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February 4, 2019

You can now use a local version of AWS Step Functions to develop and test your workflows, using AWS Step Functions Local.

January 24, 2019

The new AWS Step Functions Service Level Agreement (SLA) makes AWS Step Functions available with a Monthly Uptime Percentage for each AWS region.

January 16, 2019

AWS Step Functions now available in AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD and AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet.

Date	Announcement
Feb 04	Develop and Test AWS Step Functions Workflows Locally
Jan 24	AWS Step Functions Announces 99.9% Service Level Agreement
Jan 16	AWS Step Functions Now Available in AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD and AWS China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet
Jan 07	AWS Step Functions Now Supports Resource Tagging

Date	Announcement
Dec 13	AWS Step Functions Now Available in South America (Sao Paulo)
Dec 13	AWS Step Functions Now Available in EU (Paris)
Nov 29	AWS Step Functions Adds Eight More Service Integrations	Blog
Nov 28	Amazon SageMaker Announces New Machine Learning Capabilities for Orchestration, Experimentation and Collaboration	Blog
Jul 31	AWS IoT Rules Engine Now Supports Step Functions Action	Documentation
Jul 11	AWS Step Functions Now Available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Jun 28	AWS Step Functions Now Available in AWS GovCloud (US)
May 31	AWS Step Functions is Now a HIPAA Eligible Service	Blog
May 16	Higher Throughput Workflows for AWS Step Functions	Documentation
May 09	AWS Step Functions Regional Expansions
Jan 24	AWS Step Functions Now Available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Canada (Central) Regions

Date	Announcement
Nov 15	AWS Step Functions Adds Support for Updating State Machines	Documentation
Aug 23	AWS Step Functions Now Available in EU (London) Region
Aug 16	Amazon EC2 Systems Manager Adds New Maintenance Window Task Types for Automation, AWS Step Functions, and AWS Lambda	Documentation
Jun 08	AWS Step Functions Available in Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Mar 21	CloudWatch Events Now Supports AWS Step Functions as a Target
Mar 16	AWS Step Functions Adds Customized Error Handling for AWS Lambda Functions
Mar 07	AWS Step Functions Available in EU (Frankfurt)
Feb 15	Amazon API Gateway Integration with AWS Step Functions
Feb 10	AWS CloudFormation Adds Support for AWS Step Functions

Date	Announcement
Dec 01	Introducing AWS Step Functions	Blog