2025/06/30 - Amazon Simple Systems Manager (SSM) - 1 updated api methods
Changes Introduces AccessType, a new filter value for the DescribeSessions API.
{'Filters': {'key': {'AccessType'}}}Response
{'Sessions': {'AccessType': 'Standard | JustInTime'}}
Retrieves a list of all active sessions (both connected and disconnected) or terminated sessions from the past 30 days.
See also: AWS API Documentation
Request Syntax
client.describe_sessions( State='Active'|'History', MaxResults=123, NextToken='string', Filters=[ { 'key': 'InvokedAfter'|'InvokedBefore'|'Target'|'Owner'|'Status'|'SessionId'|'AccessType', 'value': 'string' }, ] )
string
[REQUIRED]
The session status to retrieve a list of sessions for. For example, "Active".
integer
The maximum number of items to return for this call. The call also returns a token that you can specify in a subsequent call to get the next set of results.
string
The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)
list
One or more filters to limit the type of sessions returned by the request.
(dict) --
Describes a filter for Session Manager information.
key (string) -- [REQUIRED]
The name of the filter.
value (string) -- [REQUIRED]
The filter value. Valid values for each filter key are as follows:
InvokedAfter: Specify a timestamp to limit your results. For example, specify 2024-08-29T00:00:00Z to see sessions that started August 29, 2024, and later.
InvokedBefore: Specify a timestamp to limit your results. For example, specify 2024-08-29T00:00:00Z to see sessions that started before August 29, 2024.
Target: Specify a managed node to which session connections have been made.
Owner: Specify an Amazon Web Services user to see a list of sessions started by that user.
Status: Specify a valid session status to see a list of all sessions with that status. Status values you can specify include:
Connected
Connecting
Disconnected
Terminated
Terminating
Failed
SessionId: Specify a session ID to return details about the session.
dict
Response Syntax
{ 'Sessions': [ { 'SessionId': 'string', 'Target': 'string', 'Status': 'Connected'|'Connecting'|'Disconnected'|'Terminated'|'Terminating'|'Failed', 'StartDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1), 'EndDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1), 'DocumentName': 'string', 'Owner': 'string', 'Reason': 'string', 'Details': 'string', 'OutputUrl': { 'S3OutputUrl': 'string', 'CloudWatchOutputUrl': 'string' }, 'MaxSessionDuration': 'string', 'AccessType': 'Standard'|'JustInTime' }, ], 'NextToken': 'string' }
Response Structure
(dict) --
Sessions (list) --
A list of sessions meeting the request parameters.
(dict) --
Information about a Session Manager connection to a managed node.
SessionId (string) --
The ID of the session.
Target (string) --
The managed node that the Session Manager session connected to.
Status (string) --
The status of the session. For example, "Connected" or "Terminated".
StartDate (datetime) --
The date and time, in ISO-8601 Extended format, when the session began.
EndDate (datetime) --
The date and time, in ISO-8601 Extended format, when the session was terminated.
DocumentName (string) --
The name of the Session Manager SSM document used to define the parameters and plugin settings for the session. For example, SSM-SessionManagerRunShell.
Owner (string) --
The ID of the Amazon Web Services user that started the session.
Reason (string) --
The reason for connecting to the instance.
Details (string) --
Reserved for future use.
OutputUrl (dict) --
Reserved for future use.
S3OutputUrl (string) --
Reserved for future use.
CloudWatchOutputUrl (string) --
Reserved for future use.
MaxSessionDuration (string) --
The maximum duration of a session before it terminates.
AccessType (string) --
Standard access type is the default for Session Manager sessions. JustInTime is the access type for Just-in-time node access.
NextToken (string) --
The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)