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AWS Weekly Roundup: EC2 application status checks, IAM role manager, OpenAI Daybreak on Bedrock, and more (August 17, 2026)
The AWS Weekly Roundup from August 17, 2026, details new feature launches, open source contributions to OpenSearch and Valkey, and upcoming service deprecations.
Why it matters
These updates enable users to detect application failures faster and automate security role configurations to reduce manual overhead.
The details
- OpenAI Daybreak Red and Blue offer AI-powered tools for cybersecurity on Amazon Bedrock.
- AWS IAM role manager automatically sets up required roles for supported service consoles.
- ACM will discontinue support for email-validated public certificates by September 30, 2027.
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Amazon Web Services owns Amazon EC2
AWS owns and operates Amazon EC2
Z.ai owns GLM-5.2 FP8
Z.ai developed GLM-5.2 FP8
Z.ai developed GLM-OCR
Google owns gemma-4-12B-it
Google developed gemma-4-12B-it
Redis owns langcache-embed-v3-small
Redis developed langcache-embed-v3-small
Amazon Web Services owns Amazon OpenSearch Service
AWS manages and operates Amazon OpenSearch Service
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Amazon Web Services owns Amazon ElastiCache
AWS manages and operates Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Web Services owns Amazon Bedrock
AWS owns and operates Amazon Bedrock
JetBrains owns Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking
JetBrains developed Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking
Amazon OpenSearch Service uses OpenSearch
Amazon OpenSearch Service runs OpenSearch 3.7
Amazon Web Services owns AWS IAM
AWS owns AWS IAM, including the new role manager feature
Amazon Web Services owns Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS owns Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon Web Services owns AWS Certificate Manager
AWS owns AWS Certificate Manager
Amazon Web Services owns AWS VPN Client
AWS owns and distributes the AWS VPN Client
Amazon Web Services owns Amazon CloudFront
AWS owns Amazon CloudFront
OpenAI owns OpenAI Daybreak
OpenAI created the Daybreak cyber defense initiative
NVIDIA owns Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2
NVIDIA developed Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2
NVIDIA owns LocateAnything-3B
NVIDIA developed LocateAnything-3B
Black Forest Labs owns FLUX.2-small-decoder
Black Forest Labs developed FLUX.2-small-decoder
LightOn owns LightOnOCR-2-1B
LightOn developed LightOnOCR-2-1B
Oracle owns Oracle Exadata on Exascale
Oracle offers ExaDB-XS on AWS
OpenAI Daybreak uses Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI Daybreak is available to eligible customers on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI Daybreak uses Cybersecurity
Daybreak gives defenders governed access to frontier AI for cybersecurity work.
Daybreak Red is built with GPT-5.6-Cyber
Daybreak Red is powered by GPT-5.6-Cyber
Amazon ElastiCache uses Valkey
Amazon ElastiCache runs Valkey 9.1
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2
Nemotron-Nano-12B-v2 is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses LocateAnything-3B
LocateAnything-3B is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses GLM-5.2 FP8
GLM-5.2 FP8 is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses GLM-OCR
GLM-OCR is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses FLUX.2-small-decoder
FLUX.2-small-decoder is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses gemma-4-12B-it
gemma-4-12B-it is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses langcache-embed-v3-small
langcache-embed-v3-small is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Thinking is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses LightOnOCR-2-1B
LightOnOCR-2-1B is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B
Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B is available in SageMaker JumpStart
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart uses Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is available in SageMaker JumpStart
OpenSearch is a member of Linux Foundation
OpenSearch is a Linux Foundation open source project
Valkey is a member of Linux Foundation
Valkey is a Linux Foundation open source project
Amazon Web Services is a member of Linux Foundation
AWS contributors participate in Linux Foundation community events
AWS VPN Client is built with OpenVPN3
The new AWS VPN Client is built on OpenVPN3
Amazon OpenSearch Service uses Vector Search
OpenSearch Service 3.7 delivers improved vector search performance
AWS Certificate Manager uses DNS Validation
ACM is migrating from email validation to DNS validation by September 2027
Amazon CloudFront uses AWS Certificate Manager
CloudFront distributions also support HTTP validation via ACM
Amazon Web Services is located in South Korea
AWS contributors attended Open Source Summit Korea 2026 in Seoul
Oracle Exadata on Exascale uses Amazon Web Services
ExaDB-XS (Oracle Exadata on Exascale) is hosted on AWS infrastructure
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart is related to Foundation Models
We're expanding the portfolio of foundation models available to AWS customers via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart.
Related events
Amazon EC2 Application Status Checks
AWS IAM Role Manager Launch
OpenAI Daybreak Available on Amazon Bedrock
Valkey 9.1 Release
AWS at Open Source Summit Korea 2026 and MCP DevSummit Seoul 2026
OpenSearch 3.7 Release
AWS Certificate Manager Email Validation Deprecation
Next-Generation AWS VPN Client Release
Oracle Exadata on Exascale (ExaDB-XS) for Oracle AI Database@AWS
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