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Cloud Changelog
Amazon RDS changelog
136 announcements since January 2025 · 6 GA · 7 previews · 1 deprecation · 6 Region expansions
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November 20261
October 20266
Autoscaling now covers additional storage volumes on RDS for Oracle and SQL Server
Release candidate 1 available in the RDS Database Preview EnvironmentPreview
ML-based detection of data exfiltration and destruction in Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL
Reduces switchover and failover times for RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQLGA
September 202610
M8a instances on 5th generation AMD EPYC for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, in 8 Regions
R8a instances on 5th generation AMD EPYC, up to 75 Gbps network bandwidth, in 9 Regions
MySQL 26.7 pre-release in Database Preview Environment, instances kept up to 60 daysPreview
Full snapshot size shown in console and via FullSnapshotSizeInBytes field in DescribeDBSnapshots
New minor versions 13.23-rds.20260514, 12.22-rds.20260514 and 11.22-rds.20260514
Extended Support minor versions 5.7.44-rds.20260902 and 8.0.46-rds.20260908 released
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 added to the RDS Database Preview EnvironmentPreview
Supports post-quantum TLS key exchange via ssl_groups parameter on versions 18 and higher
Supports Supplemental Patch Bundle for July 2026 Release Update on 19c and 26ai
August 20265
July 20266
Pre-release PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 can be evaluated in the Database Preview EnvironmentPreview
Graviton4 R8g and M8g database instances added in more Regions, including GovCloud (US-East)Region
Up to four storage modifications per instance in rolling 24 hours, no six-hour wait
Added in Thailand, Malaysia, Taipei, Mexico (Central) and Canada West (Calgary)Region
Backup replication added for Mexico (Central), Taipei, New Zealand and Thailand RegionsRegion
Join instances directly to self-managed Active Directory domains using Kerberos, at no chargeGA
June 20267
Connection rates now scale with available instance resources
Graviton5 M9g instances for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, up to 192 vCPUGA
Extended Support extended from February 2027 to June 30, 2029, no price increaseDeprecation
Long-Term Support release 12.3 available in the Database Preview EnvironmentPreview
Adds community minor versions 10.6.27, 10.11.18, 11.4.12 and 11.8.8
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 can be tested in the Database Preview EnvironmentPreview
Adds IBM Db2 v12.1 and Db2 Community Edition with no licensing charges for development and testGA
May 20264
April 20261
March 20261
February 202610
Adds post-recovery workflows, RDS execution blocks and AWS provider for Terraform support
Lock contention diagnostics for RDS for PostgreSQL, with 15 months of history, in Advanced mode
Snapshot export in Apache Parquet format now offered in GovCloud (US) RegionsRegion
Supports MySQL 8.0.44 with security enhancements, bug fixes and availability improvementsGA
Backup retention period and backup window can be viewed and set when restoring snapshots
Minor versions 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16 and 14.21 supported, adds pg_stat_monitor extension
Adds community minor versions 10.6.25, 10.11.16, 11.4.10 and 11.8.6
Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports new minor versions 8.0.45 and 8.4.8
Amazon RDS now provides an enhanced console experience to connect to a database
January 20267
Amazon RDS now supports IPv6 for VPC endpoints of RDS Service APIs
Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments reduces downtime to under five seconds
Amazon RDS now supports the latest CU and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon RDS Custom now supports the latest GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL announces Extended Support minor 12.22-rds.20251114 and 11.22-rds.20251114