Disabling Chat Agent’s File Review Visibility to Restrict User Download Access

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We need to hide the “thinking mode” of the chat agent that currently displays the list of files the agent reviews to generate responses. This UI element allows end-users to click on and download these files directly, which we want to disable to prevent unauthorized data access.

Current Behavior

  • During query processing, the chat agent shows a real-time list of files it references to formulate answers.

  • Users can click on these files and download them freely, exposing sensitive or internal documents.

Desired Behavior

  • Hide the file review process entirely from the user interface.

  • Prevent users from seeing or interacting with the files used by the agent, ensuring they cannot download them.

  • Maintain the agent’s backend functionality (i.e., the agent should still use these files for accurate responses) while removing the UI layer that exposes them.

2

Hello Nirvish,

I have tagged this as a feature request.

It’s worth noting that hiding the citation UI prevents file downloads but does not prevent users from extracting document content through the agent’s responses themselves. Is content-level access a concern for your use case

At AWS, our roadmap is primarily driven by our customers. Your feedback helps us build a better service.

Regards,

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Hey @Adedolapo

Yes, content-level access is critically important for our use case. The uploaded files contain raw, sensitive data (e.g., proprietary metrics, regulated analytics) that must never be exposed—users should only see summarized, sanitized insights curated by the agent.

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Hello Nirvish,

Thanks for the update. This has been tagged as a feature request for the Quick team.

Regards.