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Amazon RDS now adds full snapshot size information to the Console and API

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AWS·Sep 29, 2026, 09:00 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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Adds a new FullSnapshotSizeInBytes field to DescribeDBSnapshots API and a “Full Snapshot Size” column in the RDS console
Allows programmatic and UI retrieval of the total size of all blocks comprising a snapshot, not just incremental changes
Enables customers to see the true snapshot size for any RDS instance across all commercial regions

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