What's new in the Amazon Tools for PowerShell - Amazon Tools for PowerShell (version 4)
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Version 5 (V5) of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell has been released!

To start using the new version of the tools, see the Amazon Tools for PowerShell User Guide (V5), especially the topic for Migrating to V5.

What's new in the Amazon Tools for PowerShell

For high-level information about new developments related to the Amazon Tools for PowerShell, see the product page at http://www.amazonaws.cn/powershell/ and the change logs.

The following is what's new in the Tools for PowerShell.

September 17, 2025: Upcoming end-of-support for version 4 of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell

The end-of-support for this version (V4) of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell has been announced. See the V5 migration guide to migrate your V4 scripts and avoid disruptions. For more information, see the blog post Announcing the end-of-support for Amazon Tools for PowerShell v4.

June 23, 2025: Version 5 of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell

Version 5 (V5) of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell is generally available! For more information, see the Amazon Tools for PowerShell User Guide (V5), especially the topic for Migrating to V5.

February 10, 2025: GA release for observability

Observability is the extent to which a system's current state can be inferred from the data it emits. Observability has been added to the Tools for PowerShell, including an implementation of a telemetry provider. For more information, see Observability in this guide and the blog post Announcing the general availability of Amazon .NET OpenTelemetry libraries.

January 15, 2025: New default behavior for integrity protection

Beginning with version 4.1.737 of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell, the tools provide default integrity protections by automatically calculating a CRC32 checksum for uploads. For more information, see the announcement on GitHub at https://github.com/aws/aws-tools-for-powershell/issues/370. The Tools also provide global settings for data integrity protections that you can set externally, which you can read about in Data Integrity Protections in the Amazon SDKs and Tools Reference Guide.

November 18, 2024: Preview 1 release for version 5

Preview 1 of the Amazon Tools for PowerShell version 5 was released on November 18, 2024. For more information about this preview, see the blog post Preview 1 of Amazon Tools for PowerShell V5.