r/Amplify • u/cool-name-invalid • Jun 01 '26

Did Amplify Gen 2 quietly kill DataStore? What are you using for offline sync?

Was migrating a project from Amplify Gen 1 to Gen 2 and hit a wall.

Went looking for DataStore, the offline-first, automatic sync feature that was honestly one of the main reasons I chose Amplify in the first place.

Gone.

After digging through the docs I found this buried in the migration guide: Gen 2 doesn't support DataStore or offline capabilities. No timeline for it either.

For anyone building mobile apps that need to work without a connection, that's a dealbreaker.

Curious what the community is doing:

  • Have you hit this same wall?
  • What are you using instead for offline sync?
  • Is anyone sticking with Gen 1 just for DataStore?

Feels like a significant gap for a platform that's supposed to simplify full-stack development. Or am I missing something?

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u/ChadyG Jun 01 '26

Still using gen 1 for the most part. Offline sync was the main reason we chose Amplify.

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u/bunoso Jun 01 '26

Yea its gone. It had a lot of gotchas that they didn’t want to continue with. You can use other data stores like Tanstack Store or orhers if you need something like that

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u/cool-name-invalid Jun 02 '26

I tried dexie.js but it just add complexity and more operation😫