--- title: Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed... description: Amazon GameLift Streams now provides service-managed shader cache capture and distribution, requiring no application code changes. Developers designate a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching-wymety4ng twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed Shader Caching | daily.dev og:description: Amazon GameLift Streams now provides service-managed shader cache capture and distribution, requiring no application code changes. Developers designate a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching-wymety4ng og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WYmetY4ng.png og:image:alt: Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed Shader Caching og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed Shader Caching **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon GameLift Streams now provides service-managed shader cache capture and distribution, requiring no application code changes. Developers designate a stream session for capture, run the application to generate the cache, and the service automatically replicates it to compatible stream groups and locations for future sessions. This reduces loading times and visual stuttering. The feature supports Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), Proton, and Windows Server 2022 runtimes, and can be monitored via the ListApplicationShaderCaches API or the console. Storage charges apply for the latest version of each shader cache. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Amazon GameLift Streams service-managed shader caching work? You designate a stream session for shader cache capture and run your application to generate the cache. Amazon GameLift Streams then automatically replicates the cache to compatible stream groups and locations, loading it in future sessions without any application code changes. The feature supports Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), Proton, and Windows Server 2022 runtimes, and cache status can be monitored via the ListApplicationShaderCaches API or the console. _Game developers shipping on GameLift Streams track feature releases like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Amazon GameLift Streams introduces secure terminal access for stream sessions](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-introduces-secure-terminal-access-for-stream-sessions-lyhrpmj73) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia introduces new app feature designed to reduce game load times](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-introduces-new-app-feature-designed-to-reduce-game-load-times-g0zw5r50w) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Amazon GameLift Streams now supports sharing streams with stream URLs](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-supports-sharing-streams-with-stream-urls-rpgyug4q6) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia just fixed the most annoying part of updating your GPU drivers](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-just-fixed-the-most-annoying-part-of-updating-your-gpu-drivers-hhlzngphc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloud gaming is kinda amazing](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-gaming-is-kinda-amazing-ioz1h2ifr) · David Heinemeier Hansson · 108 upvotes · 49 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching-wymety4ng) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon GameLift Streams Now Offers Service-managed Shader Caching","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching-wymety4ng","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-gamelift-streams-now-offers-service-managed-shader-caching-wymety4ng"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T22:07:59.271Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T07:05:55.822Z","description":"Amazon GameLift Streams now provides service-managed shader cache capture and distribution, requiring no application code changes. 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