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AWS opensearch-service documentation change

Service: opensearch-service · 2026-03-19 · Documentation low

File: opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application-getting-started.md

Summary

Updated guidance about creating OpenSearch UI applications in different regions from IAM Identity Center organizational instances

Security assessment

The change updates regional deployment guidance but contains no security-specific language, vulnerability references, or access control changes

Diff

diff --git a/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application-getting-started.md b/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application-getting-started.md
index 1f1366cbd..ea37b7a36 100644
--- a//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application-getting-started.md
+++ b//opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/application-getting-started.md
@@ -344 +344 @@ In this case, you can create an account instance in IAM Identity Center for test
-Currently, OpenSearch UI applications can be created only in the same AWS Region as your IAM Identity Center organizational instance. For information about accessing data sources in that Region after you create the application, see [Cross-cluster search](./application-cross-cluster-search.html).
+If you want to create OpenSearch UI applications in a different AWS Region from your IAM Identity Center organizational instance, see [Using IAM Identity Center across multiple AWS Regions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/multi-region-iam-identity-center.html).