Concise summaries of official AWS update announcements for Amazon DocumentDB.
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Information as of November 3, 2026.
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio adds support for Iceberg REST Catalog connections and IAM authentication for Amazon DocumentDB, enabling data teams to connect to more governed data sources and use credential-less authentication across projects
Amazon DocumentDB now supports retryable writes, 5 new aggregation stages, and enhanced change streams in version 8.0.2, improving MongoDB API compatibility and query performance
Amazon DocumentDB supports direct major version upgrades from engine versions 3.6 and 4.0 to 8.0, allowing upgrades while preserving data and settings
AWS Backup now enables cross-Region copying of Amazon DocumentDB backups and supports logically air-gapped vaults in nine new Regions, helping meet disaster recovery and compliance needs.
Amazon DocumentDB now supports 46 additional MongoDB aggregation operators and cursor methods from version 8.0.1, expanding query API compatibility for easier MongoDB workload migration without application code changes
Amazon DocumentDB is now available as a specialized database skill in the Agent Toolkit for AWS, enabling AI coding agents to automate cluster setup, management, migration, optimization, and troubleshooting
Amazon DocumentDB now supports R8g.24xlarge and R8g.48xlarge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and DDR5 memory, enabling higher throughput and larger memory workloads
Amazon DocumentDB supports engine minor version 5.0.1, delivering new aggregation operators and enhanced monitoring capabilities
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