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Current API version: 2014-10-31
The following table describes important changes to the Amazon Aurora User Guide. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed. For information about Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), see the Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide.
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Before August 31, 2018, Amazon Aurora was documented in the Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide. For earlier Aurora document history, see Document history in the Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide.
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| Change | Description | Date |
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RDS Data API for Aurora MySQL supports all Performance Insights views | You can now use the Top hosts or Top applications views for Performance Insights to monitor SQL operations performed using RDS Data API for Aurora MySQL. For information about Performance Insights support, see Monitoring RDS Data API queries with Performance Insights. | October 31, 2024 |
Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database | Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database is a new, automated, horizontal scaling (sharding) capability of Amazon Aurora. Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database lets you scale beyond the existing Aurora limits for write throughput and storage by distributing a database workload over multiple Aurora writer instances, while maintaining the ability to use it as a single database. For more information, see Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database. | October 31, 2024 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL version 2 end of standard support | Aurora MySQL version 2 reached the end of standard support on October 31, 2024. For more information, see Preparing for Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition version 2 end of standard support. | October 31, 2024 |
Amazon Aurora supports cluster-level OS upgrades | You can now apply Aurora operating system upgrades at the DB cluster level. Rolling upgrades automatically apply upgrades to a few reader DB instances at a time, thus preserving read availability. For more information, see Operating system updates for Aurora DB clusters. | October 30, 2024 |
Aurora global clusters support tagging | You can now add tags to Aurora global clusters. An Aurora global cluster is the parent resource that contains the primary and secondary DB clusters in an Aurora global database. For general information about tagging, see Tagging Aurora and Amazon RDS resources. For information about tagging with Aurora Global Database, see Tagging Aurora Global Database resources. | October 24, 2024 |
Aurora Global Database writer endpoints | Each Aurora Global Database now comes with a writer endpoint that is automatically updated by Aurora to route requests to the current writer instance of the primary DB cluster after an Aurora Global Database switchover and failover operation. To learn more about using the writer endpoint along with Aurora Global Database switchover and failover, see Using switchover or failover in Amazon Aurora Global Database. | October 22, 2024 |
Aurora PostgreSQL zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift generally available | Zero-ETL integrations make transactional data available in Amazon Redshift within seconds of it being written to an Aurora PostgreSQL source DB cluster. The feature is now generally available. For more information, see Working with Aurora zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | October 15, 2024 |
Aurora Serverless v2 supports 256 ACUs | You can now create Aurora Serverless v2 DB clusters with a maximum capacity of 256 Aurora capacity units (ACUs). For more information, see Aurora Serverless v2 capacity. | October 3, 2024 |
Amazon Aurora supports Console-to-Code | You can now use Console-to-Code to generate code from actions that you perform in the RDS console. The generated code can help you write code to automate your use of other AWS services. For more information, see Use Console-to-Code to generate code for your Aurora console actions. | October 3, 2024 |
RDS Data API supports Performance Insights | You can now use Performance Insights to monitor SQL operations performed using RDS Data API. For information about Performance Insights support, see Monitoring RDS Data API queries with Performance Insights. | September 26, 2024 |
RDS Data API for Aurora Serverless v2 and provisioned is available for Aurora MySQL | RDS Data API is now available for Aurora MySQL clusters that use Aurora Serverless v2 or provisioned instances. For usage information for RDS Data API, see Using RDS Data API. For information about Aurora MySQL version and AWS Region support for RDS Data API, see Data API with Aurora MySQL Serverless v2 and provisioned. | September 26, 2024 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | August 22, 2024 |
Update to existing policy | Amazon RDS removed | August 7, 2024 |
Update to existing policy | Amazon RDS removed | August 7, 2024 |
AWS ODBC Driver for MySQL generally available | The Amazon Web Services (AWS) ODBC Driver for MySQL is a client driver designed for the high availability of Aurora MySQL. For more information, see Connecting to Aurora MySQL with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ODBC Driver for MySQL. | July 18, 2024 |
RDS Data API for Aurora Serverless v2 is available in more Regions | RDS Data API is now available for Aurora PostgreSQL in several additional AWS Regions. For information about Region support for RDS Data API, see Data API with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2 and provisioned. | July 9, 2024 |
AWS Python Driver generally available | The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Python Driver is designed as an advanced Python wrapper. This wrapper is complementary to and extends the functionality of the open-source Psycopg driver. For more information, see Connecting to Aurora DB clusters with the AWS drivers. | May 23, 2024 |
Zero-ETL integrations available in China Regions | Zero-ETL integrations are now available in the AWS Regions China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia). For more information, see Zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | May 21, 2024 |
RDS Proxy is available in more Regions | RDS Proxy is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Middle East (UAE), Israel (Tel Aviv), Canada West (Calgary), and Europe (Zurich) regions. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | May 21, 2024 |
Amazon RDS Extended Support | Creating or restoring an Aurora MySQL version 2 or 3, or Aurora PostgreSQL version 11 database now automatically enrolls that database into Amazon RDS Extended Support so your existing applications continue to work as they are. You can opt out of RDS Extended Support to avoid charges after the Aurora end of standard support date for your database engine. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support. | March 21, 2024 |
Data filtering for zero-ETL integrations | Amazon RDS supports data filtering at the database and table level for zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. For more information, see Data filtering for Aurora zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | March 20, 2024 |
Aurora MySQL integrations with Amazon Bedrock | You can now integrate Amazon Aurora MySQL databases with Amazon Bedrock to power generative AI applications. For more information, see Using Amazon Aurora machine learning with Aurora MySQL. | March 8, 2024 |
New AWS managed policy | Amazon RDS added a new managed policy named
| February 27, 2024 |
Amazon RDS support for AWS Secrets Manager in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region | Amazon RDS supports Secrets Manager in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. For more information, see Password management with Amazon RDS and AWS Secrets Manager. | February 21, 2024 |
Amazon RDS Extended Support | Amazon RDS now automatically enables Amazon RDS Extended Support when Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL major engine versions in your DB clusters and global clusters reach the Aurora end of standard support date. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support. | February 15, 2024 |
Aurora PostgreSQL 16.1 supports Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL 4.0.0 | Aurora PostgreSQL 16.1 supports Babelfish 4.0.0. For a list of new features, see 16.1. For a list of features supported in each Babelfish release, see Supported functionality in Babelfish by version. For usage information, see Working with Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. | January 31, 2024 |
Update to default CA Certificate | The default CA certificate is set to | January 26, 2024 |
RDS Proxy is available in the Europe (Spain) Region | RDS Proxy is now available in the Europe (Spain) region. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | January 8, 2024 |
RDS Data API with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2 and provisioned | You can now use RDS Data API with Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v2 and provisioned DB clusters. With RDS Data API, you can access your Aurora clusters through a secure HTTP endpoint and run SQL statements without using database drivers or managing connections. For more information, see Using RDS Data API. | December 21, 2023 |
Aurora PostgreSQL integrations with Amazon Bedrock | You can now integrate Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL databases with Amazon Bedrock to power generative AI applications. For more information, see Using Amazon Aurora machine learning with Aurora PostgreSQL. | December 21, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | December 20, 2023 |
Amazon RDS supports viewing and responding to recommendations | Amazon Aurora recommendations now includes threshold based proactive and machine learning based reactive recommendations. For more information, see Recommendations for Amazon Aurora. | December 19, 2023 |
Aurora PostgreSQL zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift (preview) | You can now create zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift using an Aurora PostgreSQL source DB cluster. For the preview release, you must create all integrations in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, in the US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) AWS Region. For more information, see Working with Aurora zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | November 28, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL supports global database write forwarding | You can now enable write forwarding on secondary clusters in an Aurora PostgreSQL-based global database. For more information, see Using write forwarding in an Aurora PostgreSQL global database. | November 9, 2023 |
Aurora PostgreSQL support for Optimized Reads | You can achieve faster query processing for Aurora PostgreSQL with Aurora Optimized Reads. For more information, see Improving query performance for Aurora PostgreSQL with Aurora Optimized Reads. | November 8, 2023 |
Amazon RDS exports Performance Insights metrics to Amazon CloudWatch | Performance Insights lets you export the preconfigured or custom metrics dashboards to Amazon CloudWatch. The exported metrics dashboards are available to view in the CloudWatch console. You can also export a selected Performance Insights metric widget and view the metrics data in the CloudWatch console. For more information, see Exporting Performance Insights metrics to CloudWatch. | November 8, 2023 |
Aurora MySQL zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift general availability | Zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift are now generally available for Aurora MySQL. For more information, see Working with Aurora zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | November 7, 2023 |
Aurora PostgreSQL support for RDS Blue/Green Deployments | You can now create a blue/green deployment from an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for database updates. | October 26, 2023 |
Aurora MySQL supports server-side encryption with AWS KMS keys (SSE-KMS) | In Aurora MySQL version 3.05 and higher, you can use SSE-KMS, including AWS managed keys and customer managed keys, for server-side encryption of data that you load from or save to Amazon S3. For more information, see Loading data into an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster from text files in an Amazon S3 bucket and Saving data from an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster from text files in an Amazon S3 bucket. | October 25, 2023 |
Aurora MySQL optimizations reduce database restart time | In Aurora MySQL version 3.05 and higher, we've introduced optimizations that reduce the database restart time. These optimizations provide up to 65% less downtime than without optimizations, and fewer disruptions to your database workloads, after a restart. For more information, see Optimizations to reduce database restart time. | October 25, 2023 |
Update to AWS managed policies | The | October 23, 2023 |
Amazon RDS publishes Performance Insights counter metrics to Amazon CloudWatch | The DB_PERF_INSIGHTS metric math function in the CloudWatch console allows you to query Amazon RDS for Performance Insights counter metrics. For more information, see Creating CloudWatch alarms to monitor Amazon Aurora. | September 20, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports point-in-time recovery (PITR) with AWS Backup | You can now manage Aurora automated (continuous) backups in AWS Backup and restore to specified times from them. For more information, see Restoring a DB cluster to a specified time using AWS Backup. | September 7, 2023 |
Amazon RDS Extended Support | Amazon Aurora announces the upcoming ability to continue running Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL major engine versions in your DB instances past the Aurora end of standard support date. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support. | September 1, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL extends support for Percona XtraBackup | You can now perform physical migrations of MySQL 8.0 databases to Aurora MySQL version 3 DB clusters. For more information, see Physical migration from MySQL by using Percona XtraBackup and Amazon S3. | August 24, 2023 |
Aurora global database supports global database failover | Aurora global database now supports managed global failover, allowing you to more easily recover from a true Regional disaster or complete service-level outage. To learn more about this feature, see Performing managed failovers for Aurora global databases. The feature previously called "managed planned failover" is now called "switchover." For information about switchovers, see Performing switchovers for Amazon Aurora global databases. | August 21, 2023 |
Update to AWS managed policy permissions | The | August 17, 2023 |
Update to AWS managed policy permissions | The addition of new permissions to | August 16, 2023 |
Amazon RDS supports DB load time period analysis with Performance Insights | Performance Insights allows you to create performance analysis reports for a specific period of time. The report provides the insights identified and recommendations to resolve the performance issues. For more information, see Analyzing DB load for a period of time. | August 16, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports retaining automated backups for DB clusters | You can now retain automated backups for deleted Aurora clusters and restore them to a specified point in time. For more information, see Retaining automated backups. | August 4, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | August 1, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL supports local (in-cluster) write forwarding | You can now forward write operations from a reader DB instance to a writer DB instance within an Aurora MySQL DB cluster. For more information, see Using write forwarding in an Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster. | July 31, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports Aurora Serverless v2 in an additional AWS Region | You can now create Aurora Serverless v2 DB clusters in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) AWS Region. For information about Aurora Serverless v2, see Using Aurora Serverless v2. | June 28, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora introduces zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift (preview) | Zero-ETL integrations provide a fully managed solution for making transactional data available in Amazon Redshift within seconds of it being written to an Aurora MySQL DB cluster. For more information, see Working with Aurora zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. | June 28, 2023 |
Amazon RDS provides combined Performance Insights and CloudWatch metrics view in the Performance Insights dashboard | Amazon RDS now provides a consolidated view of Performance Insights and CloudWatch metrics in the Performance Insights dashboard. For more information, see Viewing combined metrics with the Performance Insights dashboard. | May 24, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports the db.r7g instance classes | You can now use the db.r7g instance classes to create Aurora DB clusters. For more information, see Aurora DB instance classes. | May 11, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports a new DB cluster storage configuration | With Aurora I/O-Optimized, you pay only for the usage and storage of your DB clusters, with no additional charges for read and write I/O operations. For more information, see Storage configurations for Amazon Aurora DB clusters. | May 11, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports Aurora Serverless v2 in additional AWS Regions | You can now create Aurora Serverless v2 DB clusters in the following AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Europe (Spain) Europe (Zurich), and Middle East (UAE). For information about Aurora Serverless v2, see Using Aurora Serverless v2. | May 4, 2023 |
Aurora Serverless v1 supports conversion to provisioned | You can convert an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster directly to a provisioned DB cluster. For more information, see Converting an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster to provisioned. | April 27, 2023 |
Aurora Serverless v1 supports Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL version 13 | You can now create Aurora Serverless v1 DB clusters that run Aurora PostgreSQL version 13. For more information, see Aurora Serverless v1. | April 27, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora support for AWS Secrets Manager in the China Regions | Amazon Aurora supports Secrets Manager in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions. For more information, see Password management with Amazon Aurora and AWS Secrets Manager. | April 20, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports publishing events with tags to topic subscribers | Amazon Aurora event notifications sent to Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) or Amazon EventBridge now contain event tags in the message body. These tags provide the resource data that was affected by the service event. For more information, see Amazon RDS event notification tags and attributes. | April 17, 2023 |
Update to IAM service-linked role permissions | The | March 30, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports global databases in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region | You can now create Aurora global databases in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region. For information about Aurora global databases, see Using Amazon Aurora global databases. | March 22, 2023 |
Update to AWS managed policy permissions | The | March 16, 2023 |
RDS Proxy is available in the China Regions | RDS Proxy is now available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) regions. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | March 15, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports Aurora Serverless v2 in the China Regions | Aurora Serverless v2 is now available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions. For more information, see Aurora Serverless v2. | March 15, 2023 |
RDS Proxy is available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region | RDS Proxy is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | March 8, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL supports Kerberos authentication | You can now use Kerberos authentication to authenticate users when they connect to your Aurora MySQL DB clusters. For more information, see Using Kerberos authentication for Aurora MySQL. | March 8, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports global databases in additional AWS Regions | You can now create Aurora global databases in the following Regions: Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Europe (Milan), Europe (Spain) Europe (Zurich), Middle East (Bahrain), and Middle East (UAE). For information about Aurora global databases, see Using Amazon Aurora global databases. | March 6, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports copying DB cluster snapshots in additional AWS Regions | You can now copy DB cluster snapshots in the following Regions: Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Milan), Europe (Spain) Europe (Zurich), Middle East (Bahrain), and Middle East (UAE). For information about copying DB cluster snapshots, see Copying a DB cluster snapshot. | March 6, 2023 |
Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS supports proactive insights | Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS publishes proactive insights with recommendations to help you address issues in your Aurora databases before they are predicted to happen. For more information, see How DevOps Guru for RDS works. | February 28, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL version 1 is deprecated | Aurora MySQL version 1 (compatible with MySQL 5.6) has been deprecated. For more information, see How long Amazon Aurora major versions remain available. | February 28, 2023 |
Aurora Serverless v1 supports setting the DB cluster maintenance window | You can now set the maintenance window for Aurora Serverless v1 DB clusters. For more information, see Adjusting the preferred DB cluster maintenance window. | February 27, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora supports Database Activity Streams in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Europe (Spain), and Middle East (UAE) Regions. | For more information, see Database Activity Streams. | January 27, 2023 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | January 23, 2023 |
Specify certificate authority (CA) during DB cluster creation | You can now specify which CA to use for a DB cluster's server certificate during DB cluster creation. For more information, see Certificate authorities. | January 5, 2023 |
Aurora MySQL 3.* support for backtracking | Aurora MySQL 3.* versions now offer a quick way to recover from user errors, such as dropping the wrong table or deleting the wrong row. Backtrack allows you to move your database to a prior point in time without needing to restore from a backup, and it completes within seconds, even for large databases. For details, see Backtracking an Aurora DB cluster. | January 4, 2023 |
Use Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments available in additional AWS Regions | The Blue/Green Deployments feature is now available in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for database updates. | December 22, 2022 |
Update to IAM service-linked role permissions | The AmazonRDSServiceRolePolicy policy now grants additional permissions to AWS Secrets Manager. For more information, see Amazon RDS updates to AWS managed policies. | December 22, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora integrates with AWS Secrets Manager for password management | Aurora can manage the master user password for a DB cluster in Secrets Manager. For more information, see Password management with Amazon Aurora and AWS Secrets Manager. | December 22, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports Aurora Serverless v2 in additional AWS Regions | Aurora Serverless v2 is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) and Europe (Milan) Regions. For more information, see Aurora Serverless v2. | December 21, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports RDS Proxy with PostgreSQL 14 | You can now create an RDS Proxy with an Aurora PostgreSQL 14 DB cluster. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | December 13, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora alerts you to recent anomalies detected by Amazon DevOps Guru | The database details page of the console alerts you both to current and anomalies that occurred in the past 24 hours. For more information, see How DevOps Guru for RDS works. | December 13, 2022 |
Amazon RDS Proxy supports global databases | You can now use RDS Proxy with Aurora global databases. For more information, see Using RDS Proxy with Aurora global databases. | December 7, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters support Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL | Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL is an open source development kit that allows you to build high performance PostgreSQL extensions and safely run them on your Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. For more information, see Working with Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL. | November 30, 2022 |
Amazon GuardDuty RDS Protection monitors for access threats | When you turn on GuardDuty RDS Protection, GuardDuty consumes RDS login events from your Aurora databases, monitors these events, and profiles them for potential insider threats or external actors. When GuardDuty RDS Protection detects a potential threat, GuardDuty generates a new finding with details about the potentially compromised database. For more information, see Monitoring threats with GuardDuty RDS Protection. | November 30, 2022 |
Use Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for database updates | You can make changes to a DB cluster in a staging environment and test the changes without affecting your production DB cluster. When you are ready, you can promote the staging environment to be the new production environment, with minimal downtime. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments for database updates. | November 27, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | November 22, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Europe (Spain) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Europe (Spain) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | November 16, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Europe (Zurich) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Europe (Zurich) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | November 9, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports exporting data to Amazon S3 from DB clusters | You can now export Aurora cluster data directly to S3, without having to create a snapshot first. For more information, see Exporting DB cluster data to Amazon S3. | October 27, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora MySQL supports faster exports to Amazon S3 | You can now see up to 10x faster performance for exporting DB cluster snapshot data to S3 for MySQL 5.7- and 8.0-compatible Aurora MySQL clusters. For more information, see Exporting DB cluster snapshot data to Amazon S3. | October 20, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports automatically setting up connectivity between an Aurora DB cluster and an EC2 instance | You can use the AWS Management Console to set up connectivity between an existing Aurora DB cluster and an EC2 instance. For more information, see Connecting an EC2 instance and an Aurora DB cluster automatically. | October 14, 2022 |
AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL generally available | The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is a client driver designed for Aurora PostgreSQL. The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is now generally available. For more information, see Connecting with the AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL. | October 6, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports in-place upgrade for MySQL 5.7-compatible Aurora MySQL | You can perform an in-place upgrade to change an existing MySQL 5.7-compatible Aurora MySQL cluster into a MySQL 8.0-compatible Aurora MySQL cluster. For more information, see Upgrading from Aurora MySQL 2.x to 3.x. | September 26, 2022 |
Performance Insights shows the top 25 SQL queries | In the Performance Insights dashboard, the Top SQL tab shows the 25 SQL queries that are contributing the most to DB load. For more information, see Overview of the Top SQL tab. | September 13, 2022 |
Aurora MySQL supports a new DB instance class | You can now use the db.r6i DB instance class for Aurora MySQL DB clusters. For more information, see DB instance classes. | September 13, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Middle East (UAE) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | August 30, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports automatically setting up connectivity with an EC2 instance | When you create an Aurora DB cluster, you can use the AWS Management Console to set up connectivity between an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instance and the new DB cluster. For more information, see Configure automatic network connectivity with an EC2 instance. | August 22, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports dual-stack mode | DB clusters can now run in dual-stack mode. In dual-stack mode, resources can communicate with the DB cluster over IPv4, IPv6, or both. For more information, see Amazon Aurora IP addressing. | August 17, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports in-place upgrade for PostgreSQL-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 | You can perform an in-place upgrade for a PostgreSQL 10-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 cluster to change an existing cluster into a PostgreSQL 11-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 cluster. For the in-place upgrade procedure, see Modifying an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster. | August 8, 2022 |
Performance Insights supports the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region | Formerly, you couldn't use Performance Insights in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. This restriction has been removed. For more information, see AWS Region support for Performance Insights. | July 21, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports a new DB instance class | You can now use the db.r6i DB instance class for Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters. For more information, see DB instance classes. | July 14, 2022 |
RDS Performance Insights supports additional retention periods | Previously, Performance Insights offered only two retention periods: 7 days (default) or 2 years (731 days). Now, if you need to retain your performance data for longer than 7 days, you can specify from 1–24 months. For more information, see Pricing and data retention for Performance Insights. | July 1, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports in-place upgrade for MySQL-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 | You can perform an in-place upgrade for a MySQL 5.6-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 cluster to change an existing cluster into a MySQL 5.7-compatible Aurora Serverless v1 cluster. For the in-place upgrade procedure, see Modifying an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster. | June 16, 2022 |
Aurora supports turning on Amazon DevOps Guru in the RDS console | You can turn on DevOps Guru coverage for your Aurora databases from within the RDS console. For more information, see Setting up DevOps Guru for RDS. | June 9, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports publishing events to encrypted Amazon SNS topics | Amazon Aurora can now publish events to Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics that have server-side encryption (SSE) enabled, for additional protection of events that carry sensitive data. For more information, see Subscribing to Amazon RDS event notification. | June 1, 2022 |
Amazon RDS publishes usage metrics to Amazon CloudWatch | The | April 28, 2022 |
Data API result sets in JSON format | An optional parameter for the | April 27, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is now generally available | Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is generally available for all users. For more information, see Using Aurora Serverless v2. | April 21, 2022 |
Aurora MySQL supports configurable cipher suites | With Aurora MySQL, you can now use configurable cipher suites to control the connection encryption that your database server accepts. For more information, see Configuring cipher suites for connections to Aurora MySQL DB clusters. | April 15, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports RDS Proxy with PostgreSQL 13 | You can now create an RDS Proxy with an Aurora PostgreSQL 13 DB cluster. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | April 4, 2022 |
Release Notes for Aurora PostgreSQL | There is now a separate guide for the Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL release notes. For more information, see Release Notes for Aurora PostgreSQL. | March 22, 2022 |
Release Notes for Aurora MySQL | There is now a separate guide for the Amazon Aurora MySQL release notes. For more information, see Release Notes for Aurora MySQL. | March 22, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports multi-major version upgrades | You can now perform version upgrades of Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters across multiple major versions. For more information, see How to perform a major version upgrade. | March 4, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports configurable cipher suites | With Aurora PostgreSQL versions 11.8 and higher, you can now use configurable cipher suites to control the connection encryption that your database server accepts. For information about using configurable cipher suites with Aurora PostgreSQL, see Configuring cipher suites for connections to Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters. | March 4, 2022 |
AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL generally available | The AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL is a client driver designed for the high availability of Aurora MySQL. The AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL is now generally available. For more information, see Connecting with the Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for MySQL. | March 2, 2022 |
Aurora PostgreSQL 13.5 supports Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL 1.1.0 | Aurora PostgreSQL 13.5 supports Babelfish 1.1.0. For a list of new features, see 13.5. For a list of features supported in each Babelfish release, see Supported functionality in Babelfish by version. For usage information, see Working with Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. | February 28, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora supports Database Activity Streams in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region | For more information, see Support for AWS Regions for database activity streams. | February 16, 2022 |
Performance Insights supports new API operations | Performance Insights now supports the following API operations:
| January 12, 2022 |
Amazon RDS Proxy supports events | RDS Proxy now generates events that you can subscribe to and view in CloudWatch Events or configure to send to Amazon EventBridge. For more information, see Working with RDS Proxy events. | January 11, 2022 |
RDS Proxy available in additional AWS Regions | RDS Proxy is now available in the following Regions: Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Europe (Milan), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), and South America (São Paulo). For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | January 5, 2022 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | December 13, 2021 |
DevOps Guru for Amazon RDS provides detailed insights and recommendations for Amazon Aurora | DevOps Guru for RDS mines Performance Insights for performance-related data. Using this data, the service analyzes the performance of your Amazon Aurora DB instances and can help you resolve performance issues. To learn more, see Analyzing performance anomalies with DevOps Guru for RDS in this guide and see Overview of DevOps Guru for RDS in the Amazon DevOps Guru User Guide. | December 1, 2021 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports RDS Proxy with PostgreSQL 12 | You can now create an RDS Proxy with an Aurora PostgreSQL 12 database cluster. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Using Amazon RDS Proxy. | November 22, 2021 |
Aurora supports AWS Graviton2 instance classes for Database Activity Streams | You can use database activity streams with the db.r6g instance class for Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL. For more information, see Supported DB instance classes. | November 3, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora support for cross-account AWS KMS keys | You can use a KMS key from a different AWS account for encryption when exporting DB snapshots to Amazon S3. For more information, see Exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3. | November 3, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora supports Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL | Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL extends your Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition database with the ability to accept database connections from Microsoft SQL Server clients. For more information, see Working with Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. | October 28, 2021 |
Aurora Serverless v1 can require SSL for connections | The Aurora cluster parameters | October 26, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora supports Performance Insights in additional AWS Regions | Performance Insights is available in the Middle East (Bahrain), Africa (Cape Town), Europe (Milan), and Asia Pacific (Osaka) Regions. For more information, see AWS Region support for Performance Insights. | October 5, 2021 |
Configurable autoscaling timeout for Aurora Serverless v1 | You can choose how long Aurora Serverless v1 waits to find an autoscaling point. If no autoscaling point is found during that period, Aurora Serverless v1 cancels the scaling event or forces the capacity change, depending on the timeout action that you selected. For more information, see Autoscaling for Aurora Serverless v1. | September 10, 2021 |
Aurora supports X2g and T4g instance classes | Both Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL can now use X2g and T4g instance classes. The instance classes that you can use depend on the version of Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL. For information about supported instance types, see DB instance classes. | September 10, 2021 |
Amazon RDS supports RDS Proxy in a shared VPC | You can now create an RDS Proxy in a shared virtual private cloud (VPC). For more information about RDS Proxy, see "Managing Connections with Amazon RDS Proxy" in the Amazon RDS User Guide or the Aurora User Guide. | August 6, 2021 |
Aurora version policy page | The Amazon Aurora User Guide now includes a section with general information about Aurora versions and associated policies. For details, see Amazon Aurora versions. | July 14, 2021 |
Exclude Data API events from an AWS CloudTrail trail | You can exclude Data API events from a CloudTrail trail. For more information, see Excluding Data API events from an AWS CloudTrail trail. | July 2, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition supports additional extensions | Newly supported extensions include pg_bigm, pg_cron, pg_partman, and pg_proctab. For more information, see Extension versions for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. | June 17, 2021 |
Cloning for Aurora Serverless clusters | You can now create cloned clusters that are Aurora Serverless. For information about cloning, see Cloning a volume for an Aurora DB cluster. | June 16, 2021 |
Aurora global databases available in China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions | You can now create Aurora global databases in the China (Beijing) and China (Ningxia) Regions. For information about Aurora global databases, see Working with Amazon Aurora global databases. | May 19, 2021 |
FIPS 140-2 support for Data API | The Data API supports the Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS 140-2) for SSL/TLS connections. For more information, see Data API availability. | May 14, 2021 |
AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL (preview) | The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL, now available in preview, is a client driver designed for the high availability of Aurora PostgreSQL. For more information, see Connecting with the Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL (preview). | April 27, 2021 |
The Data API available in additional AWS Regions | The Data API is now available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Canada (Central) Regions. For more information, see Availability of the Data API. | April 9, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora supports the Graviton2 DB instance classes | You can now use the Graviton2 DB instance classes db.r6g.x to create DB clusters running MySQL or PostgreSQL. For more information, see DB instance class types. | March 12, 2021 |
RDS Proxy endpoint enhancements | You can create additional endpoints associated with each RDS proxy. Creating an endpoint in a different VPC enables cross-VPC access for the proxy. Proxies for Aurora MySQL clusters can also have read-only endpoints. These reader endpoints connect to reader DB instances in the clusters and can improve read scalability and availability for query-intensive applications. For more information about RDS Proxy, see "Managing Connections with Amazon RDS Proxy" in the Amazon RDS User Guide or the Aurora user guide. | March 8, 2021 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | March 1, 2021 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports enabling both IAM and Kerberos authentication on the same DB cluster | Aurora PostgreSQL now supports enabling both IAM authentication and Kerberos authentication on the same DB cluster. For more information, see Database authentication with Amazon Aurora. | February 24, 2021 |
Aurora global database now supports managed planned failover | Aurora global database now supports managed planned failover, allowing you to more easily change the primary AWS
Region of your Aurora global database. You can use managed planned failover with healthy Aurora global databases only.
To learn more, see Disaster recovery
and Amazon Aurora global databases. For reference information, see
| February 11, 2021 |
Data API for Aurora Serverless now supports more data types | With the Data API for Aurora Serverless, you can now use | February 2, 2021 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports major version upgrades to PostgreSQL 12 | With Aurora PostgreSQL, you can now upgrade the DB engine to major version 12. For more information, see Upgrading the PostgreSQL DB engine for Aurora PostgreSQL. | January 28, 2021 |
Aurora MySQL supports in-place upgrade | You can upgrade your Aurora MySQL 1.x cluster to Aurora MySQL 2.x, preserving the DB instances, endpoints, and so on of the original cluster. This in-place upgrade technique avoids the inconvenience of setting up a whole new cluster by restoring a snapshot. It also avoids the overhead of copying all your table data into a new cluster. For more information, see Upgrading the major version of an Aurora MySQL DB cluster from 1.x to 2.x. | January 11, 2021 |
AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL (preview) | The AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL, now available in preview, is a client driver designed for the high availability of Aurora MySQL. For more information, see Connecting with the Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for MySQL (preview). | January 7, 2021 |
Aurora supports database activity streams on secondary clusters of a global database | You can start a database a database activity stream on a primary or secondary cluster of Aurora PostgreSQL or Aurora MySQL. For supported engine versions, see Limitations of Aurora global databases. | December 22, 2020 |
Multi-master clusters with 4 DB instances | The maximum number of DB instances in an Aurora MySQL multi-master cluster is now four. Formerly, the maximum was two DB instances. For more information, see Working with Aurora Multi-Master Clusters. | December 17, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports AWS Lambda functions | You can now invoke AWS Lambda function for your Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters. For more information, see Invoking a Lambda function from an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. | December 11, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora supports the Graviton2 DB instance classes in preview | You can now use the Graviton2 DB instance classes db.r6g.x in preview to create DB clusters running MySQL or PostgreSQL. For more information, see DB instance class types. | December 11, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is now available in preview. | Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is available in preview. To work with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, apply for access. For more information,
see the Aurora Serverless v2
page | December 1, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL is now available for Aurora Serverless in more AWS Regions. | Aurora PostgreSQL is now available for Aurora Serverless in more AWS Regions. You can now choose to run Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless v1 in the same AWS Regions that offer Aurora MySQL Serverless v1. Additional AWS Regions with Aurora Serverless support include US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Singapore) Asia Pacific (Sydney) Asia Pacific (Seoul) Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Canada (Central) Europe (London) and Europe (Paris). For a list of all Regions and supported Aurora DB engines for Aurora Serverless, see Supported Regions and Aurora DB engines for Aurora Serverless v1. Amazon RDS Data API for Aurora Serverless is also now available in these same AWS Regions. For a list of all Regions with support for the Data API for Aurora Serverless, see Data API with Aurora MySQL Serverless v1 | November 24, 2020 |
Amazon RDS Performance Insights introduces new dimensions | You can group database load according to the dimension groups for database, application (PostgreSQL), and session type (PostgreSQL). Amazon RDS also supports the dimensions db.name, db.application.name (PostgreSQL), and db.session_type.name (PostgreSQL). For more information, see Top load table. | November 24, 2020 |
Aurora Serverless supports Aurora PostgreSQL version 10.12 | Aurora PostgreSQL for Aurora Serverless has been upgraded to Aurora PostgreSQL version 10.12 throughout the AWS Regions where Aurora PostgreSQL for Aurora Serverless is supported. For more information, see Supported Regions and Aurora DB engines for Aurora Serverless v1. | November 4, 2020 |
The Data API now supports tag-based authorization | The Data API supports tag-based authorization. If you've labeled your RDS cluster resources with tags, you can use these tags in your policy statements to control access through the Data API. For more information, see Authorizing access to the Data API. | October 27, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora extends support for exporting snapshots to Amazon S3 | You can now export DB snapshot data to Amazon S3 in all commercial AWS Regions. For more information, see Exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3. | October 22, 2020 |
Aurora global database supports cloning | You can now create clones of the primary and secondary DB clusters of your Aurora global databases. You
can do so by using the AWS Management Console and choosing the Create clone menu option. You can
also use the AWS CLI and run the | October 19, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora supports dynamic resizing for the cluster volume | Starting with Aurora MySQL 1.23 and 2.09, and Aurora PostgreSQL 3.3.0 and Aurora PostgreSQL 2.6.0, Aurora reduces
the size of the cluster volume after you remove data through operations such as | October 13, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora supports volume sizes up to 128 TiB | New and existing Aurora cluster volumes can now grow to a maximum size of 128 tebibytes (TiB). For more information, see How Aurora storage grows. | September 22, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports the db.r5 and db.t3 DB instance classes in the China (Ningxia) Region | You can now create Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters in the China (Ningxia) Region that use the db.r5 and db.t3 DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance classes. | September 3, 2020 |
Aurora parallel query enhancements | Starting with Aurora MySQL 2.09 and 1.23, you can take advantage of enhancements to the parallel query
feature. Creating a parallel query cluster no longer requires a special engine mode. You can now turn
parallel query on and off using the | September 2, 2020 |
Changes to Aurora MySQL parameter binlog_rows_query_log_events |
You can now change the value of the Aurora MySQL configuration parameter
| August 26, 2020 |
Support for automatic minor version upgrades for Aurora MySQL | With Aurora MySQL, the setting Enable auto minor version upgrade now takes effect when you specify it for an Aurora MySQL DB cluster. When you enable auto minor version upgrade, Aurora automatically upgrades to new minor versions as they are released. The automatic upgrades occur during the maintenance window for the database. For Aurora MySQL, this feature applies only to Aurora MySQL version 2, which is compatible with MySQL 5.7. Initially, the automatic upgrade procedure brings Aurora MySQL DB clusters to version 2.07.2. For more information about how this feature works with Aurora MySQL, see Database Upgrades and Patches for Amazon Aurora MySQL. | August 3, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports major version upgrades to PostgreSQL version 11 | With Aurora PostgreSQL, you can now upgrade the DB engine to major version 11. For more information, see Upgrading the PostgreSQL DB engine for Aurora PostgreSQL. | July 28, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora supports AWS PrivateLink | Amazon Aurora now supports creating Amazon VPC endpoints for Amazon RDS API calls to keep traffic between applications and Aurora in the AWS network. For more information, see Amazon Aurora and interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink). | July 9, 2020 |
RDS Proxy generally available | RDS Proxy is now generally available. You can use RDS Proxy with RDS for MySQL, Aurora MySQL, RDS for PostgreSQL, and Aurora PostgreSQL for production workloads. For more information about RDS Proxy, see "Managing Connections with Amazon RDS Proxy" in the Amazon RDS User Guide or the Aurora user guide. | June 30, 2020 |
Aurora global database write forwarding | You can now enable write capability on secondary clusters in a global database. With write forwarding, you issue DML statements on a secondary cluster, Aurora forwards the write to the primary cluster, and the updated data is replicated to all the secondary clusters. For more information, see Write forwarding for secondary AWS Regions with an Aurora global database. | June 18, 2020 |
Aurora supports integration with AWS Backup | You can use AWS Backup to manage backups of Aurora DB clusters. For more information, see Overview of backing up and restoring an Aurora DB cluster. | June 10, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports db.t3.large DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters that use the db.t3.large DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance classes. | June 5, 2020 |
Aurora global database supports PostgreSQL version 11.7 and managed recovery point objective (RPO) | You can now create Aurora global databases for the PostgreSQL database engine version 11.7. You can also manage how a PostgreSQL global database recovers from a failure using a recovery point objective (RPO). For more information, see Cross-Region Disaster Recovery for Aurora global databases. | June 4, 2020 |
Aurora MySQL supports database monitoring with database activity streams | Aurora MySQL now includes database activity streams, which provide a near-real-time data stream of the database activity in your relational database. For more information, see Using database activity streams. | June 2, 2020 |
The query editor available in additional AWS Regions | The query editor for Aurora Serverless is now available in additional AWS Regions. For more information, see Availability of the query editor. | May 28, 2020 |
The Data API available in additional AWS Regions | The Data API is now available in additional AWS Regions. For more information, see Availability of the Data API. | May 28, 2020 |
RDS Proxy available in Canada (Central) Region | You can now use the RDS Proxy preview in the Canada (Central) Region. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Managing connections with Amazon RDS proxy (preview). | May 28, 2020 |
Aurora global database and cross-Region read replicas | For an Aurora global database, you can now create an Aurora MySQL cross-Region read replica from the primary cluster in the same region as a secondary cluster. For more information about Aurora Global Database and cross-Region read replicas, see Working with Amazon Aurora global database and Replicating Amazon Aurora MySQL DB. | May 18, 2020 |
RDS Proxy available in more AWS Regions | You can now use the RDS Proxy preview in the US West (N. California) Region, the Europe (London) Region, the Europe (Frankfurt) Region, the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region, the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region, the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region, and the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. For more information about RDS Proxy, see Managing connections with Amazon RDS proxy (preview). | May 13, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition supports on-premises or self-hosted Microsoft active directory | You can now use an on-premises or self-hosted Active Directory for Kerberos authentication of users when they connect to your Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters. For more information, see Using Kerberos authentication with Aurora PostgreSQL. | May 7, 2020 |
Aurora MySQL multi-master clusters available in more AWS Regions | You can now create Aurora multi-master clusters in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region, the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region, the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region, and the Europe (Frankfurt) Region. For more information about multi-master clusters, see Working with Aurora multi-master clusters. | May 7, 2020 |
Performance Insights supports analyzing statistics of running Aurora MySQL queries | You can now analyze statistics of running queries with Performance Insights for Aurora MySQL DB instances. For more information, see Analyzing statistics of running queries. | May 5, 2020 |
Java client library for Data API generally available | The Java client library for the Data API is now generally available. You can download and use a Java client library for Data API. It enables you to map your client-side classes to requests and responses of the Data API. For more information, see Using the Java client library for Data API. | April 30, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Europe (Milan) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | April 28, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Europe (Milan) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | April 27, 2020 |
Amazon Aurora is available in the Africa (Cape Town) Region | Amazon Aurora is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) Region. For more information, see Regions and Availability Zones. | April 22, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL now supports db.r5.16xlarge and db.r5.8xlarge DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters running PostgreSQL that use the db.r5.16xlarge and db.r5.8xlarge DB instance classes. For more information, see Hardware specifications for DB instance classes for Aurora. | April 8, 2020 |
Amazon RDS proxy for PostgreSQL | Amazon RDS Proxy is now available for PostgreSQL. You can use RDS Proxy to reduce the overhead of connection management on your cluster and also the chance of "too many connections" errors. The RDS Proxy is currently in public preview for PostgreSQL. For more information, see Managing connections with Amazon RDS proxy (preview). | April 8, 2020 |
Aurora global databases now support Aurora PostgreSQL | You can now create Aurora global databases for the PostgreSQL database engine. An Aurora global database spans multiple AWS Regions, enabling low latency global reads and disaster recovery from region-wide outages. For more information, see Working with Amazon Aurora global database. | March 10, 2020 |
Support for major version upgrades for Aurora PostgreSQL | With Aurora PostgreSQL, you can now upgrade the DB engine to a major version. By doing so, you can skip ahead to a newer major version when you upgrade select PostgreSQL engine versions. For more information, see Upgrading the PostgreSQL DB engine for Aurora PostgreSQL. | March 4, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports Kerberos authentication | You can now use Kerberos authentication to authenticate users when they connect to your Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters. For more information, see Using Kerberos authentication with Aurora PostgreSQL. | February 28, 2020 |
The Data API supports AWS PrivateLink | The Data API now supports creating Amazon VPC endpoints for Data API calls to keep traffic between applications and the Data API in the AWS network. For more information, see Creating an Amazon VPC endpoint (AWS PrivateLink) for the Data API. | February 6, 2020 |
Aurora machine learning support in Aurora PostgreSQL | The | February 5, 2020 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports exporting data to Amazon S3 | You can query data from an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster and export it directly into files stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. For more information, see Exporting data from an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster to Amazon S3. | February 5, 2020 |
Support for exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3 | Amazon Aurora supports exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3 for MySQL and PostgreSQL. For more information, see Exporting DB snapshot data to Amazon S3. | January 9, 2020 |
Aurora MySQL release notes in document history | This section now includes history entries for Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition release notes for versions released after August 31, 2018. For the full release notes for a specific version, choose the link in the first column of the history entry. | December 13, 2019 |
Amazon RDS proxy | You can reduce the overhead of connection management on your cluster, and reduce the chance of "too many connections" errors, by using the Amazon RDS Proxy. You associate each proxy with an RDS DB instance or Aurora DB cluster. Then you use the proxy endpoint in the connection string for your application. The Amazon RDS Proxy is currently in a public preview state. It supports the Aurora MySQL database engine. For more information, see Managing connections with Amazon RDS proxy (preview). | December 3, 2019 |
Data API for Aurora Serverless v1 supports data type mapping hints | You can now use a hint to instruct the Data API for Aurora Serverless v1 to send a
| November 26, 2019 |
Data API for Aurora Serverless v1 supports a Java client library (preview) | You can download and use a Java client library for Data API. It enables you to map your client-side classes to requests and responses of the Data API. For more information, see Using the Java client library for Data API. | November 26, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL is FedRAMP HIGH eligible | Aurora PostgreSQL is FedRAMP HIGH eligible. For details about AWS and compliance efforts, see AWS services in scope by compliance
program | November 26, 2019 |
READ COMMITTED isolation level enabled for Amazon Aurora MySQL replicas | You can now enable the | November 25, 2019 |
Performance Insights supports analyzing statistics of running Aurora PostgreSQL queries | You can now analyze statistics of running queries with Performance Insights for Aurora PostgreSQL DB instances. For more information, see Analyzing statistics of running queries. | November 25, 2019 |
More clusters in an Aurora global database | You can now add multiple secondary regions to an Aurora global database. You can take advantage of low latency global reads and disaster recovery across a wider geographic area. For more information about Aurora global databases, see Working with Amazon Aurora global databases. | November 25, 2019 |
Aurora machine learning support in Aurora MySQL | In Aurora MySQL 2.07 and higher, you can call Amazon Comprehend for sentiment analysis and SageMaker for a wide variety of machine learning algorithms. You use the results directly in your database application by embedding calls to stored functions in your queries. For more information, see Using machine learning (ML) capabilities with Aurora. | November 25, 2019 |
Aurora global database no longer requires engine mode setting | You no longer need to specify | November 25, 2019 |
Aurora global database is available for Aurora MySQL version 2 | Starting in Aurora MySQL 2.07, you can create an Aurora global database with MySQL 5.7 compatibility. You
don't need to specify the | November 25, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL hot row contention optimization available without lab mode | The hot row contention optimization is now generally available for Aurora MySQL and does not require the Aurora lab mode setting to be ON. This feature substantially improves throughput for workloads with many transactions contending for rows on the same page. The improvement involves changing the lock release algorithm used by Aurora MySQL. | November 19, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL hash joins available without lab mode | The hash join feature is now generally available for Aurora MySQL and does not require the Aurora lab mode setting to be ON. This feature can improve query performance when you need to join a large amount of data by using an equijoin. For more information about using this feature, see Working with hash joins in Aurora MySQL. | November 19, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL 2.* support for more db.r5 instance classes | Aurora MySQL clusters now support the instance types db.r5.8xlarge, db.r5.16xlarge, and db.r5.24xlarge. For more information about instance types for Aurora MySQL clusters, see Choosing the DB instance class. | November 19, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL 2.* support for backtracking | Aurora MySQL 2.* versions now offer a quick way to recover from user errors, such as dropping the wrong table or deleting the wrong row. Backtrack allows you to move your database to a prior point in time without needing to restore from a backup, and it completes within seconds, even for large databases. For details, see Backtracking an Aurora DB cluster. | November 19, 2019 |
Billing tag support for Aurora | You can now use tags to keep track of cost allocation for resources such as Aurora clusters, DB instances within Aurora clusters, I/O, backups, snapshots, and so on. You can see costs associated with each tag using AWS Cost Explorer. For more information about using tags with Aurora, see Tagging Amazon RDS resources. For general information about tags and ways to use them for cost analysis, see Using cost allocation tags and User-defined cost allocation tags. | October 23, 2019 |
Data API for Aurora PostgreSQL | Aurora PostgreSQL now supports using the Data API with Amazon Aurora Serverless v1 DB clusters. For more information, see Using the Data API for Aurora Serverless v1. | September 23, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports uploading database logs to CloudWatch logs | You can configure your Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster to publish log data to a log group in Amazon CloudWatch Logs. With CloudWatch Logs, you can perform real-time analysis of the log data, and use CloudWatch to create alarms and view metrics. You can use CloudWatch Logs to store your log records in highly durable storage. For more information, see Publishing Aurora PostgreSQL logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. | August 9, 2019 |
Multi-master clusters for Aurora MySQL | You can set up Aurora MySQL multi-master clusters. In these clusters, each DB instance has read/write capability. For more information, see Working with Aurora multi-master clusters. | August 8, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports Aurora Serverless v1 | You can now use Amazon Aurora Serverless v1 with Aurora PostgreSQL. An Aurora Serverless DB cluster automatically starts up, shuts down, and scales up or down its compute capacity based on your application's needs. For more information, see Using Amazon Aurora Serverless v1. | July 9, 2019 |
Cross-account cloning for Aurora MySQL | You can now clone the cluster volume for an Aurora MySQL DB cluster between AWS accounts. You authorize the sharing through AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM). The cloned cluster volume uses a copy-on-write mechanism, which only requires additional storage for new or changed data. For more information about cloning for Aurora, see Cloning databases in an Aurora DB cluster. | July 2, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports db.t3 DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters that use the db.t3 DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance class. | June 20, 2019 |
Support for importing data from Amazon S3 for Aurora PostgreSQL | You can now import data from an Amazon S3 file into a table in an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. For more information, see Importing Amazon S3 data into an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. | June 19, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL now provides fast failover recovery with cluster cache management | Aurora PostgreSQL now provides cluster cache management to ensure fast recovery of the primary DB instance in the event of a failover. For more information, see Fast recovery after failover with cluster cache management. | June 11, 2019 |
Data API for Aurora Serverless v1 generally available | You can access Aurora Serverless v1 clusters with web services-based applications using the Data API. For more information, see Using the Data API for Aurora Serverless v1. | May 30, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports database monitoring with database activity streams | Aurora PostgreSQL now includes database activity streams, which provide a near-real-time data stream of the database activity in your relational database. For more information, see Using database activity streams. | May 30, 2019 |
Amazon Aurora recommendations | Amazon Aurora now provides automated recommendations for Aurora resources. For more information, see Using Amazon Aurora recommendations. | May 22, 2019 |
Performance Insights support for Aurora global database | You can now use Performance Insights with Aurora Global Database. For information about Performance Insights for Aurora, see Using Amazon RDS performance insights. For information about Aurora global databases, see Working with Aurora global database. | May 13, 2019 |
Performance Insights is available for Aurora MySQL 5.7 | Amazon RDS Performance Insights is now available for Aurora MySQL 2.x versions, which are compatible with MySQL 5.7. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS performance insights. | May 3, 2019 |
Aurora global databases available in more AWS Regions | You can now create Aurora global databases in most AWS Regions where Aurora is available. For information about Aurora global databases, see Working with Amazon Aurora global databases. | April 30, 2019 |
Minimum capacity of 1 for Aurora Serverless v1 | The minimum capacity setting you can use for an Aurora Serverless v1 cluster is 1. Formerly, the minimum was 2. For information about specifying Aurora Serverless capacity values, see Setting the capacity of an Aurora Serverless v1 DB cluster. | April 29, 2019 |
Aurora Serverless v1 timeout action | You can now specify the action to take when an Aurora Serverless v1 capacity change times out. For more information, see Timeout action for capacity changes. | April 29, 2019 |
Per-second billing | Amazon RDS is now billed in 1-second increments in all AWS Regions except AWS GovCloud (US) for on-demand instances. For more information, see DB instance billing for Aurora. | April 25, 2019 |
Sharing Aurora Serverless v1 snapshots across AWS Regions | With Aurora Serverless v1, snapshots are always encrypted. If you encrypt the snapshot with your own AWS KMS key, you can now copy or share the snapshot across AWS Regions. For information about snapshots of Aurora Serverless v1 DB clusters, see Aurora Serverless v1 and snapshots. | April 17, 2019 |
Restore MySQL 5.7 backups from Amazon S3 | You can now create a backup of your MySQL version 5.7 database, store it on Amazon S3, and then restore the backup file onto a new Aurora MySQL DB cluster. For more information, see Migrating data from an external MySQL database to an Aurora MySQL DB cluster. | April 17, 2019 |
Sharing Aurora Serverless v1 snapshots across regions | With Aurora Serverless v1, snapshots are always encrypted. If you encrypt the snapshot with your own AWS KMS key, you can now copy or share the snapshot across regions. For information about snapshots of Aurora Serverless v1 DB clusters, see Aurora Serverless and snapshots. | April 16, 2019 |
Aurora proof-of-concept tutorial | You can learn how to perform a proof of concept to try your application and workload with Aurora. For the full tutorial, see Performing an Aurora proof of concept. | April 16, 2019 |
Aurora Serverless v1 supports restoring from an Amazon S3 backup | You can now import backups from Amazon S3 to an Aurora Serverless cluster. For details about that procedure, see Migrating data from MySQL by using an Amazon S3 bucket. | April 16, 2019 |
New modifiable parameters for Aurora Serverless v1 | You can now modify the following DB parameters for an Aurora Serverless v1 cluster:
| April 4, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL supports db.r5 DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora PostgreSQL DB clusters that use the db.r5 DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance class. | April 4, 2019 |
Aurora PostgreSQL logical replication | You can now use PostgreSQL logical replication to replicate parts of a database for an Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster. For more information, see Using PostgreSQL logical replication. | March 28, 2019 |
GTID support for Aurora MySQL 2.04 | You can now use replication with the global transaction ID (GTID) feature of MySQL 5.7. This feature simplifies performing binary log (binlog) replication between Aurora MySQL and an external MySQL 5.7-compatible database. The replication can use the Aurora MySQL cluster as the source or the destination. This feature is available for Aurora MySQL 2.04 and higher. For more information about GTID-based replication and Aurora MySQL, see Using GTID-based replication for Aurora MySQL. | March 25, 2019 |
Uploading Aurora Serverless v1 logs to Amazon CloudWatch | You can now have Aurora upload database logs to CloudWatch for an Aurora Serverless v1 cluster. For more information, see Viewing Aurora Serverless DB clusters. As part of this enhancement, you can now define values for instance-level parameters in a DB cluster parameter group, and those values apply to all DB instances in the cluster unless you override them in the DB parameter group. For more information, see Working with DB parameter groups and DB cluster parameter groups. | February 25, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL supports db.t3 DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora MySQL DB clusters that use the db.t3 DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance class. | February 25, 2019 |
Aurora MySQL supports db.r5 DB instance classes | You can now create Aurora MySQL DB clusters that use the db.r5 DB instance classes. For more information, see DB instance class. | February 25, 2019 |
Performance Insights counters for Aurora MySQL | You can now add performance counters to your Performance Insights charts for Aurora MySQL DB instances. For more information, see Performance Insights dashboard components. | February 19, 2019 |
Amazon RDS Performance Insights supports viewing more SQL text for Aurora MySQL | Amazon RDS Performance Insights now supports viewing more SQL text in the Performance Insights dashboard for Aurora MySQL DB instances. For more information, see Viewing more SQL text in the Performance Insights dashboard. | February 6, 2019 |
Amazon RDS Performance Insights supports viewing more SQL text for Aurora PostgreSQL | Amazon RDS Performance Insights now supports viewing more SQL text in the Performance Insights dashboard for Aurora PostgreSQL DB instances. For more information, see Viewing more SQL text in the Performance Insights dashboard. | January 24, 2019 |
Aurora backup billing | You can use the Amazon CloudWatch metrics | January 3, 2019 |
Performance Insights counters | You can now add performance counters to your Performance Insights charts. For more information, see Performance Insights dashboard components. | December 6, 2018 |
Aurora global database | You can now create Aurora global databases. An Aurora global database spans multiple AWS Regions, enabling low latency global reads and disaster recovery from region-wide outages. For more information, see Working with Amazon Aurora global database. | November 28, 2018 |
Query plan management in Aurora PostgreSQL | Aurora PostgreSQL now provides query plan management that you can use to manage PostgreSQL query execution plans. For more information, see Managing query execution plans for Aurora PostgreSQL. | November 20, 2018 |
Query editor for Aurora Serverless v1 (beta) | You can run SQL statements in the Amazon RDS console on Aurora Serverless v1 clusters. For more information, see Using the query editor for Aurora Serverless v1. | November 20, 2018 |
Data API for Aurora Serverless v1 (beta) | You can access Aurora Serverless v1 clusters with web services-based applications using the Data API. For more information, see Using the Data API for Aurora Serverless. | November 20, 2018 |
TLS support for Aurora Serverless v1 | Aurora Serverless v1 clusters support TLS/SSL encryption. For more information, see TLS/SSL for Aurora Serverless. | November 19, 2018 |
Custom endpoints | You can now create endpoints that are associated with an arbitrary set of DB instances. This feature helps with load balancing and high availability for Aurora clusters where some DB instances have different capacity or configuration than others. You can use custom endpoints instead of connecting to a specific DB instance through its instance endpoint. For more information, see Amazon Aurora endpoints. | November 12, 2018 |
IAM authentication support in Aurora PostgreSQL | Aurora PostgreSQL now supports IAM authentication. For more information see IAM database authentication. | November 8, 2018 |
Custom parameter groups for restore and point in time recovery | You can now specify a custom parameter group when you restore a snapshot or perform a point in time recovery operation. For more information, see Restoring from a DB cluster snapshot and Restoring a DB cluster to a specified time. | October 15, 2018 |
Deletion protection for Aurora DB clusters | When you enable deletion protection for a DB cluster, the database cannot be deleted by any user. For more information, see Deleting a DB cluster. | September 26, 2018 |
Stop/Start feature Aurora | You can now stop or start an entire Aurora cluster with a single operation. For more information, see Stopping and starting an Aurora cluster. | September 24, 2018 |
Parallel query feature for Aurora MySQL | Aurora MySQL now offers an option to parallelize I/O work for queries across the Aurora storage infrastructure. This feature speeds up data-intensive analytic queries, which are often the most time-consuming operations in a workload. For more information, see Parallel query for Aurora MySQL. | September 20, 2018 |
New guide | This is the first release of the Amazon Aurora User Guide. | August 31, 2018 |
