# Version history for AWS Backint agent The following table summarizes the changes for each release of AWS Backint agent. | Version | Details | Release date | | --- | --- | --- | | 2.1.5 | \$1 Added support for PrivateLink with AWS Backup | February 16, 2026 | | 2.0.5.>=892 | \$1 Added Region support: `ap-southeast-5` / Asia Pacific (Malaysia) \$1 Bug fix: Agent binary signature verification in silent mode | December 9, 2024 | | 2.0.5.873 | Improved management of SSM documents. | September 24, 2024 | | 2.0.5.862 | \$1 Improved Agent logging. | July 16, 2024 | | 2.0.5.824 | \$1 Improved resiliency for AWS Backup connection timeouts. \$1 Added Region support: `il-central-1` / Israel (Tel Aviv) and `ca-west-1` / Canada West (Calgary) | April 17, 2024 | | 2.0.4.797 | Manual installer update | January 10, 2024 | | 2.0.4.779 | \$1 Added Region support: `ap-southeast-4` / Asia Pacific (Melbourne), `eu-central-2` / Europe (Zurich), and `eu-south-2` / Europe (Spain) | January 2, 2024 | | 2.0.4.768 | \$1 Improved resiliency for Amazon S3 connection timeouts. | October 06, 2023 | | 2.0.3.755 | \$1 Improved `AWSSAP-InstallBackint` and `AWSSAP-InstallBackintForAWSBackup` input validation. \$1 Removed boto3 requirement for installation of the agent. | September 13, 2023 | | 2.0.2.732 | \$1 Set `config file` permissions to `sapsys` group. \$1 Added Region support: `ap-south-2` / Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and `me-central-1` / Middle East (UAE) | July 14, 2023 | | 2.0.1.671 | \$1 Added support for AWS Backup as storage media. \$1 Added support for `backint protocol` 1.5. \$1 Added support for Python 3. | April 17, 2023 | | 1.05.4 | \$1 Added Region support: `ap-southeast-3` / Asia Pacific (Jakarta) | February 22, 2023 | | 1.05.4 | \$1 Improved `AWSSAP-InstallBackint SSM` document AWS KMS input validation. | February 25, 2022 | | 1.05.3 | \$1 Improved `AWSSAP-InstallBackint SSM` document input validation. | February 04, 2022 | | 1.05.2 | \$1 Bug fix: Robust error handling for Amazon S3 connection failures. | December 08, 2021 | | 1.05 | \$1 Added support for Intelligent-Tiering S3 storage class. \$1 Add support for shortening S3 paths. \$1 Added support for separate log, data, and catalog backup S3 paths. \$1 Added support for `python3` non-compiled version of the installer. \$1 Added support for installation through Ansible configurations. \$1 Bug fix: Removal of ASCII characters. \$1 Bug fix: Agent binary signature verification in silent mode. | August 30, 2021 | | 1.04 | \$1 Added support for bucket owner full control access to backup objects for cross-account backups. \$1 Bug fix: Parallel restore configuration issue. \$1 Added support for Amazon EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) v2. | May 28, 2021 | | 1.03 | \$1 Added Region support: `ap-northeast-3` / Asia Pacific (Osaka) \$1 Added support for rotating agent log files. \$1 Added support for additional S3 object tags. \$1 Improved parallel restore using efficient parallelism. \$1 Bug fix: SSM document to locate `python2` library for installation. \$1 Bug fix: Support for isolated instances to make Regional S3 calls. \$1 Add support for automatic agent signature verification. | March 31, 2021 | | 1.02.1 | \$1 Bug fix: kms-key formatting issue. | December 4, 2020 | | 1.02 | \$1 Bug fix: Backup failure at high throughput due to failed connection with S3. | November 19, 2020 | | 1.01 | \$1 Added Region support: AWS GovCloud (US) \$1 Added support for specifying number of S3 threads that can run in parallel using UploadConcurrency parameter in configuration file. \$1 Removed -o flag. \$1 Added -l flag, which allows you to specify the location of the agent .tar file. \$1 Added support for specifying the agent installation version. \$1 Added support to ignore S3 bucket validations. \$1 Bug fix: Occasional installation failure when AWS CLI installation is selected. | July 17, 2020 | | 1.0 | Initial release | May 18, 2020 |