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AWS Weekly Roundup: Welcome DuckLabs to the team, Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), and more (August 31, 2026)

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This article summarizes AWS news and launches from the week of August 31, 2026, including the acquisition of DuckLabs and major service updates.

  • AWS acquires DuckLabs, maker of DuckDB open-source analytical database; remains MIT-licensed and independent
  • Amazon ECS now auto-detects and recovers container instances with lost agent connectivity at no extra cost
  • AWS Lambda introduces public preview runtimes for Node.js 26 and Python 3.15 for early testing
  • AWS IoT Core adds native InfluxDB rule action for direct time-series data routing without custom code
  • Amazon GameLift Servers includes automatic DDoS protection for layers 3 and 4 attacks
  • Amazon SageMaker HyperPod expands Ray support with built-in observability and resilient training
  • Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) open specification enables agent discovery across clouds and platforms
  • Amazon EC2 celebrates 20th birthday with growth from 1 instance type to 1,200+ across 39 regions

The roundup showcases AWS's continued expansion in analytics, AI agents, container orchestration, and gaming infrastructure.

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