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Amazon MQ now supports ActiveMQ version 5.18

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Amazon MQ now supports ActiveMQ version 5.18, which introduces several improvements and enhancements compared to the previous version.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Initial support for JMS 2.0 simplified APIs like JMSContext, JMSProducer, and JMSConsumer
  • Implementation of methods for XA transactions
  • Automatic upgrades to compatible and secure patch versions for brokers on ActiveMQ 5.18
  • Recommendation to upgrade from older ActiveMQ versions to 5.18
  • Availability of ActiveMQ 5.18 across all AWS regions where Amazon MQ is available
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