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migration / Checked 2026-10-18

Move long-running browser Functions from AWS AgentCore Browser to Notte

A migration plan for long-running browser Functions: retain the business check, replace AWS AgentCore Browser's provider-owned resources, and prove the Notte workflow before cutover.

Decide whether this move earns its cost

A deployed handler performs browser work longer than the caller is willing to wait. The execution must have an observable outcome even after the request ends.

AgentCore Browser's AWS integration can matter more than moving a browser endpoint. Retain AWS identity and observability requirements in the evaluation, and separately account for the code runner and website login before comparing Notte's integrated workflow.

Notte is worth evaluating when a Python handler's run history can replace ad hoc background-job tracking. Confirm the actual runtime and cancellation contract rather than borrowing browser session limits.

An existing worker or provider execution service may fit a long task better when its runtime and cancellation behavior are already proven. A successful browser connection is not a runtime entitlement.

Keep the result contract stable

A safe delayed handler, a short caller wait budget and a stored execution reference.

The application can determine the execution's terminal state and browser ownership after the caller stops waiting, then retrieve or cancel work through the documented path.

Preserve the evidence contract across the move: Caller timeout, execution reference, handler terminal state, cancellation result and browser release.

Map the workflow's resources

RequirementAWS AgentCore BrowserNotte
Code executionExternal AWS computePython Functions
Scheduled executionExternal schedulerNative
Recordings / replayCustom browser + S3Documented

Sources: docs.aws.amazon.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗docs.notte.cc [3] ↗

Where the code runs

AWS AgentCore Browser: The Browser Tool supplies the browser environment. An external process or another AWS execution service runs the application code that controls it. Identify that service and its runtime before comparing it with a deployed browser Function.

Notte: Functions deploy Python code with a run() entry point. Invoke them over HTTP or with an SDK, inspect run history, and roll back code by redeploying an earlier version as the latest version.

Sources: docs.aws.amazon.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗

Deployment ownership

AWS AgentCore Browser: Use an AWS-managed Browser Tool or configure a custom browser with recording, networking and an execution role. Keep the controller's deployment separate in the architecture and operational estimate.

Notte: Use a remote browser from your existing process or deploy the browser automation as a Notte Function. These choices put lifecycle, scheduling and monitoring responsibilities in different places.

Sources: docs.aws.amazon.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗

Pricing model

AWS AgentCore Browser: A complete AWS workflow may include browser use, the controlling compute service, storage and other metered services. Price the selected architecture and region instead of treating a browser benchmark rate as the final invoice.

Notte: The public usage rates are $0.01 per browser-hour, $0.05 per Function-hour and $10 per GB of managed proxy traffic. Paid plans return their price as usage credits. Price the relevant meters and plan eligibility for the workload.

Sources: aws.amazon.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗

Cut over one responsibility at a time

For this AWS AgentCore Browser-to-Notte migration, keep the business assertion outside provider resource management. Source profile, connection, file and execution IDs are not valid target IDs; use a documented transfer path or establish the corresponding resource in Notte.

Retain source job history and a rollback route until the target pilot passes. A migration checklist is not evidence that saved state or runtime behavior is automatically portable.

  • Record source caller, handler and browser timeouts as separate budgets.
  • Port the handler without changing the business completion check.
  • Prove post-timeout status lookup, cancellation and browser cleanup before moving long jobs.

Sources: docs.aws.amazon.com [1] ↗docs.notte.cc [2] ↗docs.notte.cc [3] ↗

A proposed acceptance case

This is an evaluation design, not a claim that this workflow has been executed successfully on every provider.

Part of the testRequired observation
Controlled inputA safe delayed handler, a short caller wait budget and a stored execution reference.
Pass conditionThe application can determine the execution's terminal state and browser ownership after the caller stops waiting, then retrieve or cancel work through the documented path.
Negative caseInterrupt the caller and request cancellation in a controlled test. Inspect both the handler outcome and whether its browser remains allocated.
Evidence to retainCaller timeout, execution reference, handler terminal state, cancellation result and browser release.

A reason to delay or keep the source

Interrupt the caller and request cancellation in a controlled test. Inspect both the handler outcome and whether its browser remains allocated.

AWS AgentCore Browser: The browser tool is not the entire AgentCore platform. Do not assign capabilities from unrelated AgentCore execution or identity products to a browser session without specifying the composition.

Delay cutover when the target's selected plan, required artifact path or supported website-account flow is not established. Resolve that gap before moving real jobs, even if the rate comparison favors the target.

Sources: docs.aws.amazon.com [1] ↗notte.cc [2] ↗

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