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Amazon CloudWatch pipelines introduced features to better structure and route diverse log formats to specific log groups via conditionals and sequential parsing.
AWS HealthOmics now enables private workflows to utilize container images directly from additional third-party registries without manual image migration.
Lambda’s recursive loop detection expanded to cover Amazon EventBridge Custom event buses, automatically halting unintended recursive invocation loops.
ARC Region switch introduces support for managed instance commands, payloads in Lambda recovery actions, quota checks, and health checks to improve multi-Region failover orchestration.
Customers can upgrade EC2 Ubuntu LTS instances to Ubuntu Pro in-place, enhancing security and compliance without workload migration.
HealthOmics enables ordered accelerator preferences with fallback, reducing workflow resubmissions due to unavailable resources.
Transfer Family can now use AWS Secrets Manager to securely store and reuse SFTP host key material across servers and regions.
AWS Backup now centrally manages backup and recovery for multiple Amazon FSx file systems in Asia Pacific (New Zealand), enhancing data protection.
Blockchain Snapshots on AWS offer free, regionally hosted Ethereum and Solana node data for faster node bootstrapping without P2P sync.
Transfer Family web apps gained enhanced branding flexibility with support for larger SVG and ICO image uploads for logos and favicons.
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