Concise summaries of official AWS update announcements for AWS Secrets Manager.
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Information as of November 3, 2026.
AWS Transfer Family now allows you to store SFTP server host keys in AWS Secrets Manager within your own AWS account, improving control over server identity and simplifying server migrations and failover.
AWS Secrets Manager now extends its managed external secrets capability to include Databricks and Twilio, enabling automatic rotation of credentials used by data pipelines and messaging applications to call these services
AWS Secrets Manager integrates with the AWS Recommended Actions framework to surface contextual, actionable suggestions for secrets directly in the console
AWS Secrets Manager introduces one-click installation for the AWS Workload Credentials Provider on Linux and Windows, simplifying setup from a multi-step build process to a single command
AWS Secrets Manager extends managed external secrets to include Cisco Security Platform API keys and Netskope API tokens, enabling automatic rotation of these third-party credentials directly from the AWS console without custom code
AWS Secrets Manager now supports managed external secrets for Jenkins API Tokens and SonarQube Tokens, enabling automatic rotation of these third-party credentials directly from the AWS console
AWS Secrets Manager automatically publishes events to Amazon EventBridge whenever secret values change, enabling real-time response workflows
AWS Secrets Manager now supports automatic rotation of Paddle API keys and GitLab access tokens, enabling seamless transitions with configurable grace periods for Paddle and atomic rotation for GitLab
AWS Secrets Manager now provides a secret safety skill in the Agent Toolkit for AWS, allowing AI coding agents to securely retrieve and use secrets without exposing values in model context or logs, preserving developer workflows.
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