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Date Published
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Yan Cui
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1329
Language
English
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Summary

The AWS re:Invent conference is approaching, bringing exciting announcements for serverless computing. CloudFormation imports have become easier, with improved support for importing resources into CloudFormation. Lambda now supports JSON logging and custom log groups, allowing for more flexibility in log management. Step Functions can restart from failure, making it a great feature for workflows that require resilience. Lambda's burst concurrency limit has been raised, enabling developers to scale their applications more easily. New runtimes have been added for Node.js 20.x and Java 21, expanding the range of programming languages supported by Lambda. CloudFront has introduced a key-value store for CloudFront Functions, allowing for faster access to static configuration data. SNS FIFO topics now support archive capabilities, enabling developers to replay messages within a specified period. Kinesis supports cross-account access, making it easier to process events with Lambda functions in other accounts. CodeWhisperer, an AI-powered code completion tool, is coming to the command line for MacOS users. EventBridge Pipes adds logging support, while EventBridge has been updated with 22 new metrics and wildcard filters. Faster scaling for SQS and Kafka has been achieved, but developers must be mindful of downstream systems. SQS now supports the JSON protocol, and CodeBuild has been updated to support Lambda. Finally, Lambda supports IPv6 for outbound connections in VPC, potentially related to upcoming IPv4 charges. These announcements bring significant improvements to serverless computing, making it easier to build, deploy, and manage scalable applications.