generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/document-history.html
description: >-
  Recent entries from the Amazon Rekognition Developer Guide document history.
  The live document-history page is the source of truth; this captures the recent
  window. There is no per-request API version to bump — the service API version is
  fixed at 2016-06-27 and features ship additively (see
  lifecycle/amazon-rekognition-lifecycle.yml).
scheme: dated-document-history
current_api_version: '2016-06-27'
docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/document-history.html
entries:
  - date: '2026-04-30'
    breaking: true
    highlight: >-
      Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video and Bulk Image Analysis are no longer
      open to new customers. Existing users within the prior 12 months continue as normal.
  - date: '2026-03-31'
    breaking: false
    highlight: >-
      Advance notice that Streaming Video and Bulk Image Analysis will close to new
      customers on April 30, 2026.
  - date: '2024-02-01'
    breaking: false
    highlight: >-
      Content Moderation enhanced for improved accuracy, new labels, and detection
      of animated/illustrated content.
  - date: '2023-10-23'
    breaking: false
    highlight: Bulk image analysis via the asynchronous StartMediaAnalysisJob operation with a manifest file.
  - date: '2023-10-12'
    breaking: false
    highlight: Custom content moderation with adapters that extend DetectModerationLabels accuracy.
  - date: '2023-06-12'
    breaking: false
    highlight: Face collections now support user vectors, aggregating multiple face vectors per user for higher accuracy.
  - date: '2023-05-31'
    breaking: false
    highlight: Face detection can now infer gaze direction.
  - date: '2023-05-05'
    breaking: false
    highlight: New FaceOccluded attribute on DetectFaces and IndexFaces indicates partially captured faces.
  - date: '2023-04-11'
    breaking: false
    highlight: Face Liveness detection added to verify physical presence and detect spoof/bypass attacks.