General changelog

Enterprise administrators can now set custom caps for overages using AWS Service Quotas. The quota field Maximum allowed overage per Kiro profile controls the maximum allowed overage for every user in the profile, preventing unexpected costs while keeping users productive. Admins can manage overage caps directly in the Service Quotas console, or navigate there from the Manage link in the Overages setting in the Kiro console. Learn more ->

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Individual users on paid plans (Pro, Pro+, Pro Max, and Power) can now purchase add-on credits to continue working after exhausting their monthly allocation. Add-on credits replace the previous overage model with a prepaid approach that gives you full control over spending.

Here's how it works:

• $0.04 per credit, billed immediately when you buy a pack
• Pack sizes range from $5 (125 credits) to $100 per pack
• Up to 5 packs at a time - earliest-expiring pack is consumed first
• 12-month expiry - unused credits roll over month to month until used or expired
• Plan credits first - Kiro uses your monthly allocation before touching add-on credits

Purchase from the Kiro portal via the Buy add-on credits button. Learn more ->

Kiro Pro Max is a new $100/month tier that fills the gap between Pro+ ($40/month) and Power ($200/month) — for developers who consistently use more than their Pro+ allocation but don't need everything in Power. You get 5,000 credits per month (2.5x Pro+), all premium models, and the full feature set including specs, custom subagents, powers, and hooks. Switch to Pro Max from your account settings, mid-cycle charges are prorated and your new credit allocation takes effect immediately. Try it now ->

The daily user activity report now includes a User_Email column containing each user's email address. Enterprise admins no longer need to cross-reference user IDs with a separate directory to identify who generated specific activity. The email appears alongside existing fields like UserId, Subscription_Tier, and Total_Messages in the CSV delivered to your S3 bucket. Learn more ->

Kiro is now included in the AWS HIPAA Eligible Services Reference, meaning organizations subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can use Kiro as part of their compliant workloads.

Note: This applies to the Kiro IDE and CLI. Kiro Web is not included in HIPAA eligible services at this time.

For details on Kiro's compliance posture, see the Compliance validation documentation.

The daily user activity report now breaks down message counts by AI model, so enterprise admins can track model adoption and understand how usage maps to specific models. Each model used during the reporting period gets its own column (e.g., Auto_messages, Claude_Opus_4.6_messages). Learn more ->

The Users and Subscriptions tabs in the Kiro console now display an Email column for teams using IAM Identity Center, making it easier to identify and manage team members. Admins can see each user's email address alongside their username and plan details. The email field is also included when downloading the subscriptions CSV file. Learn more ->

Administrators can now export Kiro subscription data as a CSV file directly from the Kiro Console. The new "Download CSV" button on the Users & Groups page's Subscriptions table exports user name, subscription plan, status, type, and activation date.

Eligible university students now get one full year of free access to Kiro with 1,000 credits per month. No credit card required, no trial timer. Kiro's spec-driven development teaches structured problem decomposition — useful whether you're building class projects, hackathon prototypes, or startup MVPs. Every job now expects AI fluency; Kiro helps students build with AI from day one.

Students receive 1,000 credits per month for 12 months, with full access to Kiro IDE and CLI agentic capabilities including spec-driven development. Verification is handled through SheerID using a university-affiliated email.

1. Sign up or log in at kiro.dev/students using your university email
2. Verify student status through SheerID (takes about a minute)
3. Start building — credits are available immediately after verification

Available with 11 eligible universities, with more coming soon. For the full list and details, visit kiro.dev/students.

Kiro is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) regions, enabling government agencies and contractors to use Kiro within their compliance boundaries.

Authenticate using AWS IAM Identity Center with a GovCloud Start URL (containing us-gov-home). Kiro uses the same installer for both commercial and GovCloud regions—IAM Identity Center authentication automatically routes traffic to the appropriate region. Individual login methods like GitHub, Google, and AWS Builder ID are not available in GovCloud regions. Learn more ->

For GovCloud customers, inference requests are processed using Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West). Your content remains stored in the region where your Kiro profile was created, with all cross- region communication encrypted via TLS 1.2+. Learn more ->