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Amazon CodeWhisperer to Q Developer to Kiro: The Rise of Agentic Coding

calendar_today June 18, 2026 person Jubin Abhishek Soni domain dzone

The Abrupt End of Amazon Q Developer In May 2026, AWS dropped a bombshell: Amazon Q Developer IDE plugins and paid subscriptions will reach end-of-support on April 30, 2027 , with new signups blocked as of May 15, 2026 . The successor? Kiro — AWS’s next-generation AI IDE that reframes how engineers build software from scratch.

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