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AWS amazonq documentation change

Service: amazonq · 2025-05-01 · Documentation medium

File: amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/managed-policy.md

Summary

Added permissions (q:CreateAuthGrant, q:UpdateOAuthAppConnection, etc.) to managed policies and updated policy descriptions

Security assessment

Expands documentation for IAM policies governing authentication/authorization workflows (OAuth app connections, event handling). These changes support security-related features but do not indicate fixes for existing vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/managed-policy.md b/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/managed-policy.md
index 90de48c89..b58947bae 100644
--- a//amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/managed-policy.md
+++ b//amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/managed-policy.md
@@ -63 +63,6 @@ To enable full access to complete administrative tasks in the Amazon Q subscript
-                    "q:ListTagsForResource"
+                    "q:ListTagsForResource",
+                    "q:CreateAuthGrant",
+                    "q:CreateOAuthAppConnection",
+                    "q:SendEvent",
+                    "q:UpdateAuthGrant",
+                    "q:UpdateOAuthAppConnection"
@@ -273 +278,2 @@ This policy grants permission to connect with Amazon Q and utilize the features
-            "q:DeleteOAuthAppConnection"
+            "q:DeleteOAuthAppConnection",
+            "q:UpdateOAuthAppConnection"
@@ -296 +302,3 @@ Change | Description | Date
-GitLabDuoWithAmazonQPermissionsPolicy \- New policy |  Allows GitLab to connect with Amazon Q to use GitLab Duo with Amazon Q integration features. |  April 17, 2025  
+AmazonQFullAccess \- Updated policy |  Additional permissions have been added to allow access and enable interactions with Amazon Q Developer for third-party plugins. |  April 30, 2025  
+GitLabDuoWithAmazonQPermissionsPolicy \- Updated policy |  Additional permission has been added to allow udpates to a third-party OAuth application with Amazon Q Developer. |  April 30, 2025  
+GitLabDuoWithAmazonQPermissionsPolicy \- New policy |  Allows GitLab to connect with Amazon Q Developer to use GitLab Duo with Amazon Q integration features. |  April 17, 2025