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AWS amazonq documentation change

Service: amazonq · 2025-04-11 · Documentation medium

File: amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions-prerequisites.md

Summary

Added requirement to update IAM roles when using IAM Identity Center/OIDC

Security assessment

The change adds documentation about proper IAM role configuration for authentication, which is a security best practice but doesn't address a specific vulnerability

Diff

diff --git a/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions-prerequisites.md b/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions-prerequisites.md
index 5c603b968..0156d98c6 100644
--- a//amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions-prerequisites.md
+++ b//amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions-prerequisites.md
@@ -13 +13,5 @@ As admins, before you can integrate the Amazon Q Business browser extension, you
-  3. To use this feature, you must enable **Allow end users to send queries directly to the LLM** in your Admin controls and guardrails. For more information, see the [Response settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails-global-controls.html#guardrails-global-response) topic in [Admin controls and guardrails](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails.html) and [`chatMode`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_ChatSync.html#qbusiness-ChatSync-request-chatMode) if you are configuring programmatically.
+  3. To use this feature, do the following
+
+     * Enable **Allow end users to send queries directly to the LLM** in your Admin controls and guardrails. For more information, see the [Response settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails-global-controls.html#guardrails-global-response) topic in [Admin controls and guardrails](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails.html) and [`chatMode`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_ChatSync.html#qbusiness-ChatSync-request-chatMode) if you are configuring programmatically.
+
+     * If you are using the IAM Identity Center or OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider in , make sure your IAM role for an Amazon Q Business web experience using IAM Federation is up to date. For more information, see [IAM role for an Amazon Q Business web experience using IAM Federation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/web-experience-iam-role-iam.html).