
AWS Service Announcements Worth Knowing: March 2026 Edition
March 2026 roundup — Nova Forge, Durable Functions, Graviton5, Trainium3, Route 53 Global Resolver. July 2026 retrospective: what still matters four months later.
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March 2026 roundup — Nova Forge, Durable Functions, Graviton5, Trainium3, Route 53 Global Resolver. July 2026 retrospective: what still matters four months later.

Harness GA June 17, Agents Classic cutoff July 30, Payments GA August 18, Memory FGAC August 28. Harness vs Runtime, Gateway Policy, and when transacting agents still should not own checkout.

Build multi-step AI pipelines visually with Amazon Bedrock Flows. We compare it to Step Functions and custom Lambda orchestration with a decision matrix for enterprise teams.

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation replaces fragmented Textract + Comprehend + Lambda pipelines with a managed intelligent document processing service. Production guide.

On June 16, 2026, S3 Vectors raised the QueryVectors limit to 10,000 results per query and cut data-processed charges up to 80% on indexes over 10M vectors. Architecture, pagination, and cost comparison vs OpenSearch and MemoryDB.

One AWS contract, multiple foundation models. Learn how to procure, govern, and cost-optimize Meta Llama, Mistral, Cohere, and more via Amazon Bedrock Marketplace.

July 2026: Nova Canvas (images) and Nova Reel 1.1 (video up to 2 minutes in 6s shots on Bedrock) — Guardrails, C2PA, async pipelines, and a production checklist. Confirm model lifecycle before locking UX.