Development Roadmap

Future development schedule

*Please note that the order of release may change accordingly.

Adding Dashboard feature

You will be able to view Cloud Automator usage, cost optimization suggestions, and data protection suggestions at a glance

Show Cloud Automator usage
Suggest cost optimization recommendations
Suggest data protection recommendations
Help select appropriate actions before job creation

Enhance Labeling Function

Apply labels to multiple jobs
Edit labels when creating and editing job
Apply labels to workflow job
Display labels on the job log screen
Display labels in emails sent via Post Process
Display labels in Slack notifications sent via Post Process

Adding new action "ElastiCache: Change node type"

The new action can change node type

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "RDS(Aurora): Backup DB cluster"

The new action can backup RDS DB cluster using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

2025 Roadmap

Adding new action "VPC: Create NAT Gateway" (Released in Jun, 2025)

The new action can create NAT Gateway

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "VPC: Delete NAT Gateway" (Released in Jun, 2025)

The new action can delete NAT Gateway

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Contract and purchase via AWS Marketplace (Released in Jun, 2025)

Subscribe and purchase Cloud Automator via AWS Marketplace.

Adding labeling function (Released in Jun, 2025)

Allows adding any labels to jobs.

Add labels to jobs
Search jobs by specified labels

Adding new Upcoming Jobs view (Released in Jun, 2025)

You will be able to list the execution schedules of multiple jobs

Show in monthly calendar view
Show in table view

Adding new action "RDS: Backup DB instance" (Released in Mar, 2025)

The new action can backup RDS DB instance using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Generation management option added to the "EC2: Copy AMI " action. (Released in Feb, 2025)

Tag specification allows AMIs to be copied between regions for an optional number of generations

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "EFS: Backup filesystem" (Released in Jan, 2025)

The new action can backup EFS file system using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

2024 Roadmap

Adding new action "EC2: Backup instance" (Released in Nov, 2024)

The new action can backup EC2 instances using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "EC2: Delete old EBS Snapshots" (Released in Sep, 2024)

The new action can delete old EBS Snapshots

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Improved job workflows (Released in Aug, 2024)

Improved usability of changing the order of jobs and triggers in job workflows

Improved usability for changing the order of jobs in a job workflow
Improved usability for changing triggers in job workflows

Set the start date and time, and then download execution logs (Released in Aug, 2024)

You're able to set the start date and time, and then download execution logs

Filter the execution log by setting the start date and time
Add the button to download execution logs

Adding new action "EC2: Delete old AMIs and Snapshots" (Released in June, 2024)

The new action can delete AMI with specified condition

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "RDS(Aurora): Delete old DB cluster snapshots" (Released in June, 2024)

The new action can delete DB Snapshot with specified condition

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Add jobs and post-processes import feature to command line tool (Released in June, 2024)

Add the feature to efficiently import exported jobs and exported post-processes into other organizations using the command line tool.

Command line tool to get job and post process information (Released in February, 2024)

Release a command line tool to output job and post process information in JSON or YAML format.

Adding new action "DynamoDB: Backup" (Released in February, 2024)

The new action can backup DynamoDB table using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Add organization information tags to AMIs created by the "EC2: Create AMI" action. (Released in January, 2024)

AMIs created using the "EC2: Create AMI" action are now tagged to identify the Cloud Automator organisation.

2023 Roadmap

EBS: Create Snapshot Action Supports multiple tags (Released in December, 2023)

You can set multiple tags for EBS snapshots created by Cloud Automator

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Tag-copy support for EBS snapshots in "EC2: Copy AMI" action (Released in December, 2023)

You can set multiple tags for EBS snapshots created by Cloud Automator

Copy the tags of the EBS snapshot associated with the source AMI to the destination EBS snapshot

Adding new action "S3: Backup" (Released in November, 2023)

The new action can backup S3 bucket using AWS Backup

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "EC2: Stop ALL instances" (Released in September, 2023)

Allows you to stop all EC2 instances in all regions for multiple AWS accounts in a single job

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "ECS: Run task" (Released in June, 2023)

The new action can Run ECS task

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "ECS: Stop task" (Released in June, 2023)

The new action can Stop ECS task

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

AWS Account (IAM Role-based) Policy Update Feature (Released in May, 2023)

Easily update policies for AWS accounts (IAM role system) in the operation screen,
and update policies as needed to support new Cloud Automator features.

User deletion function (Released in April, 2023)

Delete users at operation screen

Adding new action "Compute Engine: Start VM instance" (Released in February, 2023)

The new action can start VM instance

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "Compute Engine: Stop VM instance" (Released in February, 2023)

The new action can stop VM instance

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "Lambda: Invoke function" (Released in February, 2023)

The new action can invoke AWS Lambda function

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

2022 Roadmap

Started to support Google Cloud, and adding new action "Compute Engine: Create Machine Image" (Released in November, 2022)

The new action can create machine images from Google Compute Engine VM instances

Manage Google Cloud account at operation screen
Manage Google Cloud account using REST API
Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "FSx: Create backup" (Released in November, 2022)

The new action can create backups for Amazon FSx

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "RDS(Aurora): Copy DB cluster snapshot" (Released in November, 2022)

The new action can copy RDS(Aurora) cluster snapshot to another region

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "Rebuild WorkSpace" (Released in April, 2022)

The new action can rebuild WorkSpace

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

On demand Trigger Specification Changes (Released in April, 2022)

Allow On demand triggers to run jobs at any time, instead of immediately after job creation.

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Timer trigger supports monthly repeated day of week (Released in March, 2022)

Timer trigger supports monthly repeated day of week such as "3rd friday every month"

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "Change RDS(Aurora) instance class" (Released in February, 2022)

The new action can change RDS(Aurora) instance class

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Adding new action "Change RDS instance class" (Released in January, 2022)

The new action can change RDS instance class

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

2021 Roadmap

Support "Status check" for 「EC2: Start instance」 (Released in December, 2021)

"Status check" can be used for completion status of the job

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

Display instance name for the job execution logs (Released in August, 2021)

For some actions, the value of the Name tag of the targeted EC2 instance in the job log will be displayed

Display in the job execution log
Display in the content of post-process notification

Displaying hints for error messages in the job execution log (Released in July, 2021)

For the error messages displayed when the job fails, the method of handling the problems are displayed as hints in an easy-to-understand manner

Display at Job log detail page
Display at the notification message in the post process email

Specify Timer trigger skip date (Released in May, 2021)

In the Timer trigger settings, it allows to specify a skip date when the job will not be executed

Setting this item on the operation screen
Setting this item using HTTP API

Improvement on execution log search (Released in May, 2021)

Allow to narrow down the job execution log by more detailed conditions

Can narrow down the job execution log by "Execution status" now

Improvement on Group/AWS account management feature (Released in May, 2021)

Improve Group management and AWS account settings related feature

Improvement on operability when creating a new group
Improvement on operability of AWS account registration/edit screen

Improvement on job list view (Released in February, 2021)

Improve operability of the job list view

Improvement on screen display speed
Improvement on operability of job detailed search

Addition of delay action for specified time (Released in February, 2021)

At continuous job execution, we added the action to delay subsequent job by specifying the delay time.

Setting this action at operation screen
Setting this action using REST API

2020 Roadmap

Job duplication (Released in August, 2020)

Duplicate job from job list
Check setting differences on job edit screen

Adding new action "WorkSpaces: Reboot WorkSpace"

The new action that can reboot WorkSpaces.

Create job by specifying this action on the screen
Create job by specifying this action at REST API

Slack integration (Released in August, 2020)

Slack Integration setting
Slack Post Process

ELB(ALB/NLB): Register EC2 instances to target group

Setting this option on the operation screen
Setting this option at REST API

EBS backup monitoring feature （Released in January, 2020）

Check EBS volume backup status

Check regular backup status
Confirm the check result on the screen
Notify the check results by email

Specifying continuous execution of multiple jobs (workflow) （Released in January, 2020）

It allows you to specify continuous execution of multiple jobs, such as executing another job after a job execution.

Setting of periodic execution workflow by timer trigger
Verifying the execution log of continuously executed jobs

Inherit EC2 Instance tags with "EC2: Create AMI" action （Released in March, 2020）

The EC2 instance tag will be automatically taken over

Automatically AMI inherits tags from EC2 instance
You can override ineriting tags from EC2 by specifying job configuration

Execution result status check with "EC2: WindowsUpdate" action （Released in March, 2020）

In this action, the status of the execution result can be checked.

Setting this option on the operation screen
Setting this option at REST API

Adding new action "WorkSpaces: Start WorkSpace"

The new action that can start WorkSpaces.

Create job by specifying this action on the screen
Create job by specifying this action at REST API

Adding new trigger that can flexibly specify execution date and time

The new trigger that allows you to flexibly specify job execution date and time has been added, and it flexibly cope with irregular schedules.

Create job by specifying this trigger on the screen
Create job by specifying this trigger at REST API

Adding new action "RDS: Reboot DB Instances"

The new action that can reboot DB Instances.

Create job by specifying this action on the screen
Create job by specifying this action at REST API

2019 Roadmap

*Please note that the order of release may change accordingly.

Aurora Action (Released in January, 2019)

Add Stop/start action for Amazon Aurora

Configure the action in console screen
Configure the action using REST API

SQS trigger improvement (Released in May, 2019)

Made improvement to existing SQS trigger

Execution right after receiving in the que
Simultaneous multiple action execution based on the trigger

Osaka Region partial support (Released in May, 2019)

You can select Osaka region for following actions

Copy AMI across regions
Copy DB Snapshot across regions

On-demand execution function for timer trigger (Released June, 2019)

For timer trigger jobs, we added function to allow user to execute scheduled jobs on-demand.

Execute designated jobs in console screen

Support IAM role in AWS account (Released June, 2019)

By supporting AWS authentication information based on IAM role, it will strengthen the security.

AWS account registration in console screen

Adding an option not to perform generation management when creating AMI (Released August, 2019)

At AMI creation action, it provides a selection option when the generation management is not necessary for created AMI.

Option setting at the screen
Option setting for REST API

Time zone setting (Released Oct, 2019)

Enables to select the time zone

Select the time zone which to be displayed at operation screen
Select the time zone for timer trigger execution date and time

Accept credit card payment (Released Oct, 2019)

Accept credit card payment only for the users from outside of Japan

Ability to add multiple tags to the created image by "Create AMI" action （Released Oct, 2019）

With the "Create AMI" action, multiple tags can be assigned to the AMI image

Multiple tag settings using operation screen
Multiple tag setting using REST API

Command execution status check for "Execute command on EC2 instance" action (Released Dec, 2019)

It enables to check the command execution status by this action

Setting this option using operation screen
Setting this option using REST API

Log data archive feature (Released Dec, 2019)

Enable to download variety of log data at monthly unit basis

Operation job log
Resource operation history
Policy log (Config review)