AWS quick documentation change
Summary
Updated region support documentation: removed asterisks indicating limited support for Tokyo, Frankfurt, and London; updated cross-region inference terminology and geography details; added tables clarifying inference routing; updated web search cross-region call details to specify processing locations and user notifications.
Security assessment
The changes significantly clarify data residency and cross-border data transfer implications, which are important for security and compliance. Specifically, the update explicitly states that web search queries from certain regions are processed in the US or EU, and that users in Asia Pacific regions receive explicit notifications. This adds transparency about data flow, a key security and compliance concern, but does not indicate a fix for a specific security vulnerability.
Diff
diff --git a/quick/latest/userguide/regions.md b/quick/latest/userguide/regions.md index 9cfd55d0f..96101765b 100644 --- a//quick/latest/userguide/regions.md +++ b//quick/latest/userguide/regions.md @@ -5 +5 @@ -Supported AWS Regions for Amazon QuickSupported AWS Regions for Amazon Q in QuickCross-Region inference with Amazon Q in QuickCross-Region calls for web search +Supported AWS Regions for Amazon QuickSupported AWS Regions for Amazon Q in QuickCross-Region inference for Australia, Japan, Europe, and the United StatesCross-Region calls for web search @@ -19 +19 @@ The IP addresses listed in the sections below are the ranges where Amazon Quick - * Cross-Region inference with Amazon Q in Quick + * Cross-Region inference for Australia, Japan, Europe, and the United States @@ -46 +46 @@ Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 | `https://ap-southeast-2.quicksight.aws -Asia Pacific (Tokyo)* | ap-northeast-1 | `https://ap-northeast-1.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com` | 13.113.244.32/27 +Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | ap-northeast-1 | `https://ap-northeast-1.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com` | 13.113.244.32/27 @@ -49 +49 @@ China (Beijing)* | cn-north-1 | `https://cn-north-1.quicksight.amazonaws.cn` | -Europe (Frankfurt)* | eu-central-1 | `https://eu-central-1.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com` | 35.158.127.192/27 +Europe (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 | `https://eu-central-1.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com` | 35.158.127.192/27 @@ -51 +51 @@ Europe (Ireland) | eu-west-1 | `https://eu-west-1.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | -Europe (London)* | eu-west-2 | `https://eu-west-2.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com` | 35.177.218.0/27 +Europe (London) | eu-west-2 | `https://eu-west-2.quicksight.aws.amazon.com` | `quicksight.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com` | 35.177.218.0/27 @@ -88 +88 @@ For a list of region codes and endpoints for Quick and Q in Quick features, see -## Cross-Region inference with Amazon Q in Quick +## Cross-Region inference for Australia, Japan, Europe, and the United States @@ -109 +109 @@ Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail logs won't specify the AWS Region in which -### Supported regions for Amazon Q in Quick cross-Region inference +### Supported regions for cross-Region inference @@ -112,0 +113,11 @@ For a list of Region codes and endpoints supported in Amazon Q in Quick, see [Su +The following table summarizes the supported geographies and their inference regions for Amazon Quick cross-Region inference. + +Supported Amazon Quick cross-Region inference geographies Supported Amazon Quick geography | Inference regions +---|--- +United States | US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) +Europe | Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1) Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) Europe (London) (eu-west-2) +Australia | Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) Asia Pacific (Melbourne) (ap-southeast-4) +Japan | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) Asia Pacific (Osaka) (ap-northeast-3) + +The following table shows the detailed per-Region inference routing. + @@ -172,6 +183 @@ Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) | - * Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) - * Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) - * Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1) - * Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) - * Asia Pacific (Osaka) (ap-northeast-3)* - * Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)* + * Asia Pacific (Osaka) (ap-northeast-3) @@ -182,4 +187,0 @@ Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) | - * Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) - * Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2) - * Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1) - * Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1) @@ -187,2 +189 @@ Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) | - * Asia Pacific (Osaka) (ap-northeast-3)* - * Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) (ap-south-2)* + * Asia Pacific (Melbourne) (ap-southeast-4) @@ -195,0 +197 @@ Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1) | + * Europe (London) (eu-west-2) @@ -203,0 +206,10 @@ Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | + * Europe (London) (eu-west-2) + * Europe (Paris) (eu-west-3) + + +Europe (London) (eu-west-2) | + + * Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1) + * Europe (Stockholm) (eu-north-1) + * Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) + * Europe (London) (eu-west-2) @@ -211,0 +224 @@ Europe (Paris) (eu-west-3) | + * Europe (London) (eu-west-2) @@ -219,0 +233 @@ Europe (Stockholm) (eu-north-1) | + * Europe (London) (eu-west-2) @@ -230,5 +244 @@ Service is not yet launched in these marked regions (*), but inference may still -Amazon Quick makes cross-Region calls for web search functionality in Chat, Agents, and Research features. Cross-Region calls are API calls made by Amazon Quick from one AWS Region to another AWS Region. - -###### Note - -Cross-Region calls for web search apply to Chat, Agents, and Research features that include web search capabilities. +Amazon Quick makes cross-Region calls for web search functionality in Chat, Agents, and Research features. When using web search, requests are processed in the US East (N. Virginia) Region, even for requests originating outside the US East (N. Virginia) Region and the US geography. For customers in EMEA Regions, web search queries are processed in the Europe (Ireland) Region. Users in Asia Pacific (Sydney) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) will receive an explicit notification that web search queries are processed in the US and must acknowledge this before proceeding. @@ -242,0 +253,2 @@ Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) +Europe (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1) | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) +Europe (London) (eu-west-2) | Europe (Ireland) (eu-west-1) @@ -243,0 +256 @@ Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2) | US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) +Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1) | US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)