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Runtime instances: persistent compute for production AI agents on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

When you move AI agents from prototype to production, the infrastructure challenges multiply. Your agents need to persist state across multi-step workflows that run for hours or days. They need to coordinate with other agents, share context, and sometimes access GPUs for specialized tasks.

Topics: AI agents, Pricing, Developer tools

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More Amazon Bedrock releases

Every Amazon Bedrock release
DateRelease
Sep 8OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
GA
Sep 9Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base adds APIs and console support for debugging document-level access control
Update
Sep 9Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base now supports Confluence Data Center as a native data source connector
Update
Sep 11Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base now supports multimodal embeddings for video, audio, and image content with TwelveLabs Marengo 3.0
Update
Sep 18Kimi K3 by Moonshot AI is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
GA
Sep 18The new AgentCore Runtime is now available in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Update
Sep 22OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
GA
Sep 22Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on AWS GovCloud (US)
Update

Also shipped on Aug 6, 2026

AWS in August 2026
DateRelease
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Aug 6JAR tasks on serverless compute are now generally available
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Aug 6Databricks-managed MCP connectors are now integrated with Unity Gateway (Beta)
DatabricksAI/BI and GenieBeta
Aug 6JAR tasks on serverless compute are now generally available
DatabricksLakeflowGA
Aug 6Genie Code web search is in Beta
DatabricksAI/BI and GenieBeta
Aug 6Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
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