Document history
This topic describes important changes to the Amazon SDK for Java Developer Guide over the course of its history.
This guide was last published on May 1, 2024.
| Change | Description | Date |
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| Service client metrics | Reorganize metrics table items | May 1, 2024 |
| Troubleshooting FAQs | Add troubleshooting topic. | April 26, 2024 |
| Metrics collected with each request | Add new metrics reported by the SDK. | April 26, 2024 |
| Set the JVM TTL for DNS name lookups | Change recommended DNS lookup TTL to 5 seconds. | April 23, 2024 |
| Package name to Maven artifactId mappings | Add package name to Maven artifactId mapping topic. | April 17, 2024 |
| Use SDK metrics from the Amazon SDK for Java | Add configuration details to the metrics section. | April 12, 2024 |
| Changes in the IAM Policy Builder API from version 1 to version 2 | Add IAM Policy Builder API migration information. | April 11, 2024 |
| Configure HTTP proxies | Update HTTP proxy information. | April 3, 2024 |
| Securely acquire IAM role credentials | Add instructions to disable IMDSv1. | March 14, 2024 |
| Migration step-by-step instructions with example | Add step-by-step migration instructions. | March 8, 2024 |
| Migrate from version 1.x to 2.x of the Amazon SDK for Java | Update migration topic. | February, 14, 2024 |
| Configure Amazon CRT-based HTTP clients | Add information about the synchronous Amazon CRT-based HTTP client. | January 5, 2024 |
| Amazon Cognito Identity examples using SDK for Java 2.x and Amazon Cognito Identity Provider examples using SDK for Java 2.x | Amazon Cognito examples moved to Code Examples section. | December 28, 2023 |
| Use features of the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x | Reworked the SDK features topic. | December 11, 2023 |
| OpenPGP key for the Amazon SDK for Java | Provide current OpenPGP key. | December 6, 2023 |
| Serialization changes | Describe serialization differences between v1 and v2 of the SDK for Java. | December 5, 2023 |
| Changes in Amazon S3 Transfer Manager from version 1 to version 2 | Add a section that details the changes in the S3 Transfer Manager from version 1 to version 2. | November 13, 2023 |
| Data class annotations | Add a listing of data class annotations that can be used with the DynamoDB Enhanced Client. | October 30, 2023 |
| Migration status of libraries and utilities | Add information on the migration status of libraries and utilities from SDK for Java v1.x to v2.x | October 17, 2023 |
| Set up a Gradle project | Update the Gradle setup topic | October 17, 2023 |
| Avoid saving null attributes of nested objects | Add information about the DynamoDB Enhanced Client @DynamoDbIgnoreNulls
annotation. |
September 22, 2023 |
| Cross-Region access for Amazon S3 | Add information about cross-Region access to Amazon S3 buckets. | August 31, 2023 |
| Preserve empty objects with @DynamoDbPreserveEmptyObject | Add section that discusses the @DynamoDbPreserveEmptyObject
annotation. |
August 25, 2023 |
| Work with service clients | Update service client section. | August 15, 2023 |
| HTTP client recommendations | Since version 0.23, Amazon CRT supports musl-based OS such as Alpine Linux. HTTP client recommendations now reflect the musl support. | August 11, 2023 |
| Create IAM policies with the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x | Add IAM Policy Builder API section | July 31, 2023 |
| Get Started using the DynamoDB Enhanced Client API | Correct several snippets in the Get Started section of the DynamoDB Enhanced Client topic. | July 24, 2023 |
| Configure HTTP proxies | Add HTTP proxy support information and examples for each HTTP client. | June 2, 2023 |
| Reorganize the table of contents | Promote SDK for Java 2.x code examples section and Work with Amazon Web Services using the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x to top-level TOC entries. | May 24, 2023 |
| Add logging dependency | Show Gradle dependencies in logging section. | May 23, 2023 |
| Work with paginated results using the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x | Update pagination topic. | May 18, 2023 |
| Set up a Gradle project | Update Gradle project setup. | May 3, 2023 |
| DynamoDB Enhanced Client API | Rewritten DynamoDB Enhanced Client API topic released. | April 28, 2023 |
| Update get started tutorial instructions | Maven archetype modified to include option for credentialsProvider; instructions modified accordingly. | April 11, 2023 |
| HTTP client recommendations | Add HTTP client decision guidance | March 30, 2023 |
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IAM best practices updates |
Updated guide to align with the IAM best practices. For more information,
see Security best practices in IAM |
March 14, 2023 |
| Reload profile credentials | Add section on reloading profile credentials. | February 9, 2023 |
| Configure Amazon CRT-based HTTP clients | Update topic for GA release. | February 8, 2023 |
| Work with Amazon EC2 instance metadata | Add guided example for Java SDK client for Amazon S3 instance metadata service. | February 1, 2023 |
| Use a performant S3 client: Amazon CRT-based S3 client | Add section for the Amazon CRT-based S3 Client. | December 19, 2022 |
| Transfer files and directories with the Amazon S3 Transfer Manager | Update Amazon S3 Transfer Manager examples for GA release. | December 19, 2022 |
| Best practices for Amazon SDK for Java 2.x | Added best practices section. | November 18, 2022 |
| Load temporary credentials from an external process | Added section on loading credentials from an external process. | November 15, 2022 |
| Service client metrics | Updated metric listing with HTTP client usage requirement. | November 9, 2022 |
| Transfer files and directories with the Amazon S3 Transfer Manager | Example code corrected. | November 2, 2022 |
| Reduce SDK startup time for Amazon Lambda | Updated section with additional options to reduce Lambda startup time. | November 1, 2022 |
| HTTP clients | Added configuration information to cover all HTTP clients in the SDK. | October 26, 2022 |
| Logging with the SDK for Java 2.x | Updated logging topic to include wire logging details for all HTTP clients. | October 4, 2022 |
| Added overview section of Amazon database services and the SDK for Java 2.x. | September 13, 2022 | |
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EC2-Classic is retiring on August 15, 2022. |
July 28, 2022 |
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Update to dependency required for single sign-on authentication. |
July 18, 2022 |
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Update TLS security information. |
April 8, 2022 |
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Added more information about setting up and using credentials. |
February 22, 2021 |
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Set up a GraalVM Native Image project for the Amazon SDK for Java |
New topic for setting up a GraalVM Native Image project. |
February 18, 2021 |
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Poll for resource states in the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x: Waiters |
Waiters released; added topic for the new feature. |
September 30, 2020 |
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Metrics released; added topic for the new feature. |
August 17, 2020 |
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Added example topics for Amazon SNS. |
May 30, 2020 |
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Added Amazon Lambda function performance topic. |
May 29, 2020 |
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Added JVM TTL DNS caching topic. |
April 27, 2020 |
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New Maven and Gradle set up topics. |
April 21, 2020 |
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Added TLS 1.2 to security section. |
March 19, 2020 |
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Added Kinesis stream examples. |
August 2, 2018 |
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Work with paginated results using the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x |
Added auto pagination topic. |
April 5, 2018 |
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Work with Amazon Web Services using the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x |
Added example topics for IAM, Amazon EC2, CloudWatch and DynamoDB. |
December 29, 2017 |
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Added getobjects example for Amazon S3. |
August 7, 2017 |
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Added async topic. |
August 4, 2017 |
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GA release of the Amazon SDK for Java 2.x |
Amazon SDK for Java version 2 (v2) released. |
June 28, 2017 |