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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Swap OS Updates on EC2 Without Downtime—Here's How

Amazon EC2 Replace Root Volume lets you prep and test a fresh OS image offline, then hot-swap it onto a running instance with just one reboot—keeping your production identity intact. Perfect for patching and upgrades on standalone instances or those in Auto Scaling groups.

source: [aws/compute-blog]