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AWS bedrock-agentcore documentation change

Service: bedrock-agentcore · 2026-05-01 · Documentation low

File: bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/evaluations-types.md

Summary

Added new 'Batch evaluation' section explaining asynchronous session evaluation with CloudWatch Logs integration

Security assessment

The change introduces a new evaluation feature without any security context or evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/evaluations-types.md b/bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/evaluations-types.md
index a3cb85688..8f55ff814 100644
--- a//bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/evaluations-types.md
+++ b//bedrock-agentcore/latest/devguide/evaluations-types.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-Online evaluationOn-demand evaluation
+Online evaluationOn-demand evaluationBatch evaluation
@@ -11 +11 @@ Online evaluationOn-demand evaluation
-AgentCore Evaluations provides two evaluation types, which differ in when and how the evaluation is performed:
+AgentCore Evaluations provides three evaluation types, which differ in when and how the evaluation is performed:
@@ -18,0 +19,2 @@ AgentCore Evaluations provides two evaluation types, which differ in when and ho
+  * Batch evaluation
+
@@ -35,0 +38,8 @@ This evaluation type complements online evaluation by offering precise control o
+## Batch evaluation
+
+Batch evaluation runs evaluators against multiple agent sessions in a single asynchronous job. Unlike on-demand evaluation where you collect spans and call the Evaluate API per session, batch evaluation handles session discovery, span collection, and scoring entirely on the service side. You submit a job specifying the CloudWatch Logs location of your agent sessions and which evaluators to run. The service processes all matching sessions and returns aggregate results with per-evaluator average scores.
+
+Batch evaluation supports ground truth through session metadata, enabling reference-based scoring with expected responses, assertions, and expected tool trajectories. Results include both aggregate summaries (per-evaluator averages and session counts) and per-session detail written to CloudWatch Logs.
+
+This evaluation type is designed for baseline measurement before making changes, pre/post comparison after applying prompt or model updates, regression testing across curated session sets, and periodic quality audits across production traffic from a specific time window.
+