AWS Database Blog

Category: AWS Serverless Application Model

Introducing the Data API for Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 and Amazon Aurora provisioned clusters

April, 2026: Aurora Serverless v2 has been renamed Aurora serverless. No action required. Traditionally, applications that communicate with relational databases use drivers that provide a persistent connection between the application and the database server. With the advent of serverless applications, including those created using AWS Lambda, persistent connections from the application are no longer practical […]