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AWS deadline-cloud documentation change

Service: deadline-cloud · 2025-05-13 · Documentation low

File: deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md

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.

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diff --git a/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md b/deadline-cloud/latest/developerguide/concepts-terminology.md
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@@ -68,0 +69,12 @@ When a queue is associated with a fleet, there is a queue-fleet association. Use
+**Session**
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+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.
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+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.
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+**Session action**
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+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.
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