# Document history + **Latest documentation update:** August 14, 2025 The following table describes important changes in each release of Amazon Q Business. | Change | Description | Date | | --- |--- |--- | | [New Agentic RAG feature](#doc-history) | Enhance Amazon Q Business standard retrieval augmented generation (RAG) capabilities with agentic workflows. For more information, see [Agentic RAG in Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/agentic-rag.html). | August 14, 2025 | | [Added support for Clickable S3 Link Feature](#doc-history) | Added support for Clickable S3 Link Feature, allowing users to access source documents from S3 through citation links in chat responses, regardless of whether a source URI is configured. | July 22, 2025 | | [Relevancy tuning replaces metadata boosting on new applications](#doc-history) | Admins can now control the search results in Amazon Q Business based on when the document was created or modified or where the document is stored. For more information see [Tuning the query results based on document attribute relevancy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/relevancy-tuning.html). | July 1, 2025 | | [New response customization feature](#doc-history) | Customize Amazon Q Business chat responses. For more information, see [Customizing responses in Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/response-customization.html). | July 1, 2025 | | [Amazon Q Business application environments for anonymous access](#doc-history) | You can now create Amazon Q Business application environments for anonymous access. For more information, see [Creating an Amazon Q Business application environment for anonymous access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-anonymous-application.html). | April 29, 2025 | | [New hallucination mitigation feature](#doc-history) | Reduce response hallucinations during Amazon Q Business chat. For more information, see [Hallucination mitigation in Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/hallucination-reduction.html). | April 10, 2025 | | [Introducing support to use private Amazon S3 buckets to store web customization artifacts](#doc-history) | Save your Amazon Q Business web experience customizations in private S3 buckets. For more information, see [Customizing visual themes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/customizing-web-experience-themes.html) in your Amazon Q web experience. | March 18, 2025 | | [Introducing the Amazon Q Business integration for Microsoft Word](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business can enhance your users' Microsoft Word experience by increasing their productivity, bringing Amazon Q Business's AI-powered assistance directly into their daily documentation workflows. For more information, see [Integrating Microsoft Word with the Amazon Q Business Add-in](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/integration-msword.html). | February 27, 2025 | | [Introducing the Amazon Q Business integration for Microsoft Outlook](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business can enhance your users' Microsoft Outlook experience by increasing their productivity, bringing Amazon Q Business's AI-powered assistance directly into their daily email workflows. For more information, see [Integrating Microsoft Outlook with the Amazon Q Business Add-in](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/integration-msoutlook.html). | February 27, 2025 | | [New Amazon Q Business chat orchestration controls](#doc-history) | You can now use Amazon Q Business [Admin controls and guardrails](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails-global-controls.html) to configure chat orchestration settings. For more information, see [Chat orchestration settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails-global-controls.html#guardrails-global-orchestration). | February 4, 2025 | | [Amazon Q Business now supports Amazon Kendra GenAI Enterprise Edition indices](#doc-history) | You can now use an Amazon Kendra GenAI Enterprise Edition index with Amazon Q Business. For more information, see [Creating an index for an Amazon Q Business application environment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/select-retriever.html). | December 4, 2024 | | [Q Apps plugins support](#doc-history) | Q Apps now supports all Amazon Q Business plugins (built-in and custom, including legacy built-in plugins) with more supported actions. For more information, see [Using plugins in Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qapps-plugins.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [New managed policy: QBusinessQuicksightPluginPolicy](#doc-history) | The [QBusinessQuicksightPluginPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/security-iam-awsmanpol.html#security-iam-awsmanpol-amazonq-quicksight-policy) managed policy provides permissions for an Amazon Q Business application environment to communicate with Amazon Quick. | December 3, 2024 | | [New Quick plugin](#doc-history) | You can now use a new fully integrated Quick plugin to get insights from structured data through Amazon Quick. For more information, see [Configuring the Quick plugin to get insights from structured data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/quicksight-plugin.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [New Amazon Q Business plugins](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now has an updated plugins experience with new plugins and more supported actions. For more information, see [Plugins](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/plugins.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [Amazon Quick-integrated Amazon Q Business application environment](#doc-history) | You can now create an Amazon Quick-integrated Amazon Q Business application environment. For more information, see [Creating an Amazon Quick-integrated Amazon Q Business application environment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-application-quicksight.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business now supports customizing visual themes](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business offers customization options for your web experience, allowing you to align the interface visual elements with your organization's branding and user needs. For more information, see [Customizing visual themes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/customizing-web-experience-themes.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business now support data accessors](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business data accessors feature allows you to securely share your enterprise data with verified software providers (ISVs) using the Amazon Q index. For more information, see [Data Accessors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/data-accessors.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business introduces Amazon Q index for software providers](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q index allows independent software vendors (ISVs) to access and integrate a company's data into their application environments, enhancing their customer's end user productivity by providing seamless access to company data sources across the ISV's application environments. . For more information, see [Amazon Q index for software providers (ISVs)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/isv.html). | December 3, 2024 | | [Introducing the Amazon Q Business Slack integration](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business can enhance your users' Slack experience by increasing their productivity, bringing Amazon Q Business's AI-powered assistance directly into their daily workflows. . For more information, see [Integrating Slack with Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/slack.html). | December 1, 2024 | | [Introducing the Amazon Q Business Microsoft Teams integration](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business can enhance your users' Microsoft Teams experience by increasing their productivity, bringing Amazon Q Business's AI-powered assistance directly into their daily workflows. . For more information, see [Integrating Microsoft Team with Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/msteams.html). | December 1, 2024 | | [Extracting semantic meaning from embedded visual content](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business can now extract semantic meaning from embedded visual content. For more information, see [Extracting semantic meaning from embedded visual content](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/extracting-meaning-from-images.html). | December 1, 2024 | | [Data collection in Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | You can now create a data collection app in Q Apps to gather multiple pieces of information from app users. A data collection app can leverage generative AI to analyze the collected data, identify common themes, summarize ideas, and provide actionable insights. For more information, see [Data collection in Amazon Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/q-apps-forms.html). | November 26, 2024 | | [Introducing the Amazon Q Business browser extensions](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business browser extension enhances your users' web browsing experience. For more information, see [Enhancing web browsing with Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/browser-extensions.html). | November 22, 2024 | | [Smartsheet connector](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports a Smartsheet data source connector. For more information, see [Smartsheet](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/smartsheet-connector.html). | November 21, 2024 | | [Recent file support](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports recent files. For more information, see [IAM role for an Amazon Q Business web experience](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/deploy-experience-iam-role.html) to update your policy to support this feature. | November 21, 2024 | | [Cross-region inference in Amazon Q Business](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business can now select the optimal region within your geography to process your inference request, maximizing available compute resources and model availability. For more information, see [Cross-region inference in Amazon Q Business](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/cross-region-inference.html). | November 19, 2024 | | [Custom labels for Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | Administrators can now customize the labels available for published Q Apps. For more information, see [Custom labels for Amazon Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qapps-custom-labels.html). | November 7, 2024 | | [Service-linked role support for Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Apps now supports a service-linked role for creating application environments with enabled Q Apps. For more information, see [ Using Service Linked Role for Q Apps ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/using-service-linked-roles-qapps.html). | October 22, 2024 | | [Q App Analytics dashboard](#doc-history) | You can now use a new Q App Analytics dashboard to learn how your users are interacting with Q Apps. For example, you can identify the average daily users creating, updating, or running Q Apps over a specific time period. For more information, see [Viewing Amazon Q Business and Q App metrics in analytics dashboards](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/analytics-dashboard.html). | October 22, 2024 | | [New managed policy for Amazon Q Apps: QAppsServiceRolePolicy](#doc-history) | The [QAppsServiceRolePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/security-iam-awsmanpol-qapps.html) managed policy provides permissions to publish metrics. | October 22, 2024 | | [Monitor user conversations with Amazon CloudWatch Logs](#doc-history) | You can use Amazon CloudWatch Logs to monitor and analyze user conversations and response feedback in Amazon Q Business. For more information, see [Monitoring Amazon Q Business user conversations with Amazon CloudWatch Logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/monitoring-cloudwatch-logs.html). | October 22, 2024 | | [Monitor Q Apps with Amazon CloudWatch](#doc-history) | You can now monitor Q Apps with Amazon CloudWatch metrics. For more information, see [ Monitoring Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Apps with Amazon CloudWatch ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/monitoring-cloudwatch.html). | October 22, 2024 | | [Embed Amazon Q Business into trusted websites](#doc-history) | Admins can embed the Amazon Q Business assistant within trusted websites. This allows end users to receive immediate, permissions-aware responses from enterprise data sources, with citations from Amazon Q. For more information, see [Amazon Q embedded](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/embed-amazon-q-business). | October 15, 2024 | | [Admins can now verify Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | Admins can review your published apps and update the status to *Verified* if they determine the app meets your organization's criteria. For more information, see [Verifying Amazon Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/purpose-built-qapps-web-experience.html#verified). | September 10, 2024 | | [Identity federation through IAM support](#doc-history) | You can now use IAM Federation to manage end user access to Amazon Q Business application environments. For more information, see [Creating an Amazon Q Business application environment using IAM Federation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-application-iam.html). | August 22, 2024 | | [Cross-region IAM Identity Center support](#doc-history) | You can now create cross-region IAM Identity Center and Amazon Q Business integrations to manage end user access for your application environment. For more information, see [Creating a cross-region IAM Identity Center integration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/setting-up.html#cross-region-idc). | July 25, 2024 | | [Introducing new CW metrics for Amazon Q Business](#doc-history) | Introducing new chat metrics for Amazon Q. For more information, see [Amazon Q Business chat metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/monitoring-cloudwatch.html#qbusiness-metrics-chat). | July 24, 2024 | | [General availability (GA) of Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | You can now create lightweight, purpose-built Amazon Q Apps within your broader Amazon Q Business application environment. For more information, see [Amazon Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/purpose-built-qapps.html). | July 10, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business personalized chats](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports personalized chat responses for end users. For more information, see [Personalizing chat responses](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/personalizing-chat-responses.html). | July 5, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business scanned PDF support](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports uploading scanned PDFs into data source connectors and application environments. For more information, see [Supported document types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/doc-types.html). | July 2, 2024 | | [Service-linked role support](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports a service-linked role for creating application environments. For more information, see [Using service-linked roles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/using-service-linked-roles.html). | April 30, 2024 | | [Preview release of Amazon Q Apps](#doc-history) | You can now create lightweight, purpose-built Amazon Q Apps within your broader Amazon Q Business application environment. For more information, see [Amazon Q Apps](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/purpose-built-qapps.html). | April 30, 2024 | | [Migrating Amazon Q Business application environments to IAM Identity Center](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports migrating your SAML 2.0 compliant application environment to IAM Identity Center. For more details, see [Migrating an Amazon Q Business application environment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/migrate-application.html). | April 30, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business now supports creating custom plugins](#doc-history) | Create custom plugins for your Amazon Q Business application environment. For more details, see [Creating custom plugins](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/custom-plugin.html). | April 30, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business now supports a streaming chat API](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports a streaming chat API. For more details, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_Chat.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_Chat.html) and [Setting up a streaming chat](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/conversation-api.html). | April 30, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business general release](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business is now generally available. | April 30, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business now integrates with IAM Identity Center](#doc-history) | You can now use IAM Identity Center to manage user access for your Amazon Q Business application environment. For more details, see [How Amazon Q Business works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/how-it-works.html). | April 16, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business admin controls and guardrails update](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business now supports new web experience chat modes, configurable using admin controls. For more details, see [Admin controls and guardrails](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/guardrails.html) and [Conversation settings](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/business-use-dg/using-web-experience.html#chat-source-scope). | April 16, 2024 | | [Amazon Q Business (For Business Use) guide name update](#doc-history) | The Amazon Q Business (For Business Use) Developer Guide is now called the Amazon Q Business User Guide. | March 29, 2024 | | [Boosting chat results using document attributes](#doc-history) | Amazon Q Business now supports boosting content used to generate chat responses using document attributes. For more information, see [Boosting using document attributes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/metadata-boosting.html). | February 14, 2024 | | [Preview release](#doc-history) | This is the initial preview release of the Amazon Q Business (For Business Use) Developer Guide. | November 28, 2023 |