# Document history for the AWS CloudShell User Guide
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**Recent updates**

The following table describes important changes to the *AWS CloudShell User Guide*.

| Change | Description | Date | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| [Amazon Q CLI in AWS CloudShell](#history) | Added support for using Amazon Q CLI features in AWS CloudShell. | October 2, 2024 | 
| [Amazon VPC support for AWS CloudShell in certain Regions](#history) | Added support for creating and using AWS CloudShell VPC environments in certain Regions. | June 13, 2024 | 
| [New tutorials have been added to the AWS CloudShell User Guide](#history) | Two new tutorials have been added that details how to build a Docker container inside AWS CloudShell and push it to an Amazon ECR repository, and how to deploy a Lambda function via AWS CDK. | December 27, 2023 | 
| [Docker containers supported with AWS CloudShell in certain Regions](#history) | Support for Docker containers with AWS CloudShell has been added in certain Regions. | December 27, 2023 | 
| [AWS CloudShell has migrated to now use Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023)](#history) | AWS CloudShell now uses AL2023 and has migrated from Amazon Linux 2. | December 4, 2023 | 
| [New AWS Regions for AWS CloudShell](#history) | AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the following AWS Regions:+  US West (N. California) <br />+  Africa (Cape Town) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Osaka) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Seoul) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Jakarta) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Singapore) <br />+  Europe (Paris) <br />+  Europe (Stockholm) <br />+  Europe (Milan) <br />+  Middle East (Bahrain) <br />+  Middle East (UAE)  | June 16, 2023 | 
| [Launch AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar](#history) | Launch CloudShell on the Console Toolbar, on the lower left of the console by choosing CloudShell. | March 28, 2023 | 
| [New AWS Regions for AWS CloudShell](#history) | AWS CloudShell is now available in the following AWS Regions:+  Canada (Central) <br />+  Europe (London) <br />+  South America (São Paulo)  | October 6, 2022 | 
| [AWS CloudShell supported in US AWS GovCloud](#history) | AWS CloudShell is now supported in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. | June 29, 2022 | 
| [Security FAQs](cloudshell-security-faqs.md) | Additional FAQs focused on security issues. | April 14, 2022 | 
| [Web Sockets](vm-specs.md#cloudshell-network-requirements) | Added section to network requirements that explains CloudShell's use of the WebSocket protocol. | March 21, 2022 | 
| [Troubleshooting arrow keys in PowerShell](troubleshooting.md#pwsh-arrow-keys) | Follow the steps to fix arrow keys that incorrectly output letters when pressed. | February 7, 2022 | 
| [Tab key autocomplete](#history) | New documentation that explains how to use bash-completion, which allows the autocompletion of partially typed commands or arguments by pressing the **Tab** key. | September 24, 2021 | 
| [Specifying AWS Regions](working-with-aws-cloudshell.md#environment-variaiables-regions) | Documentation on specifying default AWS Region for AWS CLI commands. | May 11, 2021 | 
| [Formatting in PDF and Kindle versions](#history) | Fixed image sizes and text in table cells. | March 10, 2021 | 
| [General availability (GA) release of AWS CloudShell in selected AWS Regions](#history) | AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the following AWS Regions: +  US East (Ohio) <br />+  US East (N. Virginia) <br />+  US West (Oregon) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Tokyo) <br />+  Europe (Ireland) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Mumbai) <br />+  Asia Pacific (Sydney) <br />+  Europe (Frankfurt)  | December 15, 2020 |