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Amazon Aurora serverless now scales faster to support agentic AI and other bursty workloads

calendar_today August 5, 2026 person aws@amazon.com domain amazon-q

Amazon Aurora serverless now delivers higher initial capacity during scale-up events, reaching up to 12 ACUs within a second and continuing to scale up to 256 ACUs as your workload grows. When the workload finishes, Aurora serverless automatically scales down to zero. This makes it especially well-suited for agentic AI applications, which typically have bursts of activity, long idle windows, and unpredictable traffic patterns.

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