Managed relational databases

Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports snapshots on read replicas

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports creating DB snapshots directly on read replica instances. Previously, you could create snapshots only on standalone and primary DB instances.

Amazon RDS Custom now supports the latest Cumulative Update and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server now supports the latest Cumulative Updates (CU) and General Distribution Release (GDR) updates for Microsoft SQL Server.

PostgreSQL 19 RC1 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Starting today, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 19 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 19 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL.

Amazon RDS Proxy now supports SQL Server 2022

Amazon RDS Proxy, a fully managed, highly available database proxy for Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), now supports Amazon RDS for SQL Server instances running major version 2022.

When you enable the Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance created before April 18, 2026, the…

When you enable the Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance created before April 18, 2026, the integration defaults to once a day instead of near real-time.

When you enable the Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance created before April 18, 2026,…

When you enable the Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance created before April 18, 2026, the integration defaults to once a day instead of near real-time.

Amazon RDS now supports the latest Cumulative Update for Microsoft SQL Server

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports the latest Cumulative Updates (CU) for Microsoft SQL Server. This release includes support for Microsoft SQL Server 2025 CU8 KB5104822 (RDS version 17.00.4075.5.v1).

Private Service Connect is now the default private IP connectivity option when you create a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance in a new Google Cloud project.

Private Service Connect lets you connect to your instance from multiple Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks across different groups, projects, or organizations, and supports automatic endpoint and DNS record provisioning.

Private Service Connect is now the default private IP connectivity option when you create a Cloud SQL for MySQL instance in a new Google Cloud project.

Private Service Connect lets you connect to your instance from multiple Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks across different groups, projects, or organizations, and supports automatic endpoint and DNS record provisioning.

Private Service Connect is now the default private IP connectivity option when you create a Cloud SQL for SQL Server instance in a new Google Cloud project.

Private Service Connect lets you connect to your instance from multiple Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks across different groups, projects, or organizations, and supports automatic endpoint and DNS record provisioning.

MySQL 8.0.46 is now the default minor version for Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0.

For more information about minor version support in Cloud SQL for MySQL, see MySQL 8.0.

Note: Near real-time sync upon Knowledge Catalog (KC) enablement isn't available for existing instances created before April 18, 2026.

For more information, see the release note from October 14, 2026. When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance created before April 18, 2026 where the integration is currently turned off, the…

When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for MySQL instance created before April 18, 2026…

When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for MySQL instance created before April 18, 2026 where the integration is currently turned off, the instance now syncs schema and metadata updates to Knowledge Catalog in…

When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance created before April 18,…

When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance created before April 18, 2026 where the integration is currently turned off, the instance now syncs schema and metadata updates to Knowledge…

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports minor version upgrade prechecks and a new RDS event to help reduce patching downtime

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now lets you run a minor version upgrade precheck yourself, before you start an upgrade or before your scheduled maintenance window.

Amazon GuardDuty RDS Protection now detects data exfiltration and destruction in Aurora and RDS databases

Amazon GuardDuty announces an expansion of RDS Protection that extends threat detection beyond login anomalies to identify data exfiltration and data destruction attacks targeting Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL databases.

Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in East US 3

Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the East US 3 Azure region.

Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports the innodb_cloudsql_managed_buffer_pool_tuneup_pct database flag.

Managed buffer pool automatically adjusts the InnoDB buffer pool size to reduce out-of-memory events. When instance memory usage remains at or below 70% for 10 minutes or longer after prior reductions, Cloud SQL increases the buffer pool size.

Cloud SQL for MySQL supports blue-green deployments (Preview).

Cloud SQL for MySQL supports blue-green deployments ( Preview ).

Retirement: Always Encrypted with Intel SGX Enclaves

Always Encrypted with Intel SGX enclaves in Azure SQL Database will retire on October 31, 2027 as support for SGX-enabled DC-series hardware is phased out.