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Social Security Survivor Benefits Explained for Couples

Understanding Social Security survivor benefits is crucial for couples planning their retirement. Often, the impact of losing one Social Security...

Don't Let Unexpected Retirement Expenses Catch You Off Guard

Quick Answer Hi humans, it’s me again — Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. ? Today we’re tackling the...

Annuities: Embracing the 'Safe Growth' Trend

Annuities have become a focal point for retirees seeking financial security, thanks to their ability to provide guaranteed income and capitalize on...

Will Social Security Run Out? 2026 Update

Will Social Security run out? Few topics create more anxiety for retirees than this one. If you’ve seen headlines about “insolvency,” “trust fund...

Life Insurance: The Income Bridge Many Couples Miss

When couples consider life insurance, they often think about it in terms of final expenses, such as funerals or last obligations. However, this...

What Happens to Your Income When One of You Is Gone?

No couple likes to talk about it—but ignoring this question doesn’t make it any less real: What happens to your income when one of you is gone? For...

A Paws-On Approach to Understanding Medicare Basics 🐾

A Paws-On Approach to Understanding Medicare Basics ? Quick Answer Medicare is a vital part of retirement, offering health coverage for those 65...

Love Isn’t Just a Feeling—It’s a Retirement Plan

February is the month of love. Cards, flowers, dinners, and grand gestures dominate the conversation. But there’s a quieter, more meaningful...

Understanding Fixed Index Annuities in Today's Market

A Fixed Index Annuity (FIA) offers retirees and near-retirees a unique blend of growth potential and principal protection, making it an appealing...

Secure Retirement Plans: Annuities & Longevity Strategies

Living longer is both a blessing and a significant financial challenge for retirees across America. While advancements in healthcare and lifestyle...

New Tools, Same Goals: How Retirement Planning Is Evolving 🐾

Hi humans, it's me again — Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. ? Today I'm here to dig up some interesting...

Why Market Volatility Hits Retirees Harder Than Workers

Market volatility presents unique challenges for retirees compared to workers, primarily due to the immediate impact on income sources. As retirees...

Annuities: Your Forever Treat Bowl in Retirement 🐾

Hi humans, it's me again — Tootsie! ? Your favorite bulldog is back to talk about something that makes this pup's tail wag: guaranteed treats that...

The Retirement Paycheck: How to Replace Your Salary in Retirement

Creating a reliable income stream in retirement is crucial to maintaining your lifestyle when regular paychecks cease. The key takeaway for many...

Secure Your Retirement with Safe Income Strategies

Securing your retirement is crucial, and implementing a strategy for safe income is at the heart of effective retirement planning. Safe income...

3 Biggest Retirement Income Mistakes After 50

The 3 Biggest Retirement Income Mistakes People Make After 50Author: SafeMoney Editorial Team | Reviewed by Licensed Financial Professionals |...

Why Retirement Income Matters More Than Account Savings

Updated Regularly Why Retirement Income Matters More Than Account Savings Author: SafeMoney Editorial Team | Reviewed by Licensed Financial...

What Financial Awareness Really Means in Retirement

Why “Financial Awareness” Gets Misunderstood January tends to put finances back in the spotlight. There’s talk of fresh starts, better habits, and...

Having Savings Isn’t the Same as Having a Plan

The Difference Between Having Savings and Having a Retirement Plan. Many retirees feel confident heading into retirement because they did what they...

The Secret to Retirement Confidence Is Structure, Not Luck

Hi humans, it’s me — Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. I don’t rely on luck to get my daily treats. I rely...

What Retirees Should Review Before the New Year

As the calendar turns toward a new year, many retirees feel a quiet pressure to “get everything in order.” Headlines talk about market shifts,...

Preparing Your Retirement Income for the Year Ahead

As a new year approaches, many people focus on resolutions like eating better or exercising more. But one area that often gets overlooked — and...

🎾 Fetch Calm, Not Chaos: Keeping Retirement Income Steady

If December market noise has you feeling a little ruff, you’re not alone. Many retirees experience anxiety when financial headlines get louder,...

Missed Medicare Open Enrollment? What Retirees Can Do Now

Every year, Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7, and every year, millions of retirees miss the deadline. Maybe life...

Missed Medicare Open Enrollment? What Retirees Can Do Now

Every year, Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7, and every year, millions of retirees miss the deadline. Maybe life...

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Staying Calm in December Markets: A Bulldog’s Guide to Balance

December is one of my favorite times of the year — warm blankets, glowing lights, and long, cozy naps by the fireplace. But for many retirees,...

Why December Is Ideal for Securing Lifetime Income

Why December Is Ideal for Securing Lifetime Income As the year winds down, most people turn their attention to holiday plans, family travel, and...

December Medicare Checkup: What to Review Before Jan 1

Medicare shouldn’t feel like a moving target — but December is the month when many retirees discover that their health coverage, drug plan, or...

5 Year-End Retirement Blind Spots to Avoid in 2025

Year-End Retirement Planning: The 5 Financial Blind Spots That Could Shrink Your Retirement Income in 2026 As 2025 winds down, many retirees and...

Your December Retirement Checkup Guide

Hi humans, it’s me—Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. December is finally here, and while many people see...

Black Friday Savings Tips Retirees Can Use This Holiday

Black Friday Savings Guide for Retirees: Smarter Spending for the Holidays Black Friday has become a holiday tradition — a lively mix of browsing,...

The Retirement Spending Smile Explained

The Retirement Spending Smile: Why You Might Spend Less (Then More) Most people assume retirement spending is a straight line — steady,...

A Thanksgiving Lesson in Gratitude, Guidance & Guaranteed Income

Hi Humans — Tootsie Here, Reporting for Thanksgiving Duty Tootsie here, your biscuit-motivated, always-hungry Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. With...

Give Thanks, Then Revisit Your Retirement Plan

Thanksgiving is a season of gratitude — a moment to slow down, reflect, and appreciate the people, routines, and comforts that make life...

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How to Build Financial Resilience in Uncertain Times

Uncertainty is nothing new — but for retirees, it can feel more personal. When you’re no longer earning a paycheck, everything from rising prices...

Smart Charitable Giving Before Year-End

Smart Charitable Giving Before Year-End: 3 Simple Ways to Make a Bigger Impact For many people, the holiday season isn’t just about celebrations —...

Understanding RMDs: What Every Retiree Needs to Know Before Age 73

Hi humans — Tootsie here, your loyal, biscuit-motivated Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer, reporting for duty. Today we’re digging into something...

The Retirement Income Gap: Will Your Money Last?

The Retirement Income Gap: How to Know If You’ll Run Out of Money One of the biggest fears people share about retirement isn’t market volatility…...

The Psychology of Retirement: Aligning Money and Mindset

When most people think about retirement, they picture numbers — savings balances, income plans, budgets. But the real secret to a successful...

The 3-Bucket Plan for Calm Cash Flow

Hi humans, it’s me again — Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. You know how I organize my toys? One for...

How to Stress-Test Your Retirement Plan

Why Every Retirement Plan Needs a Stress Test A strong retirement plan isn’t built for perfect conditions — it’s built to endure the unexpected....

Why a Year-End Portfolio Review Could Save Your Retirement

Why a Year-End Portfolio Review Could Save Your Retirement Retirement doesn’t mean your investments can run on autopilot. In fact, one of the most...

4 Retirement Myths That Can Cost You Big Time

Many retirees plan for years — only to find out some of what they “knew” about retirement wasn’t true. The problem isn’t just misinformation; it’s...

Is Your Medicare Specialist on the Calendar Yet?

Fall Isn’t Just Pumpkin-Spice Season — It’s Medicare Season Too Every fall, as the air cools (even just a little in Florida!) and calendars fill...

The Retirement Tax Trap: Moves to Make Before Year-End

The Hidden Tax Surprise That Catches Many Retirees You worked hard, saved diligently, and finally reached retirement. The last thing you expect now...

How to Use Catch-Up Contributions to Boost Your Retirement

Why Catch-Up Contributions Matter More Than Ever If you’re age 50 or older, the ability to make catch-up contributions can provide a powerful boost...

Why Retirement Financial Literacy Matters More Than Ever

The New Retirement Reality: Knowledge Is Your Strongest Asset Retirement used to mean a pension, a gold watch, and a predictable income. But...

Why Guaranteed Lifetime Income Is Your Next Big Priority

The Shift: From Saving to Creating Lifetime Income For most of your working years, retirement planning is all about saving and growing your money....

Your Year-End Financial Planning Checklist for 2026

October Wrap-Up: Planning Ahead for a Stronger 2026 As Financial Planning Awareness Month comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to take action...

The Hidden Link Between Health Costs and Retirement Security

Why Health and Wealth Are More Connected Than Ever When planning for retirement, most people focus on saving enough money to live comfortably. But...

The Hidden Link Between Health Costs and Retirement Security

Why Health and Wealth Are More Connected Than Ever When planning for retirement, most people focus on saving enough money to live comfortably. But...

Tootsie Tuesday Starts Nov. 4—Stay Tuned!

A Message from Tootsie Hi there, humans! It’s me—Tootsie, your favorite English Bulldog and unofficial Chief Retirement Sniffer-Outer. I may not...

Keeping Your Financial Plan on Track After Retirement

Planning Doesn’t End When You Retire Reaching retirement doesn’t mean your financial planning journey is over—it means it’s evolving. After decades...

Medicare Open Enrollment Starts Today: What You Need to Know

October 15 to December 7: Your Window to Make Changes Today marks the start of Medicare’s Annual Election Period (AEP)—October 15 through December...

Protect What You’ve Built: Managing Risk in Retirement

You’ve Worked Hard for It—Now It’s Time to Protect It After decades of saving, investing, and preparing for retirement, the last thing you want is...

Protect What You’ve Built: Managing Risk in Retirement

You’ve Worked Hard for It—Now It’s Time to Protect It After decades of saving, investing, and preparing for retirement, the last thing you want is...

Turning Savings Into Income: Your Lifetime Paycheck Plan

From Retirement Savings to Reliable Income You’ve spent decades saving and investing for retirement. But when the paycheck stops, the real question...

The Cost of Waiting: Don’t Delay Your Financial Plan

Time Can Be Your Greatest Ally—or Your Biggest Expense When it comes to financial planning, doing nothing can be the most expensive decision of...

How to Calculate Your Retirement Income Gap (Why It Matters)

Why Retirement Income Gaps Are So Common For many retirees, the fear isn’t dying too soon—it’s living too long without enough money. Even diligent...

October Is National Financial Planning Awareness Month

Why October Matters for Your Finances Every October, National Financial Planning Awareness Month serves as a reminder to pause, reflect, and take...

The Great Wealth Transfer: Baby Boomers Passing Trillions

Over the next ten years, the United States will experience one of the largest financial shifts in history: the great wealth transfer. Baby...

Permanent vs. Term Life Insurance: What’s the Difference?

When planning for your family’s financial future, life insurance is one of the most important tools you can put in place. But if you’ve ever...

One Big Beautiful Bill: What Retirees Need to Know

Retirement planning is never static. Every few years, Washington passes new legislation that can change how much retirees pay in taxes, what...

One Big Beautiful Bill: What Retirees Need to Know

Retirement planning is never static. Every few years, Washington passes new legislation that can change how much retirees pay in taxes, what...

The Role of Life Insurance in a Comprehensive Retirement

When most people think about retirement planning, they picture savings accounts, 401(k)s, IRAs, or Social Security benefits. Life insurance often...

IUL Insurance Explained: Pros, Cons, and Misconceptions

Indexed Universal Life (IUL) insurance is one of the fastest-growing life insurance products in the U.S. Often marketed as a way to get the “best...

The Role of Life Insurance in Estate Planning

When people think about life insurance, they often focus on income replacement or protecting loved ones after death. But life insurance is also one...

Tax Advantages of Life Insurance You May Not Know

When people think about life insurance, they usually focus on the protection it provides for loved ones. But life insurance also comes with unique...

Using Life Insurance to Protect Retirement Income

When most people think of life insurance, they think of it as a way to provide for loved ones after death. But life insurance also plays a powerful...

5 Life Insurance Myths That Could Cost Your Family

5 Life Insurance Myths That Could Cost Your Family Life insurance is one of the simplest and most affordable ways to protect your family’s...

Life Insurance vs. Annuities: Key Differences Explained

At first glance, life insurance and annuities might seem like opposites: one protects against dying too soon, the other protects against living too...

How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need?

How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need? Buying life insurance is one of the most important financial decisions you can make, but knowing how...

Life Insurance Awareness Month: Why It Matters in 2025

Each September, Life Insurance Awareness Month reminds us of a simple truth: tomorrow isn’t promised, but we can plan for it. For millions of...

What to Do After You’ve Made Your Will or Trust

You’ve done something incredibly important: you made your will or set up a trust. That step alone puts you ahead of many Americans. But don’t stop...

TOD, POD & Beneficiaries: Tools to Avoid Probate

You’ve created a will. You might even have a trust. But if you want to keep your estate out of court and make life easier for your family, there’s...

Passing Down More Than Money: Letters & Legacy Planning

When people think of estate planning, they usually picture wills, trusts, and dividing up their assets. But your legacy isn’t just about what you...

The Hidden Risks of DIY Wills and How to Avoid Them

Writing your will online might seem like the easy, affordable solution. With just a few clicks and a credit card, you can “check estate planning...

Probate Explained: What It Is and How to Avoid It

You’ve built a retirement plan to last the rest of your life. But what about after? Without a plan for how your assets transfer to your loved ones,...

Naming Beneficiaries: The Hidden Danger of Getting It Wrong

Naming Beneficiaries the Right Way: Protecting Your Legacy with Life Insurance, Annuities, and a Will You’ve created a will. You’ve outlined your...

Spotlight Series: Michael Dinich of Your Money Matters, Inc.

Brent Meyer, Founder of SafeMoney.com, sits down with Michael Dinich, founder of Your Money Matters Inc., to explore his client-first approach to...

From Retirement Ready to Legacy Ready: What Comes Next?

You’ve spent July getting your retirement strategy on track—securing income, timing your Social Security, and accounting for inflation and...

What’s Your Retirement Goal—and Are You on Track?

Retirement isn’t just a number or an age—it’s a destination. The question is: Where are you headed, and are you on the right path to get there?...

How Inflation Quietly Erodes Your Retirement Income

Inflation: The Silent Threat to Retirement Security Most retirees think about market risk, healthcare costs, and outliving their savings. But...

Peace of Mind in Retirement Starts With a Plan

What Does Retirement Really Mean to You? For some, it’s mornings without an alarm clock. For others, it’s travel, family, hobbies—or simply...

Avoiding Retirement Surprises Most People Miss

Retirement Isn’t a Set-It-and-Forget-It Plan You’ve worked hard, saved diligently, and maybe even built a retirement income plan. But even...

How Social Security Timing Impacts Retirement Income

Social Security Is More Than Just a Check—It’s a Strategy In 2025, Social Security remains one of the most important pillars of retirement income....

Smart Tax Moves That Boost Retirement Income Longevity

Taxes Don’t Retire When You Do—Make a Smarter Plan Many retirees expect their taxes to decrease after leaving the workforce. But in reality,...

Spotlight Series Interview with Paul R. Lowe

Brent Meyer, Founder of SafeMoney.com, sits down with Paul R. Lowe, founder of TriMark3 Insurance, to discuss his relationship-based,...

Avoiding Market Risks in Retirement: Why It Matters

Market Volatility Can Derail Your Retirement—Here’s How to Stay on Track You’ve spent decades saving and investing—but one market crash at the...

How to Create a Retirement Paycheck That Lasts

Turn Your Savings Into a Steady Retirement Paycheck You’ve spent your entire career earning a paycheck. But in retirement, there’s no employer...

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New capabilities to manage On-Demand Capacity Reservations

You can now split your Capacity Reservation, move capacity between Capacity Reservations, and modify the instance eligibility attribute of your...

Additional instance types supported for Credential Guard

You can now enable Credential Guard for C7i, C7-flex, M7i, M7i-flex, R7i, R7i-flex, and T3 instances.

AMI deregistration protection

You can turn on deregistration protection on an AMI to prevent accidental or malicious deletion.

Added Nitro performance considerations for enhanced networking

This page focuses on network considerations to help with performance tuning for your Nitro based Amazon EC2 instances.

Set IMDSv2 as the account default

You can set all new EC2 instance launches in your account to use Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) by default.

Tag new Linux AMIs created from a snapshot

When you create a Linux AMI from a snapshot, you can tag the new AMI.

Tag new AMIs and snapshots when copying

When you copy an AMI, you can tag the new AMI and the new snapshots with the same tags, or you can tag them with different tags.

EC2 Instance Connect preinstalled on macOS AMIs

EC2 Instance Connect now comes preinstalled on macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 or later, macOS Ventura 13.6.3 or later, and macOS Monterey 12.7.2 or later AMIs.

EC2 Instance Connect support for CentOS, macOS, and RHEL

You can now install EC2 Instance Connect on supported CentOS, macOS, and RHEL AMIs.

Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector

Amazon Q EC2 instance type selector considers your use case, workload type, and CPU manufacturer preference, as well as how you prioritize price...

EC2 Free Tier

You can track your EC2 Free Tier usage from the EC2 Dashboard.

Console-to-Code

Console-to-Code can help you get started with your automation code. Console-to-Code records your console actions, and then uses generative AI to...

Configurable idle connection tracking timeouts

Security group connections that remain idle can lead to connection tracking exhaustion and cause connections not to be tracked and packets to be...

VolumeStalledIOCheck metric

You can use the VolumeStalledIOCheck metric to check whether a volume has passed or failed a stalled IO check in the last minute.

PTP hardware clock

Supported instances now have a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) hardware clock. The PTP hardware clock supports either NTP or a direct PTP connection.

Change instance type of instance enabled for hibernation

You can now change the instance type of an instance enabled for hibernation when it is in the stopped state.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager default policies

You can now create Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager default policies for EBS snapshots and EBS-backed AMIs to backup all volumes and instances in a...

Amazon EBS snapshot lock

You can lock your Amazon EBS snapshots to protect them against accidental or malicious deletions, or to or store them in WORM format for a specific...

Instance topology

You can use the DescribeInstanceTopology API to detect the location of your instances, and then use this information to optimize HPC and ML jobs by...

Block public access for snapshots

You can now use block public access for snapshots to prevent the public sharing of your snapshots.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager pre and post scripts

You can now use pre and post scripts in your Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager snapshot policies to automate the lifecycle of application-consistent...

AWSDataLifecycleManagerSSMFullAccess AWS managed policy

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager added the AWSDataLifecycleManagerSSMFullAccess AWS managed policy.

Capacity Blocks for ML

You can now reserve GPU instances on a future date to support your short duration machine learning (ML) workloads.

Spot Instance hibernation

You can now hibernate your Spot Instances using the same hibernation experience and instance families that are currently available for On-Demand...

Default settings for block public access for AMIs

Block public access for AMIs is now enabled by default for all new accounts and for existing accounts with no public AMIs.

Amazon EC2 Global View

Amazon EC2 Global View supports additional resource types and customizable display options.

Disable an AMI

You can disable an AMI to prevent it from being used for instance launches.

Attached EBS status checks

You can use the attached EBS status checks to monitor if the Amazon EBS volumes attached to an instance are reachable.

Block public access to AMIs

You can enable block public access for AMIs at the account level to block any attempts to make your AMIs public.

EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint

You can now connect to an instance via SSH or RDP without requiring the instance to have a public IPv4 address.

IMDS Package Analyzer

You can now use the IMDS Packet Analyzer to identify sources of IMDSv1 calls on your EC2 instances.

EC2 Serial Console bare metal instances

The EC2 serial console now supports connectivity to the serial port of selected bare metal instances.

Launch template quotas

You can now view your quotas for launch templates and launch template versions in the Service Quotas console and by using the Service Quotas CLI.

Capacity Reservation utilization notifications

AWS Health now sends notifications when capacity utilization for Capacity Reservations in your account drops below 20 percent.

Amazon EBS performance updates

Updated Amazon EBS performance for M6a and C6a instances.

Capacity Reservation groups

You can now add Capacity Reservations that are shared with you to Capacity Reservation groups that you own.

Modify instance metadata options

You can now use the Amazon EC2 console to modify instance metadata options.

In-place macOS operating system updates

You can now perform in-place Apple macOS operating system updates on M1 Mac instances.

UEFI preferred

You can now create a single AMI that supports both Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and Legacy BIOS boot modes.

Fault testing on Amazon EBS

Use AWS FIS to temporarily stop I/O between an EBS volume and the instances to which it is attached to test how your workloads handle I/O...

AMI alias in launch templates

You can specify an AWS Systems Manager parameter instead of the AMI ID in your launch templates to avoid having to update the templates every time...

Hibernation support for C6i, I3en, and M6i

Hibernate your newly-launched instances running on C6i, I3en, and M6i instance types.

Torn write prevention

Improve the performance of your I/O-intensive relational database workloads and reduce latency without negatively impacting data resiliency with...

ENA Express

Increase throughput and minimize tail latency of network traffic between EC2 instances with ENA Express.

Recycle Bin retention rule lock

You can lock retention rules to help protect them against accidental or malicious modifications and deletions.

Copy AMI tags

When you copy an AMI, you can copy your user-defined AMI tags at the same time.

AMI size for store and restore

The size of an AMI (before compression) that can be stored and restored to and from an Amazon S3 bucket can now be up to 5,000 GB.

priceCapacityOptimized allocation strategy for Spot Instances

A Spot Fleet that uses the priceCapacityOptimized allocation strategy looks at both price and capacity to select the Spot Instances pools that are...

price-capacity-optimized allocation strategy for Spot Instances

An EC2 Fleet that uses the price-capacity-optimized allocation strategy looks at both price and capacity to select the Spot Instances pools that...

Cancel having an AMI shared with your account

If an AMI has been shared with your AWS account and you no longer want it shared with your account, you can remove your account from the AMI's...

Transfer Elastic IP addresses

You can now transfer Elastic IP addresses from one AWS account to another.

Replace root volume

You can replace the root Amazon EBS volume for a running instance using an AMI.

Automatically connect instance to database

Use the automatic connection feature to quickly connect one or more EC2 instances to an RDS database to allow traffic between them.

AMI quotas

Quotas now apply to creating and sharing AMIs.

Configure AMI for IMDSv2

Configure your AMI so that instances launched from the AMI require IMDSv2 by default.

Initiate Spot Instance interruption

You can select a Spot Instance in the Amazon EC2 console and initiate an interruption so that you can test how the applications on your Spot...

Verified AMI provider

In the Amazon EC2 console, public AMIs that are owned by Amazon or a verified Amazon partner are marked Verified provider.

Placement groups on AWS Outposts

Added a host spread strategy for placement groups on an Outpost.

Condition keys for Recycle Bin

You can use the rbin:Request/ResourceType and rbin:Attribute/ResourceType condition keys to filter access on Recycle Bin requests.

Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts

You can allocate Dedicated Hosts on AWS Outposts.

Instance stop protection

To prevent your instance from being accidentally stopped, you can enable stop protection for the instance.

UEFI Secure Boot

UEFI Secure Boot builds on the long-standing secure boot process of Amazon EC2 and provides additional defense-in-depth that helps customers secure...

NitroTPM

Nitro Trusted Platform Module (NitroTPM) is a virtual device that is provided by the AWS Nitro System and conforms to the TPM 2.0 specification.

AMI state change events

Amazon EC2 now generates an event when an AMI changes state. You can use Amazon EventBridge to detect and react to these events.

Describe public keys

You can query the public key and creation date of an Amazon EC2 key pair.

Create key pairs

You can specify the key format (PEM or PPK) when creating a new key pair.

Mount Amazon FSx file systems at launch

You can mount a new or existing Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP or Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system at launch using the new launch instance wizard.

New launch instance wizard

A new and improved launch experience in the Amazon EC2 console, providing a quicker and easier way to launch an EC2 instance.

Automatically deprecate public AMIs

By default, the deprecation date of all public AMIs is set to two years from the AMI creation date.

AMI last launched time

The lastLaunchedTime indicates when your AMI was last used to launch an instance.

Additional RHEL platforms for Capacity Reservations

Additional Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms for On-Demand Capacity Reservations.

Instance tags in instance metadata

You can access an instance's tags from the instance metadata.

Capacity Reservations in cluster placement groups

You can create Capacity Reservations in cluster placement groups.

Recycle Bin for Amazon EBS snapshots

Recycle Bin for Amazon EBS snapshots is a snapshot recovery feature that enables you to restore accidentally deleted snapshots.

Amazon EBS Snapshots Archive

Amazon EBS Snapshots Archive is a new storage tier that you can use for low-cost, long-term storage of your rarely-accessed snapshots.

Spot Fleet launch-before-terminate

Spot Fleet can terminate the Spot Instances that receive a rebalance notification after new replacement Spot Instances are launched.

EC2 Fleet launch-before-terminate

EC2 Fleet can terminate the Spot Instances that receive a rebalance notification after new replacement Spot Instances are launched.

Compare timestamps

You can determine the true time of an event by comparing the timestamp of your Amazon EC2 Linux instance with ClockBound.

Share AMIs with organizations and OUs

You can now share AMIs with the following AWS resources: organizations and organizational units (OUs).

Spot placement score

Get a recommendation for an AWS Region or Availability Zone based on your Spot capacity requirements.

Attribute-based instance type selection for Spot Fleet

Specify the attributes that an instance must have, and Amazon EC2 will identify all the instance types with those attributes.

Attribute-based instance type selection for EC2 Fleet

Specify the attributes that an instance must have, and Amazon EC2 will identify all the instance types with those attributes.

On-Demand Capacity Reservation Fleet

You can use a Capacity Reservation Fleet to launch a group, or fleet, of Capacity Reservations.

EC2 Fleet and targeted On-Demand Capacity Reservations

EC2 Fleet can launch On-Demand Instances into targeted Capacity Reservations.

T3 instances on Dedicated Hosts

Support for T3 instances on Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host.

Hibernation support for RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS

Hibernate your newly-launched instances that were launched from RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS AMIs.

Amazon EC2 Global View

Amazon EC2 Global View enables you to view VPCs, subnets, instances, security groups, and volumes across multiple AWS Regions in a single console.

AMI deprecation support for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager EBS-backed AMI policies can deprecate AMIs. The AWSDataLifecycleManagerServiceRoleForAMIManagement AWS managed policy...

Amazon EC2 key pairs

Amazon EC2 now supports ED25519 keys on Linux and Mac instances.

CloudWatch metrics for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

You can monitor your Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager policies using Amazon CloudWatch.

CloudTrail data events for EBS direct APIs

The ListSnapshotBlocks, ListChangedBlocks, GetSnapshotBlock, and PutSnapshotBlock APIs can be logged data events in CloudTrail.

Prefixes for network interfaces

You can assign a private IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR range, either automatically or manually, to your network interfaces.

Event windows

You can define custom, weekly-recurring event windows for scheduled events that reboot, stop, or terminate your Amazon EC2 instances.

New Local Zones added

Add Local Zones in Dallas and Philadelphia.

Deprecate an AMI

You can now specify when an AMI is deprecated.

Capacity Reservations on AWS Outposts

You can now use Capacity Reservations on AWS Outposts.

Root volume replacement

You can now use root volume replacement tasks to replace the root EBS volume for running instances.

Store and restore an AMI using S3

Store EBS-backed AMIs in S3 and restore them from S3 to enable cross-partition copying of AMIs.

EC2 Serial Console

Troubleshoot boot and network connectivity issues by establishing a connection to the serial port of an instance.

Boot modes

Amazon EC2 now supports UEFI boot on selected AMD- and Intel-based EC2 instances.

Amazon EBS local snapshots on Outposts

You can now use Amazon EBS local snapshots on Outposts to store snapshots of volumes on an Outpost locally in Amazon S3 on the Outpost itself.

Create a reverse DNS record

You can now set up reverse DNS lookup for your Elastic IP addresses.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to automate the process of sharing snapshots and copying them across AWS accounts.

Tag AMIs and snapshots on AMI creation

When you create an AMI, you can tag the AMI and the snapshots with the same tags, or you can tag them with different tags.

io2 Block Express preview

You can opt in to the io2 Block Express volumes preview. io2 Block Express volumes provide sub-millisecond latency, and support higher IOPS, higher...

Throughput Optimized HDD and Cold HDD volume sizes

Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) and Cold HDD (sc1) volumes can range in size from 125 GiB to 16 TiB.

Mac1 instances

New instances built on Apple Mac mini computers that support running macOS workloads on Amazon EC2.

Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor Spot Fleet events

Create EventBridge rules that trigger programmatic actions in response to Spot Fleet state changes and errors.

Use Amazon EventBridge to monitor EC2 Fleet events

Create EventBridge rules that trigger programmatic actions in response to EC2 Fleet state changes and errors.

Delete instant fleets

Delete an EC2 Fleet of type instant and terminate all the instances in the fleet in a single API call.

Amazon EFS Quick Create

You can create and mount an Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system to an instance at launch using Amazon EFS Quick Create.

EC2 instance rebalance recommendation

A signal that notifies you when a Spot Instance is at elevated risk of interruption.

Capacity Reservations in Wavelength Zones

Capacity Reservations can now be created and used in Wavelength Zones.

Capacity Rebalancing

Configure Spot Fleet or EC2 Fleet to launch a replacement Spot Instance when Amazon EC2 emits a rebalance recommendation.

Spot Instance vCPU limits

Spot Instance limits are now managed in terms of the number of vCPUs that your running Spot Instances are either using or will use pending the...

Capacity Reservations in Local Zones

Capacity Reservations can now be created and used in Local Zones.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager policies can be configured with up to four schedules.

Hibernation support for M5a and R5a

Hibernate your newly-launched instances running on M5a and R5a instance types.

Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes for Amazon EBS

Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes are designed to provide 99.999 percent volume durability with an AFR no higher than 0.001 percent.

Instance metadata provides instance location and placement information

New instance metadata fields under the placement category: Region, placement group name, partition number, host ID, and Availability Zone ID.

Wavelength Zones

A Wavelength Zone is an isolated zone in the carrier location where the Wavelength infrastructure is deployed.

Capacity Reservation groups

You can use AWS Resource Groups to create logical collections of Capacity Reservations, and then target instance launches into those groups.

Bring your own IPv6 addresses

You can bring part or all of your IPv6 address range from your on-premises network to your AWS account.

Launch instances using a Systems Manager parameter

You can specify a AWS Systems Manager parameter instead of an AMI when you launch an instance.

Customize scheduled event notifications

You can customize scheduled event notifications to include tags in the email notification.

Amazon Linux 2 Kernel Live Patching

Kernel Live Patching for Amazon Linux 2 enables you to apply security vulnerability and critical bug patches to a running Linux kernel, without...

Amazon EBS Multi-Attach

You can now attach a single Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) volume to up to 16 Nitro-based instances that are in the same Availability Zone.

Stop and start a Spot Instance

Stop your Spot Instances backed by Amazon EBS and start them at will, instead of relying on the stop interruption behavior.

Connect to your instance using Session Manager

You can start a Session Manager session with an instance from the Amazon EC2 console.

Dedicated Hosts and host resource groups

Dedicated Hosts can now be used with host resource groups.

Dedicated Host sharing

You can now share your Dedicated Hosts across AWS accounts.

Default credit specification at the account level

You can set the default credit specification per burstable performance instance family at the account level per AWS Region.

Instance type discovery

You can find an instance type that meets your needs.

Amazon EBS fast snapshot restores

You can enable fast snapshot restores on an EBS snapshot to ensure that EBS volumes created from the snapshot are fully-initialized at creation and...

Instance Metadata Service Version 2

You can use Instance Metadata Service Version 2, which is a session-oriented method for requesting instance metadata.

Queued purchases of Reserved Instances

You can queue the purchase of a Reserved Instance up to three years in advance.

Diagnostic interrupt

You can send a diagnostic interrupt to an unreachable or unresponsive instance to trigger a kernel panic.

Capacity optimized allocation strategy

Using EC2 Fleet or Spot Fleet, you can launch Spot Instances from Spot pools with optimal capacity for the number of instances that are launching.

On-Demand Capacity Reservation sharing

You can now share your Capacity Reservations across AWS accounts.

EC2 Instance Connect

EC2 Instance Connect is a simple and secure way to connect to your instances using Secure Shell (SSH).

Host recovery

Automatically restart your instances on a new host in the event of an unexpected hardware failure on a Dedicated Host.

Amazon EBS multi-volume snapshots

You can take exact point-in-time, data coordinated, and crash-consistent snapshots across multiple EBS volumes attached to an EC2 instance.

Windows to Linux Replatforming Assistant for Microsoft SQL Server Databases

Move existing Microsoft SQL Server workloads from a Windows to a Linux operating system.

Elastic Fabric Adapter

You can attach an Elastic Fabric Adapter to your instances to accelerate High Performance Computing (HPC) applications.

Bare metal instances for M5, M5d, R5, R5d, and z1d

New instances that provide your applications with direct access to the physical resources of the host server.