Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser will no longer be open to new customers starting October 29, 2026. If you would like to use Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser availability change.
Release history for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser
On May 20, 2024, Amazon WorkSpaces Web was renamed to Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser. For existing customers, there was no change to how they manage users or resources with the service. The following list describes the applicable updates that also took place as a result of this rename.
The workspaces-web API namespace remains unchanged for backward compatibility. As a result, the following resources are still the same:
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CLI commands.
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Amazon CloudWatch metrics. For more information, see Monitoring Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser with Amazon CloudWatch.
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Service endpoints. For more information, see Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser endpoints and quotas.
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AWS CloudFormation resources. For more information, see Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser resource type reference.
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Service-linked role containing workspaces-web. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser.
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Console URLs containing workspaces-web.
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Documentation URLs containing workspaces-web. For more information, see Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser Documentation.
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Existing ReadOnly managed role. For more information, see AWS managed policies for WorkSpaces Secure Browser.
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KMS grant name.
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UAL(User-Activity Logging) Kinesis stream prefix.
In addition, existing portal URLs remain the same. URLs for portals created before May 20, 2024 used the format <UUID>.workspaces-web.com. WorkSpaces Secure Browser portals continue to use this format and the workspaces-web.com domain.
