Add support for the new Glue Machine Types

[GonkCoelho]

Describe the feature

As of 17th of June there are new Worker Types for AWS GLue

Use Case

I am using terraform that uses this library. I noticed that it uses WorkerType to verify the deploy. However, it is not possible to do it for the new R types and the G.12X and G16.X.

This is beneficial for spark use cases

I know it is a bit soon, if there is already a plan for this sorry for the inconvenience

Proposed Solution

No response

Other Information

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/scale-your-aws-glue-for-apache-spark-jobs-with-r-type-g-12x-and-g-16x-workers/

hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#43446

Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

AWS Go SDK V2 Module Versions Used

v1.118.1

Go version used

1.24.1

[pethersonmoreno-ciandt-natura]

I found the same problem using these values in Terraform.

[Madrigal]

Surfacing these to the service team.

Our SDK is automatically generated from these service models that are maintained by internal service teams. We don't have direct control over the fields available in the SDK, as these are determined by the underlying service models.

This is a missing model in Glue's enum, which should be reflected here

"com.amazonaws.glue#WorkerType": {
      "type": "enum",
      "members": {
        "Standard": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "Standard"
          }
        },
        "G_1X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "G.1X"
          }
        },
        "G_2X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "G.2X"
          }
        },
        "G_025X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "G.025X"
          }
        },
        "G_4X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "G.4X"
          }
        },
        "G_8X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "G.8X"
          }
        },
        "Z_2X": {
          "target": "smithy.api#Unit",
          "traits": {
            "smithy.api#enumValue": "Z.2X"
          }
        }
      }
    },

We will submit this feature request to the relevant service team on your behalf. However, please note that:

1. We cannot guarantee when or if the field will be added, as this depends on the service team's priorities and roadmap
2. Once approved and implemented by the service team, the field will automatically be reflected in our SDK in a future release

Internal reference: V1876451390

[Madrigal]

it's worth noting that what actually throws a validation error is the Terraform validator described here hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws#43446 (comment)

The SDK creates the enums with the underlying type of string, so functions that take a WorkerType can also take a string representing the new instances, so a workaround if you're creating these manually you can manually specify their id

[jonathangueedes]

@Madrigal What is the expected timeline for this feature to be added?

[lucix-aws]

Neither us nor the service team will be able to share an ETA but you're free to check in here periodically and we will ping them.

[jonathangueedes]

@lucix-aws I checked the changelog and it seems that support for the R type is already included. However, after reviewing the code, it looks like the WorkerType function hasn’t been updated yet. Without that, upcoming releases might still not reflect the change. Could you help validate this?

Below are the links:

Changelog: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/release-2025-07-31/service/glue/CHANGELOG.md

Code: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/release-2025-07-31/service/glue/types/enums.go#L3033

[lucix-aws]

I've pinged the service team again.

[jonathangueedes]

Hi @lucix-aws, any news?

"A new minor version 1.37.2 has been released, but it still doesn't include the new Glue types."

https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/release-2025-08-04/service/glue/types/enums.go#L3039

https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/blob/v1.37.2/service/glue/types/enums.go#L3039

[lucix-aws]

There's a conversation with them in-progress with some folks internally about this.

[lucix-aws]

They appear to not wish to update the public SDK for reasons I don't really understand. We have multiple team members internally engaged in a discussion with them about this, because their position is really not correct as far as I can tell and there appear to be some misunderstandings within. I will do my best to update this thread when I know more.