Document history

The following table describes the documentation for this release of the Developer Tools console.

• AWS CodeStar Notifications API version: 2019-10-15

• AWS CodeConnections API version: 2023-12-01

Change	Description	Date
Update to managed policy for connections service-linked-role	The managed policy for the service-linked role to use Git sync with Git repositories has been updated for resources with both service prefixes. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for AWS CodeConnections and Managed policies.	April 26, 2024
AWS CodeStar Connections renamed to AWS CodeConnections	Introducing AWS CodeConnections, which allows you to create and manage connections between AWS resources, such as pipelines in CodePipeline, to third-party Git providers.	March 29, 2024
Connections to GitLab now supported in CodeBuild	Support added in CodeBuild for configuring connections to GitLab. For more information, see Product and service integrations with AWS CodeConnections.	March 27, 2024
Support for GitLab self-managed	Support added for configuring connections and hosts for AWS resources to interact with GitLab self-managed. For more information, see Workflow to create or update a host and Create a connection to GitLab self-managed.	December 28, 2023
New repository links and sync configurations for connections	Added information about configuring repository links and sync configurations. Use the sync configuration to sync content from a Git repository to update your AWS CloudFormation stack resources. For more information, see Working with repository links and Working with sync configurations.	November 27, 2023
Support for connections service-linked-role	Support added for configuring connections to use Git sync with Git repositories. For more information, see Using service-linked roles for AWS CodeConnections and Managed policies.	November 26, 2023
Support for GitLab groups	Support added for configuring connections for AWS resources to interact with GitLab groups. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitLab.	September 15, 2023
New GitLab provider type	You can now create connections to GitLab. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitLab.	August 10, 2023
New target type for notification rules	You can now choose AWS Chatbot clients configured for Microsoft Teams channels as the target for notification rules. For more information, see Create a notification rule and Working with notification rule targets.	May 17, 2023
Connections are available in the Europe (Milan) Region	Added information for connections in the Europe (Milan) Region. For more information, see Traffic between AWS CodeConnections resources across Regions.	May 17, 2023
Added troubleshooting for connections errors with repository permissions	When creating a connection to a repository in a GitHub organization, you must be the GitHub organization owner. For more information, see Connections error when connecting to GitHub.	August 29, 2022
Added information for tagging host resources	You can now tag hosts using the console and the CLI. For more information, see Tag resources in AWS CodeConnections.	April 19, 2021
VPC endpoint support for connections	You can now use VPC endpoints with connections. For more information, see AWS CodeConnections and interface VPC endpoints (AWS PrivateLink).	November 24, 2020
New GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Cloud provider types	You can now create connections to GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see Create a connection and Create a connection to GitHub.	September 30, 2020
Added the GitHub Enterprise Server provider type and host resources	Information about the host resource for connections has been added to this guide. You can now create connections to GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see Create a connection and Working with hosts. This is the general availability release of the connections feature in the Developer Tools console User Guide.	June 29, 2020
Added information for using and tagging connections	Information about the connections feature in the console has been added to this guide. You can view concepts, steps for getting started, a permissions reference including example policies, and steps to create, view, and tag connections. For more information, see What are connections, Connections concepts, Getting started with connections, Create a connection, Tag resources in AWS CodeConnections, Security, Quotas for connections, Troubleshooting, and AWS CodeConnections API calls with AWS CloudTrail. To view a list of additional provider actions (permissions only actions), see Actions for ProviderType.	June 28, 2020
New target type for notification rules	You can now choose AWS Chatbot clients configured for Slack channels as the target for notification rules. For more information, see Create a notification rule and Working with notification rule targets.	April 2, 2020
Added notifications about additional AWS CodeCommit events	You can now configure notifications for events related to pull request approvals. For more information, see Events for notification rules on repositories and Working with pull requests in CodeCommit.	February 10, 2020
Notifications available in two additional AWS regions	The Developer Tools console now supports notifications in Middle East (Bahrain) and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong). For more information, see AWS CodeStar Notifications in the AWS General Reference.	February 5, 2020
Added support for encrypted Amazon SNS topics	Guidance has been added for using encrypted Amazon SNS topics as notification targets. For more information, see Configure Amazon SNS topics for notifications .	February 4, 2020
Notifications can include session tag information for CodeCommit	Notifications for CodeCommit can now contain user identity information, such as a display name or an email address, through the use of session tags. For more information, see Concepts and Using tags to provide identity information in CodeCommit.	December 19, 2019
Initial release	This is the initial release of the Developer Tools console User Guide.	November 5, 2019