AgentCore runtime instances are now generally available
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This article announces the general availability of AgentCore runtime instances in Amazon Bedrock, allowing AI agents to run on EC2 instances without infrastructure management.
- Deploy agents on EC2 instances with AWS-managed provisioning, patching, and scaling
- Support for GPU-accelerated, memory-optimized, and compute-optimized instance types
- Enable long-running agent sessions up to 14 days versus 8 hours for serverless microVM option
- Create capacity providers via AWS Management Console, CLI, SDKs, or APIs
- Available in 9 AWS regions including US, Asia Pacific, and Europe
- Charged for compute management in addition to EC2 costs
Runtime instances provide flexible compute options for sustained, resource-intensive AI agents while maintaining consistent deployment and invocation methods.
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