Document history for Amazon Q Developer User Guide
The following table describes the document history for the Amazon Q Developer User Guide. For notifications about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to the RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Updates to subscriptions topics | The Understanding subscriptions, Viewing aggregated subscriptions, and Enabling profile sharing topics have been corrected. | March 25, 2025 |
Example policy update | The example policies in Allow administrators to use the Amazon Q subscription console and Allow administrators to use the Amazon Q Developer console have been updated with the
| March 24, 2025 |
Support for C++ and C# in customizations | Customizations now support C++ and C#. | March 20, 2025 |
Updates to chatting about resources | You can chat with Amazon Q about multiple AWS resources and services to get answers about your AWS infrastructure and configurations. | March 13, 2025 |
Additional language support for documentation generation | The agent for documentation generation now supports C++ and C#. | March 12, 2025 |
New subscription-related limit | Updated the Subscribing users to Amazon Q Developer Pro topic to indicate that you can enable Amazon Q Developer in a maximum of 50 AWS accounts within an organization managed by AWS Organizations. | March 6, 2025 |
Context integration to CLI chat | Amazon Q CLI now has context integration, giving Amazon Q enhanced understanding of use cases and enabling it to provide more relevant and context-aware responses. | March 6, 2025 |
Policy correction | A JSON sytax error has been corrected in the policy described in Allow administrators to use the Amazon Q subscription console. | February 28, 2025 |
New version of the command line tool for transformation | The latest version of the command line tool for transformation includes support for authenticating with IAM through the AWS CLI. | February 28, 2025 |
Upgrading to the Pro tier | Added information about how to upgrade to the Pro tier in the Amazon Q Developer Free tier topic. | February 25, 2025 |
Customizations policy update | A permission has been added to the customizations policy. | February 25, 2025 |
New dashboard topic | The following topic has been added: Descriptions of Amazon Q Developer dashboard usage metrics. | February 21, 2025 |
New cross-region processing topic | The cross-region processing topic describes how Amazon Q Developer processes requests and makes calls across AWS Regions to provide the service. | February 21, 2025 |
Managed policy update | Permissions have been added to AWSServiceRoleForUserSubscriptions. | February 21, 2025 |
/doc enhancement | Amazon Q can now generate infrastructure
diagrams in response to a | February 20, 2025 |
New subscription topics | Two subscription-related topics were added: Amazon Q Developer subscription statuses and Viewing aggregated Amazon Q Developer subscriptions. | February 19, 2025 |
Amazon Q Developer in chat applications chapter | Amazon Q Developer in chat applications is now Amazon Q Developer in chat applications. A new chapter describes the supported features. | February 19, 2025 |
Support for Java 21 transformations | You can upgrade Java applications to Java 21 in the IDE and on the command line. | February 14, 2025 |
New firewall topic | A Configuring a firewall or proxy server for Amazon Q Developer topic has been added. | February 14, 2025 |
New version of the command line tool for transformation | The latest version of the command line tool for transformation includes support for converting embedded SQL in Java applications. | February 12, 2025 |
User activity report correction | The path to the user activity report CSV file has been corrected. | February 10, 2025 |
Update to the retention period of transformed code | Amazon Q now retains transformed code for 30 days, up from 24 hours. | February 7, 2025 |
New subscription workflow | The steps to subscribe users to Amazon Q Developer have been improved. | February 6, 2025 |
New version of the command line tool for transformation | The latest version of the command line for transformation includes the ability to receive your upgraded Java code in multiple commits. | February 3, 2025 |
/dev enhancement | Amazon Q can now test
the code it generates in response to a | January 31, 2025 |
Customizations section update | The Creating your customization topic now indicates you can include any number of repositories in your customization. | January 24, 2025 |
Prompt logging examples | The Enabling prompt logging section now includes example logs. | January 23, 2025 |
CloudZero plugin | The CloudZero plugin is available in Amazon Q chat. | January 15, 2025 |
User activity report update | New metrics have been added to User activity reports. | December 16, 2024 |
Dashboard update | Information about the old dashboard has been removed from the Amazon Q Developer Pro dashboard section. Information about filters and metrics has been added. | December 16, 2024 |
Troubleshooting with Amazon Q | An Asking Amazon Q to troubleshoot your resources section has been added. | December 13, 2024 |
Identity-aware console sessions update | The instructions for enabling identity-aware console sessions have been clarified in the Subscribing users to the Amazon Q Developer Pro tier with an organization instance section. | December 6, 2024 |
New test generation agent | You can use Amazon Q test generation feature to generate unit tests. | December 3, 2024 |
Large-scale transformation | Amazon Q can transform .NET, mainframe, and VMware workloads in bulk. | December 3, 2024 |
GitLab Duo with Amazon Q | Information about GitLab Duo with Amazon Q, including concepts, getting started procedures, and troublehsooting. | December 3, 2024 |
Documentation generation in the IDE | Amazon Q can generate READMEs for your code in supported IDEs. | December 3, 2024 |
Code reviews in the IDE | Amazon Q code reviews, previously security scans, can detect and address issues in your code in supported IDEs. | December 3, 2024 |
.NET transformation in the IDE | Amazon Q can port your .NET applications to Linux-compatible cross-platform applications in Visual Studio, available in preview. | December 3, 2024 |
Transformation on the command line | You can transform Java applications on the command line, available in preview. | November 27, 2024 |
Multiple diffs for transformation in the IDE | You can choose to receive transformation changes from Amazon Q in multiple diffs. | November 27, 2024 |
Amazon Q in Eclipse | The Amazon Q plugin is available in preview in Eclipse. | November 27, 2024 |
Cost analysis | The cost analysis capability, previously available in preview, is now generally available. | November 26, 2024 |
Transformation for embedded SQL code | You can convert embedded SQL code in your Java applications with Amazon Q transformation in the IDE. | November 22, 2024 |
Dashboard update | The Amazon Q Developer Pro dashboard has been update with new metrics. | November 22, 2024 |
CodeConnections repositories | When creating a customization using a CodeConnections connection, you can now choose the repositories you want to use. | November 22, 2024 |
Amazon Q command line now supports Linux | Amazon Q command line supports Linux environments. It supports Ubuntu 22 and 24, and may otherwise work with GNOME v42+ or environments where the display server is Xorg and the input method framework is IBus. | November 21, 2024 |
Subscribing users | The instructions for subscribing users in Setting up access to the Amazon Q Developer Pro tier have been updated to reflect new user interface (UI) elements. | November 20, 2024 |
Changes to customizations | The Customization in chat feature is now generally available. Also, customizations can
now be created with the following file types: | November 20, 2024 |
Supported IAM Identity Center Regions | A section has been added with information about the Regions where you can set up IAM Identity Center instances for Amazon Q Developer Pro subscriptions. | November 18, 2024 |
Languages added | Support has been added for Dart, Lua, R, Swift, SystemVerilog, and Powershell, as well as expanded support for JSON and YAML. | November 18, 2024 |
Customer managed key support | Information about using customer managed keys and the features that can be encrypted with them has been added to the Data encryption topic. | November 18, 2024 |
Cross-region inference | A topic on cross-region inference in Amazon Q Developer has been added. | November 18, 2024 |
Amazon Q Developer Pro quotas | A Pro tier quotas section has been added. | November 18, 2024 |
Updated managed policy: AmazonQFullAccess | Additional permissions have been added to the AmazonQFullAccess policy. | November 13, 2024 |
Updated managed policy: AmazonQDeveloperAccess | Additional permissions have been added to the AmazonQDeveloperAccess policy. | November 13, 2024 |
Amazon Q plugins | Plugins enable users to chat with Amazon Q about metrics provided by third party tools. | November 13, 2024 |
User activity reports | You can now enable user activity reports. | November 8, 2024 |
Customizations section update | The Preparing your data section now describes file and directory naming limitations. | November 5, 2024 |
Clarified the Amazon Q Developer Pro section | The instructions for subscribing users to Amazon Q Developer Pro have been clarified. | November 1, 2024 |
Inline chat | You can transform code using the new inline chat feature. | October 29, 2024 |
Updated managed policies: AmazonQFullAccess and AmazonQDeveloperAccess | Additional permissions have been added to the AmazonQFullAccess policy and AmazonQDeveloperAccess policy. | October 28, 2024 |
Customizations section correction | The Creating your customization section now indicates that your codebase must reside in a folder in Amazon S3, not the bucket's root. | October 28, 2024 |
Prompt logging section clarification | The Enabling prompt logging section's wording was clarified. | October 24, 2024 |
Amazon S3 bucket policy fix | The Amazon S3 bucket policy shown in Enabling prompt logging contained a JSON syntax error that was fixed. | October 22, 2024 |
Expanded features chapter | The chapter describing various Amazon Q Developer features has been significantly expanded. | October 3, 2024 |
Console-to-Code | Console-to-Code, previously available in preview as a feature of Amazon EC2, is now generally available as a feature of Amazon Q Developer. It integrates with Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, and Amazon RDS. | October 3, 2024 |
New policy: Use Amazon Q CLI with AWS CloudShell | Identity-based policy allows users to use Amazon Q CLI with AWS CloudShell. | October 2, 2024 |
Prompt logging | You can log your users' IDE prompts in an Amazon S3 bucket. | September 16, 2024 |
Setup content updated | The Getting started chapter has been significantly simplified and restructured. | August 15, 2024 |
CodeWhisperer endpoint needed for IDE VPC access |
Access
from a Amazon VPC must include both | July 18, 2024 |
New endpoint | Endpoints can now use the
string | July 12, 2024 |
Customizations are GA | The customizations feature is generally available. | July 10, 2024 |
Chatting about customizations (Preview) | In Preview, you can use the customizations feature to ask questions related to your codebase. | July 10, 2024 |
Updated managed policy: AmazonQFullAccess | Additional permissions have been added to the AmazonQFullAccess policy. | July 9, 2024 |
New managed policy: AmazonQDeveloperAccess | The AmazonQDeveloperAccess managed policy provides full access to enable interactions with Amazon Q Developer, without administrator access. | July 9, 2024 |
Updated Amazon Q Developer admin policy | June 19, 2024 | |
Trusted access section | A new section more clearly explains how a Amazon Q Developer administrator can share settings with member accounts. | June 19, 2024 |
Updated setup procedures | There's an improved Getting started chapter that includes support for account instances. | June 6, 2024 |
Updated code examples | The code examples now include C and C++, and have improved examples for C#. | June 6, 2024 |
Updated managed policy: AmazonQFullAccess | Additional permissions have been added to the AmazonQFullAccess policy. | April 30, 2024 |
New service-linked role: AWSServiceRoleForUserSubscriptions | The AWSServiceRoleForUserSubscriptions service-linked role provides access for User Subscriptions to your IAM Identity Center resources to automatically update your subscriptions. | April 30, 2024 |
New service-linked role: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonQDeveloper | The AWSServiceRoleForAmazonQDeveloper service-linked role grants permission to access and emit data, and to create reports. | April 30, 2024 |
New managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForUserSubscriptionPolicy | The AWSServiceRoleForUserSubscriptionPolicy allows principals to track IAM Identity Center directory and AWS Organizations changes. | April 30, 2024 |
New managed policy: AWSServiceRoleForAmazonQDeveloperPolicy | The AWSServiceRoleForAmazonQDeveloperPolicy allows Amazon Q Developer to call CloudWatch and CodeGuru on your behalf. | April 30, 2024 |
GA release | Amazon Q Developer is available for general audiences. | April 30, 2024 |
Amazon CodeWhisperer merge | Amazon CodeWhisperer is now a part of Amazon Q Developer. | April 30, 2024 |
New guide name | This service and accompanying user guide have been renamed Amazon Q Developer. | March 29, 2024 |
New permission | The ListConversations action is required to chat with Amazon Q in the console. | March 5, 2024 |
New data protection topic | Amazon Q now uses content for service improvement purposes. | January 25, 2024 |
New topic | Added instructions for how to add Amazon Q to Slack and Microsoft Teams channels that are configured with Amazon Q Developer in chat applications. | January 18, 2024 |
Preview release | This is the initial preview release of the Amazon Q Developer User Guide. | November 28, 2023 |
