Amazon Linux 2022 is in preview release and is subject to change.
Naming and versioning
There will be a minor release every three months. Each is identiļ¬ed by an increment from 0 to N. 0 refers to the original major release for that iteration.
For example, minor releases of Amazon Linux 2022 will have the following format.
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2022.0.20220301
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2022.1.20220601
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2022.2.20220901
The corresponding Amazon Linux 2022 AMIs will have the following format.
al2022-ami-2022.0.20220301.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64
al2022-ami-2022.1.20220301.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64
al2022-ami-2022.2.20220301.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64
Within a specific minor version, regular AMI releases will occur with a timestamp of the date of the AMI release.
al2022-ami-2022.0.20220301.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64
al2022-ami-2022.0.20220410.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64
al2022-ami-2022.0.20220520.0-kernel-5.15-x86_64