AWS Backup expands support for Amazon Aurora PITR to six Regions

Posted on: Apr 23, 2026

AWS Backup support for Amazon Aurora Point-in-time Recovery (PITR) is now available in six additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Thailand, Taipei, New Zealand), Canada West (Calgary) and Mexico (Central).

This expansion brings policy-based data protection and recovery with support for PITR to your Amazon Aurora clusters in these newly supported Regions.

To start protecting your Aurora clusters with support for PITR utilizing AWS Backup, add your Aurora clusters to your existing backup plans, or create a new backup plan and attach your Aurora clusters to it. Ensure continuous backups or PITR is enabled on the associated backup rule. To learn more about AWS Backup for Amazon Aurora, visit the product page, pricing page, and documentation. To get started, visit the AWS Backup console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or AWS SDKs.