Amazon Redshift Data API Enhances Efficiency with Long Polling and Advanced Session Management

New Amazon Redshift Data API features reduce API call volume and provide flexible batch query executions and session visibility.

By Sofia Reed · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-07-29 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-07-29. Source published: 2026-07-29. 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 Data API introduced long polling, allowing clients to await SQL statement completion in a single synchronous call, reducing repeated polling. Additionally, the ListSessions function lets applications enumerate and filter active database sessions without external tracking.

BatchExecuteStatement gained an execution mode for independent statement runs (AUTO_COMMIT), preventing complete batch rollback on single statement failures. It also added support for reusable SQL parameters across batch statements, improving efficiency in ETL workflows. These features support both provisioned and serverless Redshift deployments in many AWS regions.

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Amazon Redshift Data API announces long polling, session management, and flexible batch execution ↗

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