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Amazon DynamoDB Streams now supports timestamp-based stream processing
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 16, 2026
Amazon DynamoDB Streams now supports timestamp-based stream processing, enabling you to begin reading stream records from a specific point in time. Previously, you could only start from the oldest retained record (up to 24 hours old) or from new records written after you start consuming the stream.
Topics: Streaming, Observability, Developer tools, Regions
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Every Amazon Aurora and DynamoDB releaseAWS Transform for full-stack Windows modernization now supports Aurora PostgreSQL cross-region deployment in 7 more Regions
Today, AWS Transform for full-stack Windows modernization adds support for cross-region deployment of converted Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL databases and is available in seven additional AWS Regions.
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey introduces ElastiCache Insights
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now features ElastiCache Insights, a pre-built dashboard in Amazon CloudWatch for your node-based clusters. ElastiCache Insights brings cluster health, memory, compute, network, command throughput, latency, keyspace, and errors into a single view sourced from a set of OpenTelemetry metrics that ElastiCache publishes...
Amazon GuardDuty RDS Protection now detects data exfiltration and destruction in Aurora and RDS databases
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AWS Advanced Ruby Driver Wrapper is generally available
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Ruby Driver Wrapper is now generally available for use with Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL-compatible databases. This advanced database driver reduces RDS Blue/Green switchover, Aurora Global database switchover and database failover times, improving application availability.
Amazon Aurora DSQL now supports partial indexes
Amazon Aurora DSQL now lets you build an index over a specific subset of a table, storing only qualifying rows rather than every row in the entire table, which improves query performance and lowers index storage cost. Many tables hold a small working set alongside a much larger history, such as open orders among years of completed ones.
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now supports OpenTelemetry metrics and detailed monitoring
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now publishes OpenTelemetry metrics to Amazon CloudWatch for your node-based clusters, and each metric carries attributes you can filter and aggregate on with Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) expressions. ElastiCache now offers two monitoring modes.
Amazon DynamoDB introduces filtered export to Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB now supports filtered export for tables. Export to Amazon S3 allows you to export your table data for analytics, data sharing, and other offline uses, as either a full export or an incremental export over a time window.
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct queries of data stored in Apache Iceberg and Parquet formats within data lakes. This eliminates the need for ETL pipelines when combining transactional data with historical records.
Also shipped on Oct 15, 2026
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ADBC driver for Power BI is now generally available
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