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AWS res documentation change

Service: res · 2025-12-25 · Documentation medium

File: res/archive/release-minus-2/ug/revisions.md

Summary

Added release notes for July 2025 and June 2025 versions including new features, changes, and bug fixes

Security assessment

Added documentation about security improvements including scoped-down IAM permissions and custom IAM policy attachment fixes. While not addressing specific vulnerabilities, these document security feature enhancements following least-privilege principles.

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+July 2025 | 
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+  * Release version 2025.06.01 Enhancements
+    * Improved launch time of infra hosts and default VDIs by using system default Python.
+    * Added support for Ubuntu 24.04 VDI.
+Changes
+    * Infra hosts and VDIs now use system default Python if it is available and meets RES requirements (version higher than 3.9.16).
+Bug Fixes
+    * Resolved Windows and Linux VDI login issues when disable_ad_join is true.
+    * Resolved an issue where custom IAM policies were not being attached to project-specific roles.
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+June 2025 | 
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+  * Release version 2025.06 Enhancements
+    * Added support for the AWS GovCloud (US-East) region.
+    * Added support for g6e instance type.
+    * Added support for launching virtual desktop sessions with Amazon Linux 2023.
+    * Added support for launching virtual desktop sessions with Rocky Linux 9.
+    * Added support for IAM resources prefix and path customization.
+    * Added the ability to delete a mounted file system from the RES UI.
+    * Added the ability to retrieve VDI bootstrap logs from Amazon CloudWatch.
+    * Enabled hibernation for RedHat 8 and RedHat 9 VDIs.
+Changes
+    * Scoped down IAM permissions for infrastructure hosts and VDI hosts.
+    * Improved bootstrap process for infrastructure hosts and VDI hosts.
+    * Increased the DCV broker DynamoDB tables WCU from 20 to 100.
+Bug Fixes
+    * Resolved an issue where RES can fail to list Elastic Filesystem for onboarding.
+    * Resolved an issue where RES can fail to apply snapshot caused by Elastic Filesystem listing.
+    * Resolved an issue where DCV Console session resolution cannot be adjusted.
+    * Resolved an issue where custom VDIs schedule can be deleted when re-saving the schedule without change.
+    * Resolved an issue where File browser can become unresponsive with large number of users and groups in AD.
+    * Resolved an issue where VDI sessions can be missing under Session Management.
+    * Resolved an issue where VDI session can be missing under My Virtual Desktop page.
+    * Resolved an issue where Idle timeout is not working for VDIs with hibernation enabled.
+    * Resolved an issue where software stack AMIs predate older RES version.
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