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AWS amazonq documentation change

Service: amazonq · 2025-05-22 · Documentation low

File: amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/id-based-policy-examples-users.md

Summary

Clarified IAM policy scope and added note about IDE/CLI access not requiring IAM permissions

Security assessment

Provides clarification about access control policies but does not address a specific security vulnerability. The note about IDE/CLI access improves security documentation but is informational rather than addressing an active issue.

Diff

diff --git a/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/id-based-policy-examples-users.md b/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/id-based-policy-examples-users.md
index f9ce5cb2b..6bff15f1e 100644
--- a//amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/id-based-policy-examples-users.md
+++ b//amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/id-based-policy-examples-users.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ Allow users to access Amazon Q with an Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptionAllow
-The following policies allow users to access features of Amazon Q Developer on AWS apps and websites.
+The following policies allow users to access features of Amazon Q Developer on AWS apps and websites, including the AWS Management Console, AWS Console Mobile Application, and AWS Documentation site.
@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@ For policies that enable administrative access to Amazon Q Developer, see [Admin
+###### Note
+
+Users accessing Amazon Q in the IDE or on the command line don't require IAM permissions. 
+