AWS SAP-C03 and DVA-C03: What We Know So Far (GenAI and Agents Are In)
AWS has announced revisions to two of its most popular certifications: Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02 → SAP-C03) and Developer – Associate (DVA-C02 → DVA-C03) . This article collects what is publicly known right now, from the official blog post and the certification pages. Neither exam guide is published yet. The official blog states that the full exam guide, including detailed task statements, will be released on October 27, 2026, when registration opens. Everything below is based solely on the official blog (English and Japanese editions) and the certification pages. I'll update this article once the guides are out. 1. SAP-C03 (Solutions Architect – Professional) Dates and format Item Detail Registration opens October 27, 2026 (all languages) Last day to take SAP-C02 November 16 — see note below SAP-C03 available November 17 Duration 180 minutes Questions 75 Price 300 USD The format is unchanged from the current exam. Why the revision The blog states that today's architects "don't just design highly available, cost-effective systems — they integrate generative AI and agentic architectures and implement post-quantum cryptography." What's being added Area New skills Content Generative AI and agentic AI 11 Generative AI integration design with Amazon Bedrock, AI agent architectures with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore , RAG architectures, content filtering with Bedrock Guardrails , human-oversight workflows for AI operations Resilience engineering — AWS Fault Injection Service, AWS Resilience Hub, Application Recovery Controller, automated runbooks with Systems Manager Cloud-native patterns 7 Serverless data pipelines, durable workflows with Step Functions, service mesh with VPC Lattice and ECS Service Connect , container image security, multi-tenant architectures, real-time data architectures DevSecOps and observability 6 Pipeline vulnerability scanning, multi-account deployment pipelines, container monitoring, AI/ML metrics monitoring, synthetic monitoring an