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This blog was co-authored by Afroz Mohammed and Jonathan Nunn, Software Developers on the AWS PowerShell team. We’re excited to announce the general availability of the AWS Tools for PowerShell version 5, a major update that brings new features and improvements in security, along with a few breaking changes. New Features You can now cancel […]

Software development is far more than just writing code. In reality, a developer spends a large amount of time maintaining existing applications and fixing bugs. For example, migrating a Go application from the older AWS SDK for Go v1 to the newer v2 can be a significant undertaking, but it’s a crucial step to future-proof […]

The Amazon Corretto team delivers more than 75 OpenJDK bundles for various platforms and Java versions. These builds include the AWT and Swing UI libraries. Since a button needs to look like a button after a Java update, and even the smallest change can have a significant impact on how graphical elements are rendered, we […]

We’re excited to announce that the AWS Deploy Tool for .NET now supports deploying .NET applications to select ARM-based compute platforms on AWS! Whether you’re deploying from Visual Studio or using the .NET CLI, you can now target cost-effective ARM infrastructure like AWS Graviton with the same streamlined experience you’re used to. Why deploy to […]

Today, AWS launches the developer preview of the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift. The IoT Device SDK for Swift empowers Swift developers to create IoT applications for Linux and Apple macOS, iOS, and tvOS platforms using the MQTT 5 protocol. The SDK supports Swift 5.10+ and is designed to help developers easily integrate with […]

We are excited to announce the Developer Preview of the Amazon S3 Transfer Manager for Rust, a high-level utility that speeds up and simplifies uploads and downloads with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Using this new library, developers can efficiently transfer data between Amazon S3 and various sources, including files, in-memory buffers, memory streams, […]

AWS announces important configuration updates coming July 31st, 2025, affecting AWS SDKs and CLIs default settings. Two key changes include switching the AWS Security Token Service (STS) endpoint to regional and updating the default retry strategy to standard. These updates aim to improve service availability and reliability by implementing regional endpoints to reduce cross-regional dependencies and introducing token-bucket throttling for standardized retry behavior. Organizations should test their applications before the release date and can opt-in early or temporarily opt-out of these changes. These updates align with AWS best practices for optimal service performance and security.

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 now supports OAuth 2.0 authorization code flows using the Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) standard. As of version 2.22.0, this new standard is the default behavior when running the aws sso login or aws configure sso commands. The authorization code flow with PKCE is the recommended […]

Overview On 2024-11-13, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 PKG installer and source distribution bundle will no longer support macOS 10.15 (Catalina), following the macOS support policy for the AWS CLI v2. This means that macOS 10.15’s compatibility with newer AWS CLI v2 versions will not be guaranteed. Migrating to macOS 11 or […]

We’re excited to announce the Developer Preview of DynamoDB Mapper for Kotlin. This high-level library provides streamlined, idiomatic ways for developers to map data between their business logic written in Kotlin and their tables in DynamoDB. DynamoDB Mapper works with most Kotlin data classes right out of the box and also offers powerful features for […]