available in seven additional regions.
Amazon MSK Connect and AWS Glue Schema Registry are now available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region
Amazon MSK Connect and AWS Glue Schema Registry are now accessible in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) region, expanding managed Kafka tooling for streaming workloads.
Amazon SageMaker Studio simplifies getting started for new AI/ML builders with social sign-in
Amazon SageMaker Studio now allows new users to sign in with Google, GitHub, or Apple credentials, bypassing traditional AWS account setup and credit card requirements to access a pre-configured environment.
AWS HealthOmics introduces resource fallback order for Nextflow workflows
AWS HealthOmics now supports resource fallback for Nextflow workflows, allowing automatic switching between preferred accelerators or CPU instances to reduce downtime and manual resubmissions.
Announcing Blockchain Snapshots on AWS for node bootstrapping
AWS launched Blockchain Snapshots on Amazon S3 to let Ethereum and Solana node operators boot nodes faster by using pre-synced chain data instead of syncing from peers.