# Recent feature launches
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The following table lists dates and links to announcements for recent Step Functions feature releases:


| Launch date | Feature description | 
| --- | --- | 
| 2025-09-18 |  [AWS Step Functions expands data source options to include Athena manifests and Parquet files, and improves observability for Distributed Map.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/aws-step-functions-data-source-options-observability-distributed-map/)   | 
| 2025-02-07 |  [AWS Step Functions expands data source and output options for Distributed Map.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/02/aws-step-functions-data-source-output-option-distributed-map/)   | 
| 2024-11-22 |  [Simplifying developer experience with variables and JSONata in AWS Step Functions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/simplifying-developer-experience-with-variables-and-jsonata-in-aws-step-functions/)   | 
| 2024-11-14 | [IaC exports to AWS SAM templates, CloudFormation templates, and to Infrastructure Composer.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/11/infrastructure-code-template-generation-aws-step-functions/) | 
| 2024-06-25 | [Encrypt workflows, logs, and activities with AWS KMS customer managed keys.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/07/aws-step-functions-customer-managed-keys/) | 
| 2023-11-26 | [Invoke HTTPS endpoints and test states with TestState API.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/11/aws-step-functions-https-endpoints-teststate-api/) | 
| 2023-11-15 | [Restarting state machine executions with redrive in Step Functions](redrive-executions.md) | 
| 2023-10-12 | [Add optimized integration for Amazon EMR Serverless](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/10/aws-step-functions-optimized-integration-amazon-emr-serverless/) | 
| 2023-09-07 | [Enhance error handling](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/09/aws-step-functions-enhanced-error-handling/) | 
| 2023-08-31 | [Workflow Studio enhancements to streamline the authoring experience](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/08/aws-step-functions-authoring-experience-workflow-studio/) | 
| 2023-06-22 | [Versions and aliases](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/06/aws-step-functions-versions-aliases/) | 
| 2023-06-16 | [Add seven AWS SDK integrations, including VPC Lattice](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/06/aws-step-functions-7-services-vpc-lattice/) | 
| 2022-12-01 | [Orchestrate large-scale parallel workflows for data processing with *Distributed Map state*](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/12/aws-step-functions-large-scale-parallel-workflows-data-processing-serverless-applications/) |