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Amazon EC2 now surfaces the public SSM parameters associated with public AMIs

calendar_today July 16, 2026 person aws@amazon.com domain amazon-q

Amazon EC2 now surfaces the AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store parameters associated with public AMIs directly in the AMI metadata. When you describe a public AMI, the response includes the associated public SSM parameter, making it easy to discover and reference in your configurations. Previously, finding the SSM parameter associated with a public AMI required searching through SSM parameter namespaces manually.

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