This article announces that Amazon Aurora now supports automatic backup retention for deleted clusters, enabling data recovery after cluster deletion.

• Automatic backups retained when deleting Aurora clusters
• Restore deleted cluster data to new Aurora cluster anytime during retention period
• First day of backup retention is free; beyond that charged per GB-Month
• Available for both MySQL-Compatible and PostgreSQL-Compatible editions
• Accessible via AWS API, CLI, or Console

Aurora now allows customers to preserve automatic backups after cluster deletion, providing greater data protection and recovery flexibility without losing backup data.