Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS Direct Connect now supports resilience testing with AWS Fault Injection Service

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AWS Direct Connect now integrates with AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS), enabling controlled testing of BGP session disruptions over Virtual Interfaces. This allows teams to validate failover mechanisms by simulating primary connection failures and observing whether traffic correctly routes to redundant interfaces. The capability helps proactively test Direct Connect architectures where failover is critical for maintaining network connectivity. Available in all AWS Commercial Regions where FIS is offered.