AWS deadline-cloud documentation change
Summary
Added definitions for 'Session' and 'Session action' to explain ephemeral runtime environments and task execution units
Security assessment
The changes introduce general terminology without security-specific context or mitigations. No evidence of addressing vulnerabilities or security features.
Diff
diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md index 2f2cb692d..feaf62c98 100644 --- a//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md +++ b//deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md @@ -68,0 +69,12 @@ When a queue is associated with a fleet, there is a queue-fleet association. Use +**Session** + + +A session is an ephemeral runtime environment on a worker host created to run a set of tasks from the same job. The session ends when the worker host finishes running tasks for that job. + +The session provides a way to configure the environment with resources shared across multiple task runs, such as defining environment variables or starting a background process or container. + +**Session action** + + +A session action is a discrete unit of work executed by a worker within a session. It can encompass the core task run operations of a task, or it might include preparatory steps such as environment setup and post-execution processes like tear-down and cleanup. +