Amazon Linux 2023 version 2023.0.20230315 (GA) release notes - Amazon Linux 2023

Amazon Linux 2023 version 2023.0.20230315 (GA) release notes

This topic includes release notes for the first General Availability (GA) version of Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023). These release notes are for the 2023.0.20230315 version of AL2023.

Major updates

This release represents the General Availability (GA) release of Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023). AL2023 is the next generation of Amazon Linux. It comes with 5 years of support and brings features like Deterministic Updates, better optimizations for Graviton processors and others into Amazon Linux. AL2023 is ready for customer production workloads, and customers are encouraged to start migrations from previous versions of Amazon Linux today.

See the Amazon Linux What's New Post for more information about AL2023.

Review Comparing Amazon Linux 2 and AL2023 for more details on the changes since Amazon Linux 2.

AL2023 includes the following major updates.

There have been no major changes to AL2023 since the RC1 release. For an in-depth look at the changes since Amazon Linux 2, see Comparing Amazon Linux 2 and AL2023.

Known Issues
  • When upgrading an instance from AL2023 RC1 or earlier, in order to avoid a boot order issue, you will need to add the following to /etc/default/grub before upgrading in order to get the kernel update:

    GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_UPDATE_DEFAULT_KERNEL=true
  • An issue with gcc on aarch64 with patchable function sections is causing the failure of kretprobe event registration, which will affect related functionality in SystemTap and the perf tool. This will be fixed in an upcoming update.

  • Systems Manager Patch Manager does not support AL2023. We are working to support this ASAP.

  • codedeploy agent does not currently work with AL2023.

  • AL2023 contains a known issue where customer defined NTP servers via DHCP are not honored.

    Work-Around - Configure the NTP servers using a config file in /etc/chrony.d

  • AL2023 is not yet FIPS certified. It is in process of being certified for FIPS 140-3.

Security Updates

Contact us

If you find a security issue, follow this link to learn how to contact our security team instead of opening a Github issue.

We use GitHub issues to gather feedback about AL2023 and to track bug reports and feature requests. You can look at existing issues to see whether your concern is already known. If it is not, open a new issue.

If you just have questions about AL2023, feel free to start or join a discussion. Feedback on AL2023 can also be provided through your designated AWS representative.

Repository

The repository includes the following packages that were added since the last release.

  • python3.11-3.11.2-2.amzn2023.0.6

  • python3.11-pip-22.3.1-2.amzn2023.0.2

  • python3.11-setuptools-65.5.1-2.amzn2023.0.4

  • python3.11-wheel-0.38.4-3.amzn2023.0.3

The repository includes the following packages that were updated since the last release.

aws-nitro-enclaves-cli-1.2.2-0.amzn2023

clamav-0.103.8-1.amzn2023.0.2

crash-8.0.2-3.amzn2023.0.1

dnf-plugin-support-info-1.0-2.amzn2023.0.5

kernel-6.1.15-28.43.amzn2023

kpatch-0.9.7-8.amzn2023.0.1

krb5-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.2

mod_http2-2.0.11-2.amzn2023

nodejs-1:18.12.1-1.amzn2023.0.3

python-twisted-22.4.0-125.amzn2023.0.2

scap-security-guide-0.1.66-1.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

system-release-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.3

xorg-x11-server-1.20.14-18.amzn2023.0.1

Docker container image

The following packages have been removed.

  • amazon-linux-repo-cdn-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

  • krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.1

  • system-release-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

The following packages have been added.

  • amazon-linux-repo-cdn-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

  • krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.2

  • system-release-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

Default AMI

The following packages have been removed.

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

dnf-plugin-support-info-1.0-2.amzn2023.0.4

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

kernel-tools-6.1.12-19.43.amzn2023

kernel-6.1.12-19.43.amzn2023

krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.1

system-release-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

systemd-libs-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-networkd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-pam-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-resolved-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-udev-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.2

The following packages have been added.

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

dnf-plugin-support-info-1.0-2.amzn2023.0.5

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

kernel-tools-6.1.15-28.43.amzn2023

kernel-6.1.15-28.43.amzn2023

kpatch-runtime-0.9.7-8.amzn2023.0.1

krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.2

system-release-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

systemd-libs-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-networkd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-pam-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-resolved-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-udev-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.3

Minimal AMI

The following packages have been removed.

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

dnf-plugin-support-info-1.0-2.amzn2023.0.4

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

kernel-6.1.12-19.43.amzn2023

krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.1

system-release-2023.0.20230308-0.amzn2023

systemd-libs-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-networkd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-pam-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-resolved-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-udev-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

systemd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.1

update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.2

The following packages have been added.

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

dnf-plugin-support-info-1.0-2.amzn2023.0.5

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

kernel-6.1.15-28.43.amzn2023

krb5-libs-1.20.1-8.amzn2023.0.2

system-release-2023.0.20230315-1.amzn2023

systemd-libs-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-networkd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-pam-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-resolved-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-udev-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

systemd-252.4-1161.amzn2023.0.3

update-motd-2.0-1.amzn2023.0.3