Recent feature launches
The following table lists dates and links to announcements for recent Step Functions feature releases:
Launch date  | 
          Feature description  | 
        
|---|---|
2025-09-18  | 
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2025-02-07  | 
          
              AWS Step Functions expands data
                source and output options for Distributed Map.  | 
        
2024-11-22  | 
          
              Simplifying
                developer experience with variables and JSONata in AWS Step Functions  | 
        
2024-11-14  | 
          IaC exports to
                AWS SAM templates, CloudFormation templates, and to Infrastructure Composer.  | 
        
2024-06-25  | 
          Encrypt workflows, logs, and
                activities with AWS KMS customer managed keys.  | 
        
2023-11-26  | 
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2023-11-15  | 
          Restarting state machine executions with redrive in Step Functions  | 
        
2023-10-12  | 
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2023-09-07  | 
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2023-08-31  | 
          Workflow Studio enhancements to
                streamline the authoring experience  | 
        
2023-06-22  | 
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2023-06-16  | 
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2022-12-01  | 
          Orchestrate
                large-scale parallel workflows for data processing with Distributed Map state  |