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Amazon CloudFront announces 3 new CloudFront Functions capabilities

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November 20, 2025
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/11/amazon-cloudfront-3-functions-capabilities

Amazon CloudFront Updates

Amazon CloudFront now supports three new capabilities for CloudFront Functions: edge location and Regional Edge Cache (REC) metadata, raw query string retrieval, and advanced origin overrides. Developers can now build more sophisticated edge computing logic with greater visibility into CloudFront's infrastructure and precise, granular control over origin connections.

New Features

  • Edge location metadata: Includes the three-letter airport code of the serving edge location and the expected REC. This enables geo-specific content routing or compliance requirements.
  • Raw query string retrieval: Provides access to the complete, unprocessed query string as received from the viewer, preserving special characters and encoding.
  • Advanced origin overrides: Allows customization of SSL/TLS handshake parameters, including Server Name Indication (SNI), solving challenges for complex application infrastructures.

What to do

  • Explore the new capabilities in CloudFront Functions to enhance your edge computing logic.
  • Update your CloudFront configurations to leverage edge location metadata for geo-specific routing.
  • Utilize raw query string retrieval for applications requiring unprocessed query strings.
  • Implement advanced origin overrides for complex multi-tenant setups.

Source: AWS release notes




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