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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-06-30

Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic availability change

Amazon Bedrock Agents (launched November 2023) is now Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic and will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 30, 2026. If you would like to use Bedrock Agents Classic, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/agents-classic-maintenance-mode.html">Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic maintenance mode</a>.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-05-27

Quotas for the bedrock-mantle endpoint

Documented the per-model input and output token quotas that govern inference traffic to the <code class="code">bedrock-mantle</code> endpoint, including the default values for Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7, the request evaluation order, the differences from <code class="code">bedrock-runtime</code> quotas, and how to request quota increases through AWS Support.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-05-27

Quotas for the bedrock-runtime endpoint

Added a dedicated page that describes the per-model token quotas that govern inference traffic to the <code class="code">bedrock-runtime</code> endpoint and points to related quotas for custom inference profiles, batch inference, and Provisioned Throughput.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-05-27

Updated requests-per-minute (RPM) quota guidance

Clarified RPM quota behavior across Amazon Bedrock endpoints. The <code class="code">bedrock-mantle</code> endpoint does not expose per-model RPM quotas; throttling is governed by token-based quotas. On the <code class="code">bedrock-runtime</code> endpoint, RPM quotas are model-specific — some models, including Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Opus 4.8, are not subject to an RPM quota. For models that do have an RPM quota, see the Service Quotas console.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-05-26

Token counting on the bedrock-mantle endpoint

Documented how to count input tokens through the Anthropic <code class="code">count_tokens</code> path on the <code class="code">bedrock-mantle</code> endpoint, including for Claude models that are not supported by <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_CountTokens.html">CountTokens</a> on <code class="code">bedrock-runtime</code>.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-03-02

Fully managed knowledge bases with agentic retrieval

Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now offers fully managed knowledge bases, where Amazon Bedrock manages the storage, indexing, and retrieval infrastructure for you. Fully managed knowledge bases also support agentic retrieval with the AgenticRetrieveStream API, which uses a foundation model to decompose complex queries into sub-queries and iteratively retrieve relevant information.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-02-27

Converse API support for batch inference

You can now use the Converse API format for batch inference input data. When creating a batch inference job, set the model invocation type to Converse to use a consistent request format across models.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2026-02-17

New feature

Added support for fine-tuning open-weight models using OpenAI-compatible APIs. You can now create, monitor, and manage reinforcement fine-tuning jobs for open-weight models through familiar OpenAI SDK endpoints, including Files API, fine-tuning jobs APIs, and inference APIs.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-12-18

New feature

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation now supports blueprint instruction optimization for documents. Improve Data Automation custom output accuracy by providing example content assets with ground truth labels, enabling you to achieve production-ready accuracy for documents in minutes without model training.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-12-03

New feature

Added new reinforcement fine-tuning to improve foundation model performance through feedback signals.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-12-03

New feature

Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI compatible API endpoints, including Responses API and Chat Completions API. These endpoints enable asynchronous inference for long-running workloads, stateful conversation management without manual history passing, and simplified tool use integration for agentic workflows. Migrate existing applications with minimal code changes by updating your base URL and API key.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-12-03

New managed policies

Amazon Bedrock added the following managed IAM policies for Amazon Bedrock Mantle: AmazonBedrockMantleFullAccess, AmazonBedrockMantleReadOnly, AmazonBedrockMantleInferenceAccess. Amazon Bedrock Mantle provides OpenAI-compatible API endpoints for model inference.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-26

New feature

Added new "Reserved" service tier for Bedrock inference.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-24

New model

Amazon Bedrock now supports Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-21

New feature

You can now share guardrails across accounts within an AWS organization.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-20

New feature

Amazon Bedrock Data Automation now supports synchronous invocation.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-19

Enhanced coding use case support for Standard tier

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails Standard tier now provides enhanced support for coding use cases. Content filters, prompt attacks, and denied topics have been upgraded to better handle code-related prompts and responses without requiring changes to existing configurations. Added comprehensive code domain support documentation and prompt leakage detection for Standard tier.

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AWS Bedrock User Guide · 2025-11-18

Region expansion

Amazon Bedrock is now supported in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Canada West (Calgary), Mexico (Central), and Middle East (Bahrain).

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