AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam price, length, validity and renewal

AWS · MLS-C01Retired

Valid for	3 years
Renewal	No longer renewable by this exam; holders stay certified for 3 years from the date earned.
Level	Specialty
Status	RetiredLast day to take the exam was 2026-03-31; holders stay certified for 3 years from the date earned.
Last changed	Mar 31, 2026Retired
Source	aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-machine-learning-specialty/Last checked Sep 24, 2026

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StatusMar 31active retiredLast day to take Machine Learning - Specialty; holders stay certified for 3 years from the date earnedOfficial page ↗

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Built, trained and deployed machine learning models on AWS; replaced in practice by the Machine Learning Engineer - Associate.

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Status: "The last day to take this exam is March 31, 2026. Certification holders will still have an active certification for 3 years from the date it was earned."

Certifications are valid for 3 years; renew for 3 more years by passing the latest version of the exam (or a listed higher-level exam) while still active, and many Associate, Professional and Specialty certs can instead be maintained for 1 more year on AWS Skill Builder.

After a failed attempt you must wait 14 calendar days to retake, with no limit on attempts, and you pay the full registration fee each time; beta exams can be taken only once.

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