AWS Adds support for nested virtualization

Source: Hacker News

Release (2026-02-12)

Module Highlights

• github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2: v1.288.0
  Feature: Launching nested virtualization. This feature allows you to run nested VMs inside virtual (non‑bare metal) EC2 instances.

Version History

v1.288.0 (2026-02-12)

• Feature: Launching nested virtualization. This feature allows you to run nested VMs inside virtual (non‑bare metal) EC2 instances.

v1.287.0 (2026-02-11)

• Feature: R8i instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all‑core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency.

Go Module Dependency Update

require (
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.32.7
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager v1.22.0
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb v1.55.0
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.288.0 // updated from v1.287.0
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/lambda v1.88.0
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 v1.96.0
    github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3control v1.68.0
)