Changes and Updates to Amazon Neptune
The following table describes important changes to Amazon Neptune.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
As of 2024-11-06, engine version 1.4.0.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.4.0.0. | November 6, 2024 | |
As of 2024-10-01, engine version 1.3.4.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.4.0. | October 1, 2024 | |
As of 2024-08-05, engine version 1.3.3.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.3.0. | August 5, 2024 | |
As of 2024-08-05, engine version 1.2.1.2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.2. | August 5, 2024 | |
As of 2024-06-20, engine version 1.3.2.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.2.1. | June 20, 2024 | |
As of 2024-06-10, engine version 1.3.2.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.2.0. | June 10, 2024 | |
As of 2024-03-11, engine version 1.2.1.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.1. | March 11, 2024 | |
As of 2024-03-06, engine version 1.3.1.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.1.0. | March 6, 2024 | |
Update to AWS managed policy permissions | The | January 22, 2024 |
Neptune now offers I/O-Optimized storage | With I/O-Optimized storage, you pay for the storage and instances you are using. The storage costs are higher than for standard storage, but you pay nothing for any I/O that you use. | December 13, 2023 |
The NeptuneConsoleFullAccess IAM managed policy
has been updated to grant the permissions needed to interact with Neptune Analytics
graphs, a new NeptuneGraphReadOnlyAccess policy has
been added to provide read-only access to Neptune Analytics graph resources, and a new
| November 29, 2023 | |
As of 2023-11-15, engine version 1.3.0.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.3.0.0. | November 15, 2023 | |
Neptune launched in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region | Amazon Neptune is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) ( | November 13, 2023 |
Blog post about implementing time-to-live in Neptune property graphs | See Implement Time to Live in Amazon Neptune, Part 1: Property Graph | October 27, 2023 |
As of 2023-10-06, engine version 1.2.1.0.R7 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R7. | October 6, 2023 | |
As of 2023-09-29, engine version 1.2.0.0.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.0.R4. | September 29, 2023 | |
As of 2023-09-27, engine version 1.2.0.1.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.1.R3. | September 27, 2023 | |
As of 2023-09-12, engine version 1.2.1.0.R6 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R6. | September 12, 2023 | |
As of 2023-09-12, engine version 1.2.0.2.R6 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2.R6. | September 12, 2023 | |
Blog post about using a blue/green deployment strategy for Neptune engine upgrades | See Improve availability of Amazon Neptune during engine upgrade using blue/green deployment | September 11, 2023 |
As of 2023-09-02, engine version 1.2.1.0.R5 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R5. | September 2, 2023 | |
As of 2023-08-16, engine version 1.2.0.2.R5 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2.R5. | August 16, 2023 | |
As of 2023-08-10, engine version 1.2.1.0.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R4. | August 10, 2023 | |
Blog post about Neptune engine release 1.2.1.0 | See Exploring the feature packed 1.2.1.0 release for Amazon Neptune | August 4, 2023 |
Blog post about building a multimodal database solution with Neptune | See Design a use case-driven, highly scalable multimodel database solution using Amazon Neptune | July 18, 2023 |
Blog post about Neptune Serverless use cases and best practices | See Use cases and best practices to optimize cost and performance with Amazon Neptune Serverless | June 28, 2023 |
As of 2023-06-13, engine version 1.2.1.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R3. | June 13, 2023 | |
Blog post about generating leisure suggestions in real time | See Generate suggestions for leisure activities in real time with Amazon Neptune | June 6, 2023 |
Blog post about molecular modeling with Neptune and RDKit | See Model molecular SMILES data with Amazon Neptune and RDKit | June 1, 2023 |
Blog post about using caching to accelerate Neptune performance (Part 3) | See Accelerate graph query performance with caching in Amazon Neptune, Part 3: Neptune cluster-wide caching architectures with Amazon ElastiCache | May 26, 2023 |
Blog post about using caching to accelerate Neptune performance (Part 2) | See Accelerate graph query performance with caching in Amazon Neptune, Part 2: Additional Neptune caching features | May 26, 2023 |
Blog post about using caching to accelerate Neptune performance (Part 1) | See Accelerate graph query performance with caching in Amazon Neptune, Part 1: Queries and buffer pool caching | May 26, 2023 |
Blog post about supply-chain analysis using Neptune | See Supply chain data analysis and visualization using Amazon Neptune and the Neptune workbench | May 10, 2023 |
As of 2023-05-08, engine version 1.2.0.2.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2.R4. | May 8, 2023 | |
Neptune launched in the Middle East (UAE) region | Amazon Neptune is now available in the Middle East (UAE) ( | May 2, 2023 |
As of 2023-05-02, engine version 1.2.1.0.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0.R2. | May 2, 2023 | |
Blog post about building a knowledge graph on Neptune with AI-powered video analysis using Media2Cloud | See Build a knowledge graph on Amazon Neptune with AI-powered video analysis using Media2Cloud | May 2, 2023 |
Blog post about how DevOcean built a vulnerability remediation platform using Neptune | See How DevOcean built a vulnerability remediation management platform for cloud-native applications using Amazon Neptune | April 25, 2023 |
Blog post about how Getir build a fraud detection system using Neptune | See How Getir build a comprehensive fraud detection system using Amazon Neptune and Amazon DynamoDB | April 6, 2023 |
Blog post about how Wiz reimagines cloud security using Neptune | See The World is a graph: How Wiz reimagines cloud security using a graph in Amazon Neptune | March 31, 2023 |
As of 2023-03-27, engine version 1.2.0.2.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2.R3. | March 27, 2023 | |
Blog post about how CSC Generation powers product discovery using Neptune | See How CSC Generation powers product discovery with knowledge graphs using Amazon Neptune | March 21, 2023 |
As of 2023-03-08, engine version 1.2.1.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.1.0. | March 8, 2023 | |
Blog post about exploring new features of TinkerPop 3.6.x in Neptune | See Exploring new features of Apache TinkerPop 3.6.x in Amazon Neptune | March 8, 2023 |
Blog post about using semantic reasoning to infer new facts from your RDF graph | See Use semantic reasoning to infer new facts from your RDF graph by integrating RDFox with Amazon Neptune | February 20, 2023 |
Blog post about analyzing healthcare FHIR data with Neptune | See Analyze healthcare FHIR data with Amazon Neptune | February 13, 2023 |
Blog post about building a real-time fraud detection solution using Neptune ML | See Build a real-time fraud detection solution using Amazon Neptune ML | February 8, 2023 |
As of 2023-01-23, engine version 1.1.1.0.R7 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R7. | January 23, 2023 | |
Graph-explorer is an open-source front-end web application tool for
visualizing graph data. See https://github.com/aws/graph-explorer | January 3, 2023 | |
As of 2022-12-23, engine version 1.1.0.0.R3 maintenance release is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.0.0.R3. | December 23, 2022 | |
Neptune workbench now operates on Amazon Linux 2 and JupyterLab 3. | Neptune graph notebooks now run in an Amazon Linux 2 environment with JupyterLab 3. See Migrating your Neptune notebooks from Jupyter to JupyterLab 3 for information about how to move to this new environment. | December 21, 2022 |
Blog post about power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph (part 3) | See Power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph – Part 3 | December 20, 2022 |
Blog post about power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph (part 2) | See Power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph – Part 2 | December 20, 2022 |
Blog post about power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph (part 1) | See Power recommendations and search using an IMDb knowledge graph – Part 1 | December 20, 2022 |
As of 2022-12-16, Neptune Serverless has launched in the following new AWS regions: Canada (Central), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Sydney). See Amazon Neptune Serverless constraints for all the regions where Neptune Serverless is available. | December 16, 2022 | |
As of 2022-12-15, engine version 1.2.0.2.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2.R2. | December 15, 2022 | |
As of 2022-12-15, engine version 1.2.0.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.0.R3. | December 15, 2022 | |
As of 2022-12-13, engine version 1.2.0.1.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.1.R2. | December 13, 2022 | |
Blog post about designing an educational big data analysis architecture with AWS | See Designing an educational big data analysis architecture with AWS | December 13, 2022 |
Blog post about how graph databases can enhance learning | See How graph databases can enhance learning | December 8, 2022 |
Blog post about loading RDF data into Neptune using AWS Glue | See Load RDF data into Amazon Neptune with AWS Glue | November 23, 2022 |
As of 2022-11-20, engine version 1.2.0.2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.2. | November 20, 2022 | |
As of 2022-10-26, engine version 1.2.0.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.1. | October 26, 2022 | |
Blog post about fraud detection using Neptune | See Empowering fraud detection at Delivery Hero with Amazon Neptune | October 26, 2022 |
Blog post about Neptune Serverless | See Introducing Amazon Neptune Serverless – A Fully Managed Graph Database that Adjusts Capacity for Your Workloads | October 26, 2022 |
Blog post about event-driven RDF imports to Neptune using Lambda and SPARQL UPDATE LOAD | See How NXP performs event-driven RDF imports to Amazon Neptune using AWS Lambda and SPARQL UPDATE LOAD | October 20, 2022 |
As of 2022-10-14, engine version 1.2.0.0.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.0.R2. | October 14, 2022 | |
Blog post about encoding multi-lingual text properties in Neptune | See Encode multi-lingual text properties in Amazon Neptune to train predictive models | October 14, 2022 |
Blog post about automated testing of Neptune data access | See Automated testing of Amazon Neptune data access with Apache TinkerPop Gremlin | September 28, 2022 |
As of 2022-09-23, engine version 1.1.1.0.R6 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R6. | September 23, 2022 | |
Blog post about how Informatica® uses Neptune | See How Informatica® Cloud Data Governance and Catalog uses Amazon Neptune for knowledge graphs | September 20, 2022 |
Blog post about using Neptune and Tom Sawyer Perspectives to uncover financial fraud | See Uncover financial fraud with Amazon Neptune and Tom Sawyer Perspectives | August 30, 2022 |
Blog post about building a GNN-based real-time fraud detection solution using SageMaker, Neptune, and DGL | See Build a GNN-based real-time fraud detection solution using Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Neptune, and the Deep Graph Library | August 11, 2022 |
Blog post about using resource tags to stop and start Neptune environment resources | See Automate the stopping and starting of Amazon Neptune environment resources using resource tags | August 1, 2022 |
Blog post about an artist who contributes to Apache TinkerPop | See Beyond Code: The Artist Who Contributes to Apache TinkerPop | August 1, 2022 |
Blog post about fine-grained access control for Neptune data plane actions | See Fine Grained Access Control for Amazon Neptune data plane actions | July 29, 2022 |
Blog post about Neptune global databases | See Introducing Amazon Neptune Global Database | July 27, 2022 |
As of 2022-07-21, engine version 1.2.0.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.2.0.0. | July 21, 2022 | |
As of 2022-07-21, engine version 1.1.1.0.R5 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R5. | July 21, 2022 | |
As of 2022-06-23, engine version 1.1.1.0.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R4. | June 23, 2022 | |
Simplified graph analytics and machine learning workflows with Python integration | You can now run graph analytics and machine learning tasks on graph data stored
in Amazon Neptune using an open-source Python integration that simplifies data science
and ML workflows. See the AWS
Data Wrangler documentation for Neptune | June 7, 2022 |
As of 2022-06-07, engine version 1.1.1.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R3. | June 7, 2022 | |
Blog post about detecting fake news | See Detect social media fake news using graph machine learning with Amazon Neptune ML | May 19, 2022 |
Blog post about using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) with Neptune | See Discover new insights from your data using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Amazon Neptune | May 18, 2022 |
As of 2022-05-16, engine version 1.1.1.0.R2 maintenance release is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0.R2. | May 16, 2022 | |
As of 2022-05-16, engine version 1.1.0.0.R2 maintenance release is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.0.0.R2. | May 16, 2022 | |
As of 2022-05-16, engine version 1.0.5.1.R4 maintenance release is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.1.R4. | May 16, 2022 | |
As of 2022-05-16, engine version 1.0.5.0.R5 maintenance release is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.0.R5. | May 16, 2022 | |
Blog post about openCypher general availability in Neptune | See Announcing the General Availability of openCypher support for Amazon Neptune | April 22, 2022 |
As of 2022-04-19, engine version 1.1.1.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.1.0. | April 19, 2022 | |
Blog post about data lineage | See Build data lineage for data lakes using AWS Glue, Amazon Neptune, and Spline | April 1, 2022 |
Upgrades to engine release 1.1.0.0 are re-enabled | As of 2022-02-21, upgrades to engine release 1.1.0.0 were temporarily disabled. They are now re-enabled. | March 22, 2022 |
Blog post about engineering utility reliability | See Using cloud-based, data-informed, power system models to engineer utility reliability | March 22, 2022 |
Neptune launched in Africa (Cape Town) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Africa (Cape Town) ( | February 24, 2022 |
Blog post about model-driven graphs using OWL | See Model-driven graphs using OWL in Amazon Neptune | February 23, 2022 |
Blog post about exploring semantic knowledge graphs with Rhizomer | See Explore the semantic knowledge graphs without SPARQL using Amazon Neptune with Rhizomer | February 22, 2022 |
Blog post about graphing the utility grid | See Graphing the utility grid on AWS | February 18, 2022 |
New Neptune ML text feature encoding options | Neptune now supports FastText and Sentence BERT text encoding for training. See FastText features in Neptune ML and Sentence BERT features in Neptune ML. | February 15, 2022 |
Blog post about geospatial queries using OpenSearch with Neptune | See Combine Amazon Neptune and Amazon OpenSearch Service for geospatial queries | February 1, 2022 |
Blog post about Financial Crime Discovery using Amazon EKS and Neptune | See Financial Crime Discovery using Amazon EKS and Graph Databases | February 1, 2022 |
A Neptune cluster volume can now grow to 128 tebibytes (TiB) in size | In all supported regions except China and GovCloud, the size limit of a Neptune cluster volume has now increased from 64 TiB to 128 Tib. This applies to all engine releases starting with release 1.0.2.2. See the Amazon Neptune storage page. | February 1, 2022 |
Neptune full-text search now integrates with all versions of OpenSearch. | See Full text search in Amazon Neptune using Amazon OpenSearch Service. | January 28, 2022 |
Blog post about using Docker containers to deploy graph notebooks | See Use Docker containers to deploy Graph Notebooks on AWS | January 22, 2022 |
As of 2022-01-13, engine version 1.0.5.1.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.1.R3. | January 13, 2022 | |
Blog post about a graph-based recommendation system using Neptune ML | See Graph-based recommendation system with Neptune ML: An illustration on social network link prediction challenges | January 12, 2022 |
Blog post about autoscaling Neptune | See Auto scale your Amazon Neptune database to meet workload demands | November 29, 2021 |
Blog post about interactive graph data analytics and visualizations | See Build interactive graph data analytics and visualizations using Amazon Neptune, Amazon Athena Federated Query, and Amazon QuickSight | November 24, 2021 |
Blog post about detecting identity fraud using graph-based deep learning | See How Careem is detecting identity fraud using graph-based deep learning and Amazon Neptune | November 23, 2021 |
As of 2021-11-19, engine version 1.1.0.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.1.0.0. | November 19, 2021 | |
Blog post about centralizing data protection and compliance | See Centralizing data protection and compliance in Amazon Neptune with AWS Backup | November 8, 2021 |
Blog post about fighting fraud and improper payments | See Fighting fraud and improper payments in real-time at the scale of federal expenditures | November 2, 2021 |
Blog post about preventing fake account sign-ups | See Prevent fake account sign-ups in real time with AI using Amazon Fraud Detector | October 29, 2021 |
As of 2021-10-26, engine version 1.0.5.1.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.1.R2. | October 26, 2021 | |
Blog post about HawkEye 360 predicting vessel risk using the Deep Graph Library | See HawkEye 360 predicts vessel risk using the Deep Graph Library and Amazon Neptune | October 15, 2021 |
As of 2021-10-01, engine version 1.0.5.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.1. | October 1, 2021 | |
Blog post about why developers like TinkerPop | See Why developers like Apache TinkerPop, an open source framework for graph computing | September 27, 2021 |
As of 2021-09-15, engine version 1.0.5.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.0.R3. | September 15, 2021 | |
Blog post about building a data discovery solution with Amundsen and Neptune | See Building a data discovery solution with Amundsen and Amazon Neptune | September 8, 2021 |
Neptune has updated the stream-poller to support non-string full-text search queries | Included in this release are many improvements to full-text search, including support for indexing of property values that are not strings. See Non-string OpenSearch indexing in Amazon Neptune. | August 23, 2021 |
As of 2021-08-16, engine version 1.0.5.0.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.0.R2. | August 16, 2021 | |
As of 2021-08-16, engine version 1.0.4.2.R5 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.2.R5. | August 16, 2021 | |
Blog post about Graph Store Protocol support in Neptune | See Introducing Graph Store Protocol support for Amazon Neptune | August 2, 2021 |
Blog post about new features in Neptune ML | See Discover more insights in your graphs with new features from Amazon Neptune ML | July 30, 2021 |
Blog post about getting predictions faster with Neptune ML | See Get predictions for evolving graph data faster with Amazon Neptune ML | July 30, 2021 |
Blog post about easier and faster graph machine learning with Neptune ML | See Easier and faster graph machine learning with Amazon Neptune ML | July 30, 2021 |
Blog post about Neptune openCypher support | See Announcing openCypher for Amazon Neptune: Building better graph applications with openCypher and Gremlin together | July 29, 2021 |
As of 2021-07-27, engine version 1.0.5.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.5.0. | July 27, 2021 | |
As of 2021-07-23, engine version 1.0.4.2.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.2.R4. | July 23, 2021 | |
Neptune launched in China (Beijing) | Amazon Neptune is now available in China (Beijing) ( | July 21, 2021 |
As of 2021-06-28, engine version 1.0.4.2.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.2.R3. | June 28, 2021 | |
Blog post about how Dream11 scaled their social network using Neptune | June 25, 2021 | |
Blog post about transforming data into knowledge with Neptune and PoolParty Semantic Suite | See Transform data into knowledge with PoolParty Semantic Suite and Amazon Neptune | June 16, 2021 |
Blog post about using Neptune to explore the UniProt knowledgebase | See Exploring the UniProt protein knowledgebase with AWS Open Data and Amazon Neptune | June 10, 2021 |
Blog post about using Neptune for data-driven risk analysis | See Field Notes: Data-Driven Risk Analysis with Amazon Neptune and Amazon OpenSearch Service | June 10, 2021 |
As of 2021-06-01, engine version 1.0.4.2.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.2.R2. | June 1, 2021 | |
Blog post about using Neptune to visualize your AWS infrastructure | See Visualize your AWS Infrastructure with Amazon Neptune and AWS Config | May 25, 2021 |
Blog post about configuration for using Data Lens with Neptune | See Configure AWS services to build a knowledge graph in Amazon Neptune using Data Lens | May 5, 2021 |
Blog post about building a knowledge graph in Neptune using Data Lens | See Build a knowledge graph in Amazon Neptune using Data Lens | May 5, 2021 |
Engine versions 1.0.1.0, 1.0.1.1, and 1.0.1.2 are now deprecated | Beginning now, no new DB instance will be created using any of these engine versions, or any patches related to them. | April 26, 2021 |
English translation of case study about Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry using Neptune | March 31, 2021 | |
Blog post about using Neptune with Amazon Comprehend and Lex | See Supercharge your knowledge graph using Amazon Neptune, Amazon Comprehend, and Amazon Lex | March 31, 2021 |
Blog post about using Lambda functions with Neptune | See Use AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Neptune | March 26, 2021 |
As of 2021-03-22, engine version 1.0.4.1.R1.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.1.R1.1. | March 22, 2021 | |
As of 2021-03-11, engine version 1.0.4.1.R2.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.1.R2.1. | March 11, 2021 | |
Blog post about using Neptune's open source graph notebook for graph visualization | See Getting started with open source graph notebook for graph visualization | March 10, 2021 |
Tutorial about integrating Neptune with the Amundsen data discovery and metadata engine | See How to use Amundsen with Amazon Neptune | March 2, 2021 |
As of 2021-02-24, engine version 1.0.4.1.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.1.R2. | February 24, 2021 | |
As of 2021-02-24, engine version 1.0.4.0.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.0.R2. | February 24, 2021 | |
As of 2021-02-19, engine version 1.0.3.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.3.0.R3. | February 19, 2021 | |
As of 2021-02-19, engine version 1.0.2.2.R6 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.2.R6. | February 19, 2021 | |
Blog post about building a knowledge graph using Amazon Comprehend events | See Building a knowledge graph in Amazon Neptune using Amazon Comprehend Events | January 19, 2021 |
Blog post about enabling low code graph data apps | See Enabling low code graph data apps with Amazon Neptune and Graphistry | January 18, 2021 |
Added notebook documentation for getting started with graph data. | Added a section integrating with the Neptune workbench that helps you get started creating graph data and developing graph applications without having to spin up a Neptune cluster until you're ready. | January 15, 2021 |
Blog post about resetting your Neptune graph data in seconds | See Resetting your graph data in Amazon Neptune in seconds | December 17, 2020 |
Blog post about how Novartis AG uses SageMaker and Neptune with BERT | See Novartis AG uses Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Neptune to build and enrich a knowledge graph using BERT | December 14, 2020 |
Blog post about building a knowledge graph with topic networks | See Building a knowledge graph with topic networks in Amazon Neptune | December 14, 2020 |
As of 2020-12-08, engine version 1.0.4.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.1. | December 8, 2020 | |
Blog post about getting started with Neptune ML | See How to get started with Neptune ML | December 8, 2020 |
Neptune now has a fast reset API | Using the fast-reset API, you can quickly and easily delete all the data in a DB cluster. See Fast reset API. | December 4, 2020 |
Blog post about building a biological knowledge graph at Pendulum | See Building a biological knowledge graph at Pendulum using Amazon Neptune | November 26, 2020 |
Blog post about TinkerPop 3.4.8’s new features in Neptune | See Exploring Apache TinkerPop 3.4.8’s new features in Amazon Neptune | November 18, 2020 |
Blog post about using the Amazon Kendra search service with Neptune | See Incorporating your enterprise knowledge graph into Amazon Kendra | November 17, 2020 |
Event notifications now available | Neptune now supports event notifications that you can use to more easily monitor DB clusters. See Using Neptune Event Notification, by. | October 29, 2020 |
Customs endpoints now available | Neptune now supports custom endpoints for greater control connecting to DB instances. See Connecting to Amazon Neptune Endpoints. | October 29, 2020 |
Blog post about using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to populate your Neptune graph | See Populating your graph in Amazon Neptune from a relational database using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) – Part 4: Putting it all together | October 22, 2020 |
Blog post about using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to populate your Neptune graph | See Populating your graph in Amazon Neptune from a relational database using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) – Part 3: Designing the RDF Model | October 22, 2020 |
Blog post about using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to populate your Neptune graph | See Populating your graph in Amazon Neptune from a relational database using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) – Part 2: Designing the property graph model | October 22, 2020 |
Blog post about using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to populate your Neptune graph | See Populating your graph in Amazon Neptune from a relational database using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) – Part 1: Setting the stage | October 22, 2020 |
As of 2020-10-12, engine version 1.0.4.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.4.0. | October 12, 2020 | |
As of 2020-10-12, engine version 1.0.3.0.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.3.0.R2. | October 12, 2020 | |
As of 2020-10-12, engine version 1.0.2.2.R5 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.2.R5. | October 12, 2020 | |
Blog post about configuring your VPC for SPARQL federated queries | See Configure Amazon VPC for SPARQL 1.1 Federated Query with Amazon Neptune | October 12, 2020 |
Blog post about writing a SPARQL cascading delete | See Write a cascading delete in SPARQL | October 5, 2020 |
Blog post about graphing AWS resources using Neptune | See Graph your AWS resources with Amazon Neptune | September 28, 2020 |
Blog post about building MedDRA terminology mapping for pharmacovigilance and adverse event reporting using Neptune | See Building Amazon Neptune based MedDRA terminology mapping for pharmacovigilance and adverse event reporting | September 24, 2020 |
Blog post about building a knowledge graph out of a data warehouse using Neptune, to complement commercial intelligence | See Complement Commercial Intelligence by Building a Knowledge Graph out of a Data Warehouse with Amazon Neptune | September 23, 2020 |
Blog post about load balancing using the Neptune Gremlin client | See Load balance graph queries using the Amazon Neptune Gremlin Client | September 16, 2020 |
Blog post about digital personalization using an identity graph at Cox Automotive | See Cox Automotive scales digital personalization using an identity graph powered by Amazon Neptune | September 16, 2020 |
Blog post about collaborative filtering on Yelp data | See Using collaborative filtering on Yelp data to build a recommendation system in Amazon Neptune | September 8, 2020 |
Blog post about query-result visualization in Amazon Neptune | See Visualize query results using the Amazon Neptune workbench | September 2, 2020 |
Neptune released graph visualization | Amazon Neptune now provides extensive graph visualization capabilities in Jupyter notebooks in the Neptune workbench, along with a number of new features that make notebooks easier to use. See Graph visualization. | August 12, 2020 |
Neptune launched in South America (São Paulo) | Amazon Neptune is now available in South America (São Paulo) ( | August 6, 2020 |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) ( | August 6, 2020 |
As of 2020-08-03, engine version 1.0.3.0 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.3.0. | August 3, 2020 | |
As of 2020-07-23, engine version 1.0.2.2.R4 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.2.R4. | July 23, 2020 | |
Blog post about Zerobase's automated contact tracing using Amazon Neptune | See Zerobase creates private, secure, and automated contact tracing using Amazon
Neptune | July 13, 2020 |
Neptune launched in US West (N. California) | Amazon Neptune is now available in US West (N. California) ( | July 9, 2020 |
Amazon Neptune supports tag-based access control | You can now use AWS tags in IAM policies to control access to your Neptune database. See Tag-based access control in Amazon Neptune. | July 7, 2020 |
A Java stream poller is now available | Amazon Neptune now supports a Java version of the lambda stream poller for Neptune streams as well as the Python one. See Add details about the Neptune streams consumer stack you are creating. | July 6, 2020 |
Blog post about the AWS COVID-19 knowledge graph | See Building and querying the AWS COVID-19 knowledge graph | July 1, 2020 |
As of 2020-06-26, engine version 1.0.1.1 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.1.1. | June 26, 2020 | |
Blog post about migrating from Blazegraph to Amazon Neptune | See Moving to the cloud: Migrating Blazegraph to Amazon Neptune | June 25, 2020 |
Blog post about changing data capture from Neo4j to Amazon Neptune | See Change data capture from Neo4j to Amazon Neptune using Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka | June 22, 2020 |
Blog post about how Waves is using Amazon Neptune | See How Waves runs user queries and recommendations at scale with Amazon Neptune | June 16, 2020 |
As of 2020-06-10, engine version 1.0.1.2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.1.2. | June 10, 2020 | |
Blog post about building a customer knowledge repository | See Building a customer 360 knowledge repository with Amazon Neptune and Amazon Redshift | June 9, 2020 |
Blog post about how Gunosy is using Amazon Neptune | See How Gunosy built a comment feature in News Pass using Amazon Neptune | June 8, 2020 |
Blog post about the AWS COVID-19 knowledge graph | See Building and querying the AWS COVID-19 knowledge graph | June 2, 2020 |
Blog post about exploring COVID-19 research using Amazon Neptune | See Exploring scientific research on COVID-19 with Amazon Neptune, Amazon Comprehend Medical, and the Tom Sawyer Graph Database Browser | June 2, 2020 |
You can now load data into Neptune using AWS DMS | See Using AWS Database Migration Service to load data into Amazon Neptune from a different data store. | June 1, 2020 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.2.0 is now deprecated. Clusters running on this engine version will be upgraded to version 1.0.2.1 automatically during the first maintenance window following June 1, 2020. | May 19, 2020 | |
Blog post about building a customer identity graph using Neptune | See Building a customer identity graph with Amazon Neptune | May 12, 2020 |
As of 2020-05-05, engine version 1.0.2.0.R3 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.0.R3. | May 5, 2020 | |
As of 2020-04-22, engine version 1.0.2.1.R6 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.1.R6. | April 22, 2020 | |
Blog post about migrating data from Neo4j to Neptune | See Migrating a Neo4j graph database to Amazon Neptune with a fully automated utility | April 13, 2020 |
Blog post about lowering the cost of building graph applications with Neptune | See Lower the cost of building graph apps by up to 76% with Amazon Neptune T3 instances | April 9, 2020 |
Neptune offers a T3 burstable instance class | You can now create an Amazon Neptune T3 burstable instance for cost-effective development and testing purposes. See Neptune T3 Burstable Instance Class. | April 8, 2020 |
As of 2020-04-02, engine version 1.0.2.2.R2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.2.R2. | April 2, 2020 | |
Blog post about graphing investment dependency at EDGAR | See Graphing investment dependency with Amazon Neptune | March 17, 2020 |
Neptune launched in Europe (Paris) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Europe (Paris) (eu-west-3). | March 11, 2020 |
As of 2020-03-09, engine version 1.0.2.2 is being generally deployed. Please note that it takes several days for a new release to become available in every region. For more information about this engine version, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.2. | March 9, 2020 | |
Stopping and Restarting a DB Cluser | You can now stop a DB Cluster for 7 days using the Neptune console, and later restart it when you need it again. While your DB cluster is stopped, you are charged only for cluster storage, manual snapshots, and automated backup storage, but not for any DB instance hours. See Stopping and Starting an Amazon Neptune DB Cluster. | February 19, 2020 |
Video about a social graph at Nike | Listen in as Todd Escalona of AWS talks with Marc Wangenheim, Senior Engineering
Manager at Nike, about how the company powers a number of applications via a social graph
built on Amazon Neptune. See Nike: A Social Graph at Scale with Amazon Neptune | February 11, 2020 |
Neptune clusters can now be configured to require SSL connections | In regions that still support HTTP connections, SSL is now turned on by default
in all new parameter groups. There are no changes to existing parameter groups,
but you can force clients to use SSL by changing the | February 10, 2020 |
You can now specify engine version and deletion protection in Neptune's CloudFormation template | Amazon Neptune has updated its CloudFormation template to include an
| February 9, 2020 |
Deletion protection | Amazon Neptune has delivered deletion protection for DB clusters and instances. As long as deletion protection is enabled on a DB cluster or instance, you cannot delete it. See You cannot delete a DB Instance if Deletion Protection is enabled. | January 20, 2020 |
Neptune launched in China (Ningxia) | Amazon Neptune is now available in China (Ningxia) (cn-northwest-1). | January 15, 2020 |
Patch R4 for engine version 1.0.2.1 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.1.R4. | December 20, 2019 | |
Patch R3 for engine version 1.0.2.1 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.1.R3. | December 12, 2019 | |
Blog post about using Neptune to analyze social media feeds | November 27, 2019 | |
Patch R2 for engine version 1.0.2.1 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.1.R2. | November 25, 2019 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.2.1.R1 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.1. | November 22, 2019 | |
Patch R2 for engine version 1.0.2.0 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.0.R2. | November 21, 2019 | |
Blog post about Neptune sessions and workshops at re:Invent 2019 | See Your guide to Amazon Neptune sessions, workshops, and chalk talks at AWS re:Invent 2019 | November 20, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.2.0.R1 is generally available. For more information, see Neptune Engine Release 1.0.2.0. | November 8, 2019 | |
Blog post about capturing graph changes using Neptune Streams | November 6, 2019 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200502.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200502.0. | October 31, 2019 | |
Neptune launched in Middle East (Bahrain) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Middle East (Bahrain) (me-south-1). | October 30, 2019 |
Neptune launched in Canada (Central) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Canada (Central) (ca-central-1). | October 30, 2019 |
Blog post about Neptune's new SPARQL Streams feature and SPARQL federated query support | See Amazon Neptune releases Streams, SPARQL federated query for graphs and more | October 17, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200463.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200463.0. | October 15, 2019 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200457.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200457.0. | September 19, 2019 | |
Blog post about Neptune's new SPARQL explain feature | See Using SPARQL explain to understand query execution in Amazon Neptune | September 17, 2019 |
Blog post about Neptune support for TinkerPop 3.4 | September 6, 2019 | |
Blog post about using Neptune with PyTorch on Amazon SageMaker | See A personalized 'shop-by-style' experience using PyTorch on Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Neptune | August 22, 2019 |
Blog post about using Neptune with AWS AppSync and Amazon Elasticache | See Integrating alternative data sources with AWS AppSync: Amazon Neptune and Amazon ElastiCache | August 22, 2019 |
Neptune launched in AWS GovCloud (US-East) | Amazon Neptune is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) (us-gov-east-1). | August 21, 2019 |
Neptune launched in AWS GovCloud (US-West) | Amazon Neptune is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-West) (us-gov-west-1). | August 14, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200369.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200369.0. | August 13, 2019 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200366.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200366.0. | July 26, 2019 | |
Blog post about using Neptune with PyTorch on Amazon SageMaker | See A personalized 'shop-by-style' experience using PyTorch on Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Neptune | July 3, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200348.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200348.0. | July 2, 2019 | |
Neptune launched in Europe (Stockholm) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Europe (Stockholm) (eu-north-1). | June 27, 2019 |
Neptune can now publish audit logs to CloudWatch Logs | For more information, see Publishing Neptune Logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. | June 18, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200310.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200310.0. | June 12, 2019 | |
Blog post about LifeOmic's JupiterOne | See How LifeOmic’s JupiterOne simplifies security and compliance operations with Amazon Neptune | May 2, 2019 |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2). | May 1, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200296.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200296.0. | May 1, 2019 | |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1). | March 6, 2019 |
Blog post about Gremlin query hints | February 26, 2019 | |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1). | January 23, 2019 |
AWS CloudFormation template for creating an AWS Lambda function to access Neptune | Updated the getting started section and added an AWS CloudFormation template to create a Lambda function to use with Neptune. For more information, see Getting Started with Neptune. | January 23, 2019 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200267.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200267.0. | January 21, 2019 | |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2). | January 9, 2019 |
Blog post about using Metaphactory | See Exploring Knowledge Graphs on Amazon Neptune Using Metaphactory | January 9, 2019 |
Neptune launched in Asia Pacific (Singapore) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1). | December 13, 2018 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200264.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200264.0. | November 19, 2018 | |
Neptune now supports SSL connections. | November 19, 2018 | |
All error message and code information are now in a single topic. | November 15, 2018 | |
Updated Getting Started topic with additional links and reorganized documentation. | November 14, 2018 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200258.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200258.0. | November 8, 2018 | |
Neptune launched in Europe (Frankfurt) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1). | November 7, 2018 |
Blog post #1 in a series | November 7, 2018 | |
Blog post about using Amazon SageMaker Jupyter Notebooks | See Analyze Amazon Neptune Graphs using Amazon SageMaker Jupyter Notebooks | November 1, 2018 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200255.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200255.0. | October 29, 2018 | |
Neptune launched in Europe (London) | Amazon Neptune is now available in Europe (London) (eu-west-2). | October 3, 2018 |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200237.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200237.0. | September 6, 2018 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200236.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200236.0. | July 24, 2018 | |
Amazon Neptune engine version 1.0.1.0.200233.0 is generally available. For more information, see Update 1.0.1.0.200233.0. | June 22, 2018 | |
Updated quick start with AWS CloudFormation and the Gremlin Console tutorial. For more information, see Amazon Neptune Quick Start Using AWS CloudFormation. | June 19, 2018 | |
Amazon Neptune initial release | This is the initial release of the Neptune User Guide. See also the
release blog post, Amazon Neptune Generally Available | May 30, 2018 |
Introductory Neptune Blog Post | See Amazon Neptune – A Fully Managed Graph Database Service | November 29, 2017 |
