# AWS CLI 2.36.21

- Product: AWS CLI (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/aws-cli)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-08-11
- Version: 2.36.21
- Original notes: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/releases/tag/2.36.21
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/aws-cli/releases/2.36.21

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- **added** — GetSubscriptionGrant now returns materialized asset scope name for mapping Lake Formation data cell filters or Redshift views to subscription grants in datazone
- **changed** — Amazon A2I in textract entered maintenance mode and now rejects StartHumanLoop requests from accounts that it does not recognize as existing customers
- **added** — Add support for exporting redacted query execution logs in AWS Clean Rooms
- **changed** — Clarify valid input values for the HandshakePartyType parameter in InviteAccountToOrganization in organizations, with API ORGANIZATION valid only in responses and ACCOUNT and EMAIL as valid input values
- **added** — Add online eval arn as input for recommendation API in bedrock-agentcore
- **added** — Add seven new APIs for managing custom metrics in connect, including create, describe, update, and delete operations to tailor analytics dashboards
- **changed** — Add end-of-support notice to Amazon Cloud Directory public CLI reference documentation
- **added** — Add SDK support for AWS IAM account access manager in account-access, enabling mapping of IAM roles to users and groups in AWS IAM Identity Center
- **fixed** — Reset PSModulePath before launching new PowerShell console to avoid inheriting an incompatible PSModulePath
- **added** — Give customers the ability to selectively tune certain configurations of Kubernetes control plane components in an Amazon EKS cluster

* api-change:``datazone``: GetSubscriptionGrant now returns materialized asset scope name for mapping Lake Formation data cell filters or Redshift views to subscription grants.
* api-change:``textract``: Amazon A2I entered maintenance mode in July 2026 and now rejects StartHumanLoop requests from accounts that it does not recognize as existing customers. This update adds a corresponding note to the HumanLoopConfig parameter documentation so that the API Reference and SDK docs explain this behavior.
* api-change:``cleanrooms``: Adds support for exporting redacted query execution logs in AWS Clean Rooms
* api-change:``organizations``: Documentation update for AWS Organizations that clarifies valid input values for the HandshakePartyType parameter in the InviteAccountToOrganization. API ORGANIZATION is valid in responses only. valid input values are ACCOUNT and EMAIL
* api-change:``bedrock-agentcore``: Adding online eval arn as input for recommendation API
* api-change:``connect``: Seven new APIs for managing custom metrics, including create, describe, update, and delete. Using Custom Metrics, customers of Amazon Connect Customer can tailor analytics dashboards to their needs by applying custom thresholds, filters, and calculations to one or more out of the box measurements.
* api-change:``clouddirectory``: Added an end-of-support notice to Amazon Cloud Directory public CLI reference documentation.
* api-change:``account-access``: Adds SDK support for AWS IAM account access manager, a feature that enables mapping of IAM roles to the users and groups in AWS IAM Identity Center.
* bugfix:``update``: Reset PSModulePath before launching new PowerShell console to avoid inheriting an incompatible PSModulePath
* api-change:``eks``: This feature would give customers the ability to selectively tune certain configurations of Kubernetes control plane components in an Amazon EKS cluster.