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Amazon Connect now offers native testing and simulation capabilities that reduce contact center validation time by up to 90% through an intuitive visual designer for automated workflow testing.

AWS launched an open source Prometheus MCP Server that enables AI assistants to query Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus using natural language, eliminating the need for PromQL expertise and accelerating monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports bi-directional streaming, enabling real-time two-way conversations where agents can listen and respond simultaneously while handling interruptions and context changes mid-conversation.

Amazon SageMaker Catalog now exports asset metadata as queryable Apache Iceberg tables through S3, enabling data teams to query catalog inventory using standard SQL without custom ETL infrastructure.

AWS launches Database Savings Plans, offering up to 35% cost savings on managed database services with flexible 1-year commitments across multiple database engines and deployment types.

AWS Lambda durable functions enable developers to build reliable multi-step applications and AI workflows with automatic state management, failure recovery, and efficient suspension without compute charges during waits.

AWS Lambda introduces durable functions that enable developers to build reliable multi-step applications and AI workflows with automatic checkpointing, long-term suspension, and failure recovery without managing additional infrastructure.

AWS Security Agent is an AI-powered agent that proactively secures applications by automating security reviews, validating organizational requirements throughout development, and delivering context-aware penetration testing from design to deployment.

AWS introduces Database Savings Plans offering up to 35% savings on database services with flexible commitments across Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and other databases with no upfront payment required.

Amazon CloudWatch now unifies operational, security, and compliance data from AWS and third-party sources in a single store, enabling teams to analyze logs across accounts and regions without maintaining separate data stores or complex ETL pipelines.

AWS Support introduces three AI-powered support plans—Business Support+, Enterprise Support, and Unified Operations—that combine artificial intelligence with human expertise to deliver faster response times, proactive guidance, and streamlined cloud operations.

Amazon API Gateway now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) proxy, enabling REST APIs to be transformed into MCP-compatible endpoints that AI agents can discover and use securely.

AWS launches a managed MCP Server that enables AI agents and IDEs to perform multi-step tasks across AWS services through unified access to APIs, documentation, and guided workflows with IAM security and CloudTrail auditing.

AWS Infrastructure-as-Code MCP Server enables AI assistants to help developers search documentation, validate CloudFormation templates and CDK code, troubleshoot deployments, and follow best practices with local execution and security.

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Amazon EC2 interruptible capacity reservations enable organizations to share unused reserved compute capacity with other teams while maintaining control to reclaim it when needed, optimizing costs and resource utilization.

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Amazon Connect flow modules now support custom inputs, outputs, branches, and version management with aliases, enabling more flexible and reusable contact center automation.

Amazon Connect introduces three powerful enhancements to flow modules: custom blocks for flexible data exchange, versioning and aliasing for confident deployments, and the ability to invoke modules as independent tools for AI-driven automation across multiple channels.

AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard now includes performance-based cost modeling features that help customers estimate total savings from both lower pricing and reduced compute hours when migrating EC2 workloads to AWS Graviton instances.

AWS CodeCommit returns to full General Availability with renewed investment, including Git LFS support and regional expansions, after listening to customer feedback about the need for an AWS-managed code repository solution.