Serverless application developers can now build AppSync powered applications in AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) with the new AWS::Serverless::GraphQLApi resource abstraction. AWS AppSync is a managed service that makes it easier to build scalable APIs that connect applications to data with a GraphQL endpoint. Before today, SAM customers had to work through a learning curve while building their AppSync applications in a SAM template:

1. SAM customers wanting to use AppSync could only use AppSync’s CloudFormation resources in their SAM template.
2. IAM permissions had to be managed individually by the user, requiring IAM expertise to successfully and safely integrate the AppSync resources with Lambda or DynamoDB.

AWS Lambda now supports Python 3.10 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Python 3.10 can take advantage of numerous Python language enhancements to make code more readable and maintainable. These include pattern matching for data structures, parenthesized context managers to simplify managing resources such as file handles or database connections, and better error handling. For more information on Lambda’s support for Python 3.10, see our blog post at Python 3.10 runtime now available in AWS Lambda .

AWS Lambda now supports Java 17 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Java 17 can take advantage of new language features including Java records, sealed classes and multi-line strings. The Lambda Java 17 runtime also has numerous performance improvements. For more information on Lambda’s support for Java 17, see our blog post at Java 17 runtime now available in AWS Lambda .

AWS Lambda now supports Ruby 3.2 as a managed runtime and a container base image in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Developers creating serverless applications in Lambda with Ruby 3.2 can take advantage of new features such as endless methods, a new Data class, improved pattern matching, and performance improvements. For more information on Lambda’s support for Ruby 3.2, see our blog post at Ruby 3.2 runtime now available in AWS Lambda .

Amazon Managed Grafana now supports Trace Analytics with the OpenSearch Grafana data source plugin, in addition to the existing support for Log Analytics. Amazon Managed Grafana is a fully managed service for Grafana, a popular open-source analytics platform that enables you to query, visualize, and alert on your metrics, logs, and traces. OpenSearch is an open-source search and analytics engine for use cases such as log analytics, observability, real-time application monitoring, and clickstream analysis that is also offered as a fully managed Amazon OpenSearch Service. 

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R6i instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). Amazon EC2 R6i instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Ice Lake) with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz. They offer up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). These instances are built on AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS designed hardware and software innovations that enables the delivery of efficient, flexible, and secure cloud services with isolated multi-tenancy, private networking, and fast local storage.

AWS Step Functions announces the availability of Versions and Aliases, improving resiliency for deployments of serverless workflows. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 11,000+ API actions from over 250 AWS services to automate business processes and data processing workloads.

AWS Transfer Family now delivers logs in a structured JSON format across all resources – including servers, connectors, and workflows – and all protocols – including SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and AS2. The new format allows you to easily parse and query your logs using CloudWatch Log Insights, which automatically discovers JSON formatted fields. You’ll also benefit from improved monitoring with support for CloudWatch Contributor Insights, which requires a structured log format to track top users, total number of unique users, and their ongoing usage.

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports MariaDB minor versions 10.6.14, 10.5.21, and 10.4.30. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community.

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