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AWS AgentCore Runtime adds persistent interactive shell sessions for agents
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Stateful shell access is a bigger deal than it sounds. AWS Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now lets agents maintain persistent terminal sessions — environment variables, working directories, running processes intact — across multi-step workflows, rather than firing isolated one-shot commands into the void. Up to 10 concurrent shell sessions per runtime instance. The gap between "agent that can run a command" and "agent that can actually operate a system" just got narrower.
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AWS Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports interactive shell sessions, giving agents stateful terminal access within their sandboxed execution environments. Unlike single-shot command execution (where each command runs in isolation), these sessions preserve environment variables, working directories, and running processes for the lifetime of the session — enabling agents to perform multi-step, stateful shell-based workflows. Each runtime session can run up to 10 concurrent shell sessions simultaneously.
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