Amazon ECS Service Connect Gets Zone-Aware Routing
AWS just dropped zone-aware routing for ECS Service Connect, and it's a game-changer for cost-conscious DevOps folks. Now your service-to-service traffic automatically stays within the same Availability Zone, slashing cross-AZ data transfer costs and latency without any code changes. The system intelligently redistributes traffic when endpoints get unhealthy, keeping your apps resilient while ditching that old cost-vs-resilience trade-off. It's enabled by default and available everywhere ECS Service Connect runs—no extra infrastructure needed.