Amazon EC2 Application Status Checks: Setup Guide and Auto Scaling Integration On August 12, 2026, AWS shipped a status check type EC2 has never had: one that actually asks your application whether it's healthy, instead of asking the VM. The existing system and instance status checks only tell you the hypervisor is …

CloudWatch Managed Prometheus Collectors: Setup Guide for EC2 and ECS If you've been running your own OpenTelemetry Collector just to get Prometheus metrics into CloudWatch, AWS shipped the fix in late July 2026: managed Prometheus collectors. You hand CloudWatch a scrape config and a VPC connection, and it provisions, …

AWS App Mesh Is Being Discontinued September 30, 2026: What to Migrate To (and What Breaks) On September 30, 2026, AWS discontinues AWS App Mesh entirely. This isn't a maintenance-mode freeze like Bedrock Agents Classic — after that date you lose console access and API access to your App Mesh resources completely. If …

Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic Enters Maintenance Mode: What to Do Before July 30, 2026 On July 30, 2026, AWS closes new-customer access to Amazon Bedrock Agents — the managed agent orchestration service that launched in November 2023. AWS has renamed it Bedrock Agents Classic and put it into maintenance mode. If you …

AWS Timestream & InfluxDB Maintenance Alert: Plan Ahead for 2026 Downtime! The cloud never sleeps...except when it does for scheduled maintenance! AWS has announced upcoming maintenance windows for its Timestream and InfluxDB services in 2026. While scheduled maintenance is a normal part of cloud operations, it's …

AWS OpenSearch Gains Prometheus Agent & Tracing: Goodbye Monitoring Headaches? Are you tired of wrestling with complex monitoring setups for your cloud-native applications? Do you find yourself spending more time configuring Prometheus and tracing infrastructure than actually analyzing the data? Well, the latest update …

AWS Marketplace Discovery API: Find the Perfect Cloud Solution FASTER (2026 Update) Tired of endless scrolling and complex filters when searching for the right cloud software on AWS Marketplace? Well, say goodbye to those frustrations! Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just rolled out the AWS Marketplace Discovery API, …

EC2 Capacity Management Revolutionized: Tag-Based Dimensions Arrive in 2026! Are you tired of wrestling with EC2 capacity? Do you dream of a more granular and efficient way to manage your cloud resources? Well, wake up and rejoice! AWS has just dropped a game-changing update to EC2 Capacity Manager, and it's all about …

SageMaker HyperPod Gang Scheduling: Revolutionizing AI Training in 2026! The race to build bigger, better, and more sophisticated AI models is relentless. But training these massive models often requires huge amounts of computing power and complex infrastructure. Enter AWS SageMaker HyperPod Gang Scheduling, a new …

Amazon OpenSearch i8ge Instances: Turbocharging Your Search in 2026! Imagine a world where search queries respond instantly, dashboards load in the blink of an eye, and your cloud costs shrink dramatically. Sounds like a dream? Well, wake up! In April 2026, that dream becomes a reality for Amazon OpenSearch Service …