AWS devicefarm documentation change

Service: devicefarm · 2025-11-19 · Documentation low

File: devicefarm/latest/developerguide/test-types-appium.md

Summary

Updated documentation to differentiate between server-side and client-side Appium testing environments, added note about remote access sessions for client-side testing

Security assessment

Changes focus on clarifying execution environments and testing approaches rather than addressing security vulnerabilities or describing security features. No security controls or vulnerabilities mentioned.

Diff

diff --git a/devicefarm/latest/developerguide/test-types-appium.md b/devicefarm/latest/developerguide/test-types-appium.md
index 5e8724db5..b5348ec0a 100644
--- a//devicefarm/latest/developerguide/test-types-appium.md
+++ b//devicefarm/latest/developerguide/test-types-appium.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Selecting an Appium versionSelecting a WebDriverAgent version for iOS tests
-# Appium tests and AWS Device Farm
+# Automatically run Appium tests in Device Farm
@@ -9 +9,5 @@ Selecting an Appium versionSelecting a WebDriverAgent version for iOS tests
-This section describes how to configure, package, and upload your Appium tests to Device Farm. Appium is an open source tool for automating native and mobile web applications. For more information, see [Introduction to Appium](http://appium.io/docs/en/latest/intro) on the Appium website.
+###### Note
+
+This page covers running Appium tests in Device Farm's managed **server-side** execution environment. To run Appium tests from your local **client-side** environment during a remote access session, see [client-side Appium testing](./appium-endpoint.html).
+
+This section describes how to configure, package, and upload your Appium tests for running on Device Farm's managed server-side environment. Appium is an open source tool for automating native and mobile web applications. For more information, see [Introduction to Appium](http://appium.io/docs/en/latest/intro) on the Appium website.
@@ -13 +17 @@ For a sample app and links to working tests, see [Device Farm Sample App for And
-For more information about testing in Device Farm, see [Test frameworks and built-in tests in AWS Device Farm](./test-types.html).
+For more information about testing in Device Farm and how server-side works, see [Test frameworks and built-in tests in AWS Device Farm](./test-types.html).