Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink Upgrades to Version 2.2 with Performance Enhancements

AWS updated its Apache Flink managed service to version 2.2, bringing Java 17 support, improved RocksDB integration, and deprecating some older APIs for optimized streaming data processing.

By Oliver Grant · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-03-31 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-03-31. Source published: 2026-03-31. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

The Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink transitioned to runtime version 2.2 offering better input/output performance via RocksDB 8.10.0 and Java 17 compatibility, alongside serialization improvements. These enhancements aim to facilitate real-time streaming analytics, complex event processing, and anomaly detection with increased efficiency.

Version 2.2 deprecates the Dataset API and Scala APIs, encouraging migration to newer interfaces. The upgrade supports in-place version changes to ease adoption. This managed service abstracts infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on application logic for streaming data use cases. Independent benchmarks of performance gains were not specified.

Source & further reading

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports Apache Flink 2.2 ↗

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