The AWS region display in Bedrock configuration now shows where the region came from — environment variable, AWS shared config file, or the built-in default — rather than just the region name.
Details
us-east-1 (from environment) → shown as-is
From ~/.aws/config → shown as us-east-1 (from AWS config)
Default fallback → shown as us-east-1 (default — set AWS_REGION or add a region to your AWS config)
Evidence
Region source display function (search for "(from AWS config)" and "(default — set AWS_REGION or add a region to your AWS config)")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
How sure we are
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Anthropic's release notes agreeAmazon Bedrock now reads the AWS region from ~/.aws config files when AWS_REGION isn't set, matching AWS SDK precedence; /status shows where…
