Amazon ElastiCache

2026/10/20 - 2 new 6 updated api methods

Changes   LiveMigration enables customers to migrate from self-hosted EC2 Redis and Valkey clusters to ElastiCache Serverless with near-zero downtime. Customers control the migration through three API-driven phases (prepare, start, complete) that handle traffic proxying, data replication, and cutover.

2026/09/29 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   Amazon ElastiCache Serverless now supports public endpoints for Valkey caches. With the new Connection Type parameter, you can create a serverless cache accessible over the internet without any VPC configuration. Public endpoint caches require IAM authentication.

2026/09/24 - 1 updated api methods

Changes   Added tagging support for ElastiCache Global DataStore.

2026/06/02 - 19 updated api methods

Changes   Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now supports durability. This new capability is enabled through a Multi-AZ transactional log, enabling fast recovery and restart during failures.

2026/04/01 - 4 updated api methods

Changes   Updated SnapshotRetentionLimit documentation for ServerlessCache to correctly describe the parameter as number of days (max 35) instead of number of snapshots.

2025/04/10 - 5 updated api methods

Changes   AWS ElastiCache SDK now supports using MemcachedUpgradeConfig parameter with ModifyCacheCluster API to enable updating Memcached cache node types. Please refer to updated AWS ElastiCache public documentation for detailed information on API usage and implementation.

2024/11/22 - 2 updated api methods

Changes   Added support to modify the engine type for existing ElastiCache Users and User Groups. Customers can now modify the engine type from redis to valkey.