Update Parity Coverage Docs

CODEOWNERS

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/appsync.mdx @cloutierMat @simonrw @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # athena
-/src/content/docs/aws/services/athena.mdx @alexrashed @macnev2013 @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
+/src/content/docs/aws/services/athena.mdx @macnev2013 @hovaesco @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # autoscaling
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/autoscaling.mdx @viren-nadkarni @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
@@ -124,14 +124,17 @@
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/glacier.mdx @bentsku @k-a-il @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # glue
-/src/content/docs/aws/services/glue.mdx @alexrashed @macnev2013 @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
+/src/content/docs/aws/services/glue.mdx @macnev2013 @hovaesco @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # iam
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/iam.mdx @dfangl @pinzon @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # iot
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/iot.mdx @viren-nadkarni @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
+# iotanalytics
+/src/content/docs/aws/services/iotanalytics.mdx @viren-nadkarni @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
+
 # kafka
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/kafka.mdx @gregfurman @thrau @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/sqs.mdx @thrau @baermat @gregfurman @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # ssm
-/src/content/docs/aws/services/ssm.mdx @dominikschubert @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
+/src/content/docs/aws/services/ssm.mdx @viren-nadkarni @dominikschubert @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper
 
 # stepfunctions
 /src/content/docs/aws/services/stepfunctions.mdx @dominikschubert @joe4dev @gregfurman @quetzalliwrites @HarshCasper

astro.config.mjs

@@ -329,35 +329,39 @@ export default defineConfig({
                   collapsed: true,
                 },
                 {
-                  label: 'Testing Utils',
-                  slug: 'aws/tooling/testing-utils',
+                  label: 'LocalStack Toolkit VS Code',
+                  slug: 'aws/tooling/vscode-extension',
                 },
                 {
-                  label: 'LocalSurf',
-                  slug: 'aws/tooling/localsurf',
-                },
-                {
-                  label: 'AWS Replicator',
-                  slug: 'aws/tooling/aws-replicator',
+                  label: 'Lambda Tools',
+                  autogenerate: {
+                    directory: '/aws/tooling/lambda-tools',
+                  },
+                  collapsed: true,
                 },
                 {
                   label: 'Event Studio',
                   slug: 'aws/tooling/event-studio',
                 },
+                {
+                  label: 'AWS Replicator',
+                  slug: 'aws/tooling/aws-replicator',
+                },
                 {
                   label: 'DNS Server',
                   slug: 'aws/tooling/dns-server',
                 },
+                {
+                  label: 'Testing Utils',
+                  slug: 'aws/tooling/testing-utils',
+                },
                 {
                   label: 'LocalStack Docker Extension',
                   slug: 'aws/tooling/localstack-docker-extension',
                 },
                 {
-                  label: 'Lambda Tools',
-                  autogenerate: {
-                    directory: '/aws/tooling/lambda-tools',
-                  },
-                  collapsed: true,
+                  label: 'LocalSurf',
+                  slug: 'aws/tooling/localsurf',
                 },
               ],
             },

public/_redirects

@@ -817,3 +817,7 @@
 /references/filesystem /aws/capabilities/config/filesystem/ 301
 /references /aws/capabilities/config/ 301
 /academy/localstack-101/getting-started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzX4mfiS058&feature=youtu.be 301
+/user-guide/materalized-views /snowflake/features/materialized-views/ 301
+/user-guide/ci /aws/integrations/continuous-integration/ 301
+/aws/tooling/lambda-tools/vscode-extension/ /aws/tooling/vscode-extension/ 301
+/aws/tooling/lambda-tools/vscode-extension /aws/tooling/vscode-extension/ 301

scripts/redirects/_redirects

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 /user-guide/aws/memorydb/ /aws/services/memorydb 301
 /user-guide/integrations/devcontainers/ /aws/integrations/containers/devcontainers 301
 /references/coverage/coverage_secretsmanager/ /aws/services/secretsmanager 301
+/user-guide/ci /aws/integrations/continuous-integration/ 301
 /user-guide/ci/travis-ci/ /aws/integrations/continuous-integration/travis-ci 301
 /applications/serverless-microservices-with-amazon-api-gateway-dynamodb-sqs-and-lambda/ https://github.com/localstack-samples/sample-microservices-apigateway-lambda-dynamodb-sqs 301
 /user-guide/lambda-tools/ /aws/tooling/lambda-tools 301
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
 /applications/temp/ /aws/sample-apps/ 301
 /applications/serverless-container-based-apis-with-amazon-ecs-api-gateway/ https://github.com/localstack-samples/sample-terraform-ecs-apigateway 301
 /user-guide/aws/s3/ /aws/services/s3 301
-/user-guide/lambda-tools/vscode-extension/ /aws/tooling/lambda-tools/vscode-extension 301
+/user-guide/lambda-tools/vscode-extension/ /aws/tooling/vscode-extension 301
 /user-guide/chaos-engineering/ /aws/capabilities/chaos-engineering/ 301
 /persistence/supported/ /aws/capabilities/state-management/persistence-coverage 301
 /user-guide/aws/ce/ /aws/services/ce 301
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@
 /references/coverage/coverage_config/ /aws/services/config 301
 /references/coverage/coverage_account/ /aws/services/account 301
 /user-guide/web-application/stack-overview/ /aws/capabilities/web-app/stack-overview 301
+/user-guide/web-application/stack-overview/resources /aws/capabilities/web-app/resource-browser/ 301
 /academy/localstack-deployment/cloud-pods/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTew28KOwGxPdtdW00WNXZLZnstvRQyTF&v=ZJP2xfvwR_g&feature=youtu.be 301
 /user-guide/aws/appconfig/ /aws/services/appconfig 301
 /user-guide/aws/cognito/ /aws/services/cognito 301

src/components/LanguageSelectWithGetStarted.astro

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const isSnowflakePage = route.id.startsWith('snowflake');
 let getStartedUrl = 'https://app.localstack.cloud/sign-up';
 
 if (isSnowflakePage) {
-  getStartedUrl += 'p?emulator=snowflake';
+  getStartedUrl += '?emulator=snowflake';
 }
 ---
 

src/content/docs/aws/capabilities/config/arm64-support.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ docker inspect localstack/localstack | jq '.[0].Architecture'
 Since LocalStack 2.0, Lambda functions execute in Docker containers with the target platform `linux/amd64` or `linux/arm64`
 depending on the [instruction set architecture](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/foundation-arch.html) configured for the function (`x86_64` by default or `arm64`).
 This behavior can lead to errors if the host system, the Docker image, or the code/layer of the function do not support the target architecture.
-If you prefer to execute Lambda functions natively, you can set the [configuration]({{< ref "configuration#lambda" >}}) variable `LAMBDA_IGNORE_ARCHITECTURE=1`.
+If you prefer to execute Lambda functions natively, you can set the [Lambda configuration](https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/capabilities/config/configuration/#lambda) variable to `LAMBDA_IGNORE_ARCHITECTURE=1`.
 
 Host systems with [multi-architecture support](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-platform/) can run containers for different Linux architectures using emulation.
 For example, an Apple Silicon MacBook can execute `linux/arm64` (`arm64`) Lambda functions natively or emulate them for `linux/arm64` (`x86_64`).

src/content/docs/aws/capabilities/config/configuration.md

@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ This section covers configuration options that are specific to certain AWS servi
 | `EKS_K3S_IMAGE_TAG` | `v1.31.5-k3s1` (default) | Custom tag of the `rancher/k3s` image used to spin up Kubernetes clusters locally. |
 | `EKS_K8S_PROVIDER` | `k3s` (default)\|`local` | The k8s provider which should be used to start the k8s cluster backing EKS. For more information on the providers, please see [Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)](/aws/services/eks) |
 | `EKS_K3S_IMAGE_REPOSITORY` | `rancher/k3s` (default) | Custom repository of the `rancher/k3s` image used to spin up Kubernetes clusters locally. |
-
+| `EKS_START_K3D_LB_INGRESS` |      `0` (default)     |  Whether to start the k3d load balancer and Traefik ingress controller automatically when creating an EKS cluster. Set to `1` to enable.  |
+
 ### ElastiCache
 
 | Variable | Example Values | Description |
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ To learn more about these configuration options, see [Cloud Pods](/aws/capabilit
 | `POD_LOAD_CLI_TIMEOUT` | 60 (default) | Timeout in seconds to wait before returning from load operations on the Cloud Pods CLI |
 | `POD_ENCRYPTION` | `0` (default) \| `1` | Whether to encrypt the Cloud Pods artifacts at rest. |
 | `ENABLE_POD_RESOURCES=1` | `0` (default) \| `1`  | Whether to save a detailed Stack Overview including available resources for the Cloud Pod |
+| `MERGE_STRATEGY` | `account-region-merge` (default) \| `service-merge` \| `overwrite`  | The merge strategy to apply when loading a Cloud Pod into LocalStack (see [state merging](/aws/capabilities/state-management/cloud-pods/#state-merging)) |
 
 ## Extensions
 

src/content/docs/aws/capabilities/state-management/cloud-pods.mdx

@@ -589,9 +589,12 @@ The available strategies are:
 - `service-merge`: This strategy merges services at the account-region level, provided there's no overlap in resources.
   It prioritizes the loaded resources when merging.
 
+The LocalStack's default merge strategy can be changed via the `MERGE_STRATEGY` [configuration variable](/aws/capabilities/config/configuration/).
+
 ### LocalStack CLI
 
-To activate merge strategies, set `--strategy <strategy>` when loading a Cloud Pod using the LocalStack CLI.
+Every `pod load` operation uses the merge strategy set in `MERGE_STRATEGY` (`account-region-merge` by default).
+When loading a Cloud Pod via the LocalStack CLI, set the `--strategy <strategy>` option to override the strategy in the configuration variable.
 For instance, to load a Cloud Pod named `test-pod-s3-sqs` with the `service-merge` strategy, run the following command:
 
 ```bash

src/content/docs/aws/changelog.md

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ which can be released as patch version because we are committed to make LocalSta
 
 | Version  | Release Date       | Release Notes                                                                                      |
 |----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `v4.9.0` | October 2, 2025 | [v4.8.0](https://blog.localstack.cloud/localstack-for-aws-release-v-4-9-0/)                        |
+| `v4.8.0` | September 11, 2025 | [v4.8.0](https://blog.localstack.cloud/localstack-for-aws-release-v-4-8-0/)                        |
 | `v4.7.0` | July 31, 2025      | [v4.7.0](https://blog.localstack.cloud/localstack-for-aws-release-v-4-7-0/)                        |
 | `v4.6.0` | July 3, 2025       | [v4.6.0](https://blog.localstack.cloud/localstack-for-aws-release-v-4-6-0/)                        |
 | `v4.5.0` | June 5, 2025       | [v4.5.0](https://blog.localstack.cloud/localstack-release-v-4-5-0/)                                |

src/content/docs/aws/getting-started/help-support.md

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ At the moment, we only provide support in `English`, as we are an international
 | Base       | [**Standard Support**](/aws/getting-started/help-support/#standard-support)     |
 | Ultimate   | [**Priority Support**](/aws/getting-started/help-support/#priority-support)     |
 | Enterprise | [**Enterprise Support**](/aws/getting-started/help-support/#enterprise-support) |
+| Student       | [**Basic Support**](/aws/getting-started/help-support/#basic-support)           |
 
 ## Support Coverage for legacy plans