# AWS opens Amazon Linux 2027 public preview

_Published Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

AWS has made Amazon Linux 2027 available in public preview across all commercial AWS Regions, with x86-64 and ARM preview AMIs and container base images in Amazon ECR Public Gallery.

AWS says the operating system is built on the Amazon Linux 2023 baseline for cloud-native workloads and includes kernel 7.1 or later, SELinux enforcing mode by default, AWS-LC cryptographic acceleration and current toolchains. The preview also provides accelerator-driver access, including AWS Neuron support for AI and machine-learning workloads. General availability has not been announced.

## Sources

- [Recent Announcements](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/announcing-amazon-linux-2027/)

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