Merge pull request #4746 from aws/staging/0f21432d-2902-4c0a-9b1d-2492185077c3

Pull request: release <- staging/0f21432d-2902-4c0a-9b1d-2492185077c3

Author: aws-sdk-java-automation

.changes/2.41.31.json

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.41.31",
+    "date": "2026-02-17",
+    "entries": [
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Add Operator field to CreatePlacementGroup and DescribePlacementGroup APIs."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Managed Grafana",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "This release updates Amazon Managed Grafana's APIs to support customer managed KMS keys."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Relational Database Service",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Adds support for the StorageEncryptionType field to specify encryption type for DB clusters, DB instances, snapshots, automated backups, and global clusters."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon WorkSpaces Web",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Adds support for branding customization without requiring a custom wallpaper."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS SDK for Java v2",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Updated endpoint and partition metadata."
+        }
+    ]
+}

.github/workflows/api-surface-area-review-verification.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   api-surface-area-review-verification:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Verifies updates to protected/public APIs have been reviewed and approved by the team, if any
         id: api-surface-area-review-verification
         if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'no-api-surface-area-change') }}

.github/workflows/changelog-verification.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   changelog-verification:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Check for changelog entry
         if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'changelog-not-required') }}
         run: |

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         # your codebase is analyzed, see https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/creating-an-advanced-setup-for-code-scanning/codeql-code-scanning-for-compiled-languages
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Add any setup steps before running the `github/codeql-action/init` action.
       # This includes steps like installing compilers or runtimes (`actions/setup-node`

.github/workflows/issue-regression-labeler.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Fetch template body
       id: check_regression
-      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      uses: actions/github-script@v8
       env: 
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         TEMPLATE_BODY: ${{ github.event.issue.body }}

.github/workflows/lock-conversation-closed-pr.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Lock PR conversation on Close
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
         with:

.github/workflows/mixed-version-compatibility-review.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   mixed-version-compatibility-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/new-module-verification.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

.github/workflows/s3-regression-tests.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       run_tests: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-s3-regression-tests') || steps.check-changes.outputs.has_s3_related_changes }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Check for changes related to s3

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
  #### 👋 _Looking for changelogs for older versions? You can find them in the [changelogs](./changelogs) directory._
+# __2.41.31__ __2026-02-17__
+## __AWS SDK for Java v2__
+  - ### Features
+    - Updated endpoint and partition metadata.
+
+## __Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud__
+  - ### Features
+    - Add Operator field to CreatePlacementGroup and DescribePlacementGroup APIs.
+
+## __Amazon Managed Grafana__
+  - ### Features
+    - This release updates Amazon Managed Grafana's APIs to support customer managed KMS keys.
+
+## __Amazon Relational Database Service__
+  - ### Features
+    - Adds support for the StorageEncryptionType field to specify encryption type for DB clusters, DB instances, snapshots, automated backups, and global clusters.
+
+## __Amazon WorkSpaces Web__
+  - ### Features
+    - Adds support for branding customization without requiring a custom wallpaper.
+
 # __2.41.30__ __2026-02-16__
 ## __ARC - Region switch__
   - ### Features