amazon-bedrock-agentcore-samples/02-use-cases/text-to-python-ide/docs/STARTUP_FIXES.md

✅ Startup Script Fixes Applied

🔧 Issues Fixed

1. AWS Credentials Check

• Problem: start.sh required AWS Access Key + Secret Key even when profile was set
• Solution: Updated diagnose_backend.py to make AWS keys optional when AWS_PROFILE is configured
• Result: Now supports both authentication methods:
  • ✅ AWS Profile (recommended): AWS_PROFILE=default
  • ✅ Access Keys (fallback): AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID + AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

2. Package Check

• Problem: Looking for strands instead of strands-agents
• Solution: Confirmed that strands-agents package correctly imports as strands
• Result: Dependencies check is working correctly

3. Diagnostic Handling

• Problem: Script failed on port conflicts (normal during startup)
• Solution: Updated start.sh to handle expected warnings gracefully
• Result: Only fails on real issues, not expected port conflicts

✅ Current Status

Environment Variables (.env)

# AWS Configuration
AWS_REGION=us-east-1
AWS_PROFILE=default  # ✅ Profile-based auth (recommended)

# Backend Configuration  
BACKEND_HOST=0.0.0.0
BACKEND_PORT=8000

# Frontend Configuration
REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:8000

Authentication Priority

1. AWS Profile (AWS_PROFILE) - ✅ PREFERRED
2. Access Keys (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID + AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) - ✅ Fallback

Diagnostic Results

✅ Virtual environment activated
✅ All dependencies available (strands-agents ✓)
✅ AWS profile authentication working
✅ Strands-Agents framework working
✅ AgentCore permissions working
✅ Backend initialization successful
⚠️  Port conflicts (expected during startup)

🚀 Ready to Start

The application is now ready to start with:

./start.sh

Features Working:

• ✅ AWS Profile authentication
• ✅ Real strands-agents framework
• ✅ Real AgentCore code execution
• ✅ No simulation fallbacks
• ✅ Proper error handling
• ✅ Graceful startup diagnostics

Architecture:

• Code Generator: Strands-Agents + Claude Sonnet 3.7
• Code Executor: Strands-Agents + AgentCore CodeInterpreter
• Authentication: AWS Profile (nmurich_dev with BedrockAgentCoreFullAccess)
• Execution: Real AWS sandbox environment