Summary
In August 2026, AWS expanded the Web Search tool in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) alongside US East, and added per-call include/exclude domain lists and published-date filtering, plus gateway-level allowlists and a 100-domain cap. Web Search lets agents ground answers in cited, current web knowledge with no data egress from the customer's AWS environment, priced at $7 per 1,000 queries.
What changed
AWS extended Bedrock AgentCore Web Search beyond us-east-1 to eu-west-1 (Ireland) and ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), and added per-tool-call include/exclude domain lists, a published-date range filter, gateway-level allowlist support, and an increased cap of up to 100 domains per list.
Why it matters
Regional availability and precise domain and date controls make managed, no-egress web grounding usable for regulated, latency-sensitive, and compliance-bound enterprise agents, narrowing the gap between DIY retrieval and governed, first-party search.
Evidence excerpt
Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore grounds responses in current, cited web knowledge with zero data egress from the customer's secured AWS environment; in August 2026 it expanded to Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) with domain and published-date filtering.