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AWS toolkit-for-vscode: Fixed broken documentation URLs

Service: toolkit-for-vscode · 2026-08-19 · Documentation low

File: toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/connect.md

Summary

Corrected double slashes in AWS documentation URLs for account setup and authentication.

Security assessment

The change fixes broken URLs but does not alter security content or address vulnerabilities.

Evidence

-To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_.

Diff

diff --git a/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/connect.md b/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/connect.md
index cc058d0ea..1d47ebd2d 100644
--- a//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/connect.md
+++ b//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/connect.md
@@ -17 +17 @@ If you've previously set up an AWS account and authentication through another AW
-To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_.
+To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the _AWS Account Management Reference Guide_.
@@ -23 +23 @@ If you're new to AWS or haven't created an account, then there are 2 main steps
-  1. **Setting up authentication** : There are 3 primary methods to authenticate with your AWS account from the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. To learn more about each of these methods, see the [Authentication and Access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/establish-credentials.html) topic in this User Guide.
+  1. **Setting up authentication** : There are 3 primary methods to authenticate with your AWS account from the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code. To learn more about each of these methods, see the [Authentication and Access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/establish-credentials.html) topic in this User Guide.