AWS CloudFormation

AWS Well-Architected Agent is now available in preview

AWS announces the preview of AWS Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered service that is the next-gen evolution of AWS Trusted Advisor and the AWS Well-Architected Tool.

AWS CloudFormation now supports contract tests v2 for resource types

AWS CloudFormation now supports contract tests v2, available through the --v2 flag of the cfn test command in the CloudFormation CLI. Previously, the contract test suite covered only basic scenarios around the CRUD handlers.

AWS CloudFormation and CDK express mode speeds up infrastructure deployments by up to 4x

AWS CloudFormation and CDK express mode reduces deployment time by up to 4x for developers and AI agents building infrastructure, based on internal benchmarks.

AWS CloudFormation and CDK accelerate development feedback loops with pre-deployment validation on all stack operations

AWS CloudFormation customers can now get immediate feedback on deployment errors in seconds, eliminating the need to wait through a full provision-and-rollback cycle to discover preventable failures.

Amazon Neptune now supports AWS CloudFormation for global databases

Amazon Neptune now supports AWS CloudFormation for provisioning and managing Neptune global databases.

AWS SAM CLI adds AWS CloudFormation Language Extensions support to accelerate local serverless development

AWS SAM CLI now supports AWS CloudFormation Language Extensions, enabling you to reduce duplication in your infrastructure as code (IaC) templates while retaining the full local development workflow.

Reference stack outputs across accounts and Regions with AWS CloudFormation and CDK

AWS CloudFormation now supports a new intrinsic function, Fn::GetStackOutput, that enables you to reference stack outputs across AWS accounts and Regions directly within your CloudFormation templates and CDK applications.