Amazon RDS

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.

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.

Amazon RDS now supports AMD-based M8a instances

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now support M8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, expanding the choice available for your database workloads.

Amazon Aurora and RDS now support AMD-based R8a instances

Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS now support R8a database instances powered by 5th generation AMD EPYC processors, expanding the choice available for your database workloads.

Amazon RDS for MySQL supports MySQL 26.7 in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Starting today, Amazon RDS for MySQL 26.7 is available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of MySQL 26.7 on Amazon RDS for MySQL.

Amazon RDS now adds full snapshot size information to the Console and API

Amazon RDS now displays the full snapshot size for RDS Snapshots. With this enhancement, customers can now retrieve full snapshot sizes programmatically through the DescribeDBSnapshots API using the new field, ‘FullSnapshotSizeInBytes’.

Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, 14.24

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, which include bug fixes from the PostgreSQL community and Aurora-specific enhancements.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL announces Extended Support minor versions 13.23-rds.20260514, 12.22-rds.20260514 and 11.22-rds.20260514

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL announces Amazon RDS Extended Support minor versions 13.23-rds.20260514, 12.22-rds.20260514, and 11.22-rds.20260514.

Amazon RDS for MySQL announces Extended Support minor versions 5.7.44-rds.20260902 and 8.0.46-rds.20260908

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL announces Amazon RDS Extended Support minor versions 5.7.44-rds.20260902 and 8.0.46-rds.20260908.

Amazon RDS supports Multi-AZ for SQL Server Developer Edition

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now supports Multi-AZ deployments using Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server Developer Edition.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports post-quantum TLS key exchange

Starting today, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL introduces support for post-quantum TLS (PQ-TLS) key exchange, providing you with post-quantum cryptography options for encrypting your data in-transit.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Starting today, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 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 Custom now supports the latest CU for Microsoft SQL Server

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server now supports the latest Cumulative Updates (CU) for Microsoft SQL Server. This release includes support for SQL Server 2022 CU26 KB5093420 (RDS version 16.00.4265.3.v1).

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Supplemental Patch Bundle for July 2026 Release Update

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports the Supplemental Patch Bundle (SPB) for the July 2026 Release Update (RU) for Oracle Database version 19c and 26ai.

Amazon RDS now supports the latest CU and GDR updates for Microsoft SQL Server

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

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9, and 12.3.3

Starting today, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports MariaDB minor versions 10.6.28, 10.11.19, 11.4.13, 11.8.9, and 12.3.3, the latest minors released by community MariaDB.

Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports additional SQL trace flags

Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports 18 additional SQL trace flags that you can enable through database parameter groups.

Amazon RDS Custom now supports the latest CU 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.

Amazon RDS now supports the latest CU 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 CU6 KB5093421 (RDS version 17.00.4055.5.v1).