Category: Announcements

The AWS Command Line Interface v2 (AWS CLI) can now be installed and updated using single-line commands. Previously, to install the AWS CLI, you had to download the correct installer for your platform and architecture, configure the installation path, and manually run the installer. To update the AWS CLI, you had to repeat the same […]

We’re updating TypeScript version support in the AWS SDK for JavaScript v3. Starting January 4, 2027, the SDK will require TypeScript versions published within the last 2.5 years. Read on to learn what’s changing, why this change is necessary, and what actions you may need to take. We built the AWS SDK for JavaScript with […]

Learn how AWS CLI v1 maintenance mode will bundle botocore and s3transfer dependencies starting July 15, 2026, and what this means for your workflows.

We released a set of AWS SDK Skills as part of the open-source Agent Toolkit for AWS. These are AI skills that teach coding agents how to follow AWS SDK best practices. The project is available on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license. The problem AI coding agents know the general shape of AWS SDK usage, […]

We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift. This release gives Swift developers a production-ready SDK with stable APIs and integrated service clients to connect applications to AWS IoT Core. What’s New The GA release now provides easy-to-configure service clients for three essential AWS IoT Core […]

As previously announced, version 3 of the AWS SDK for .NET entered maintenance mode on March 1, 2026. In alignment with our SDKs and Tools Maintenance Policy, AWS SDK for .NET V3 has now reached end-of-support as of June 1, 2026.  Starting June 1, 2026, there are no plans for further updates or releases for V3, including security fixes. […]

As previously announced, version 4 of the AWS Tools for PowerShell entered maintenance mode on March 1, 2026. In accordance with our SDKs and Tools Maintenance Policy, AWS Tools for PowerShell V4 has now reached end-of-support as of June 1, 2026.  Starting June 1, 2026, there are no plans for further updates or releases for V4, including security fixes. Previously published releases should continue […]

The new multipart download support in AWS Tools for PowerShell v5 improves the performance of downloading large objects from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) compared to the single-stream downloads. The Read-S3Object and Copy-S3Object cmdlets now deliver faster download speeds through an opt-in switch parameter -UseMultipartDownload for multipart downloads, reducing the need for complex code to manage […]

When your application calls an AWS service and the request fails with a retryable error, the AWS SDK retries it automatically. The retry behavior controls how long the SDK waits between attempts and when it gives up. Most of this happens in the background, but it directly affects how your application experiences errors and latency. […]

We are pleased to announce the general availability of the Amazon S3 Transfer Manager for Swift – a high level file and directory transfer utility for the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) built with the AWS SDK for Swift. Using Transfer Manager’s simple API, you can perform accelerated uploads of local files and directories to […]