Citrix Daas\CVAD and Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances | Machine Catalog Creation failure | Managed Instances Resources default visibility as "hidden".

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Article ID: CTX696611

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Description

Environment - 

  • CVAD and\or DAAS
  • Hypervisor - Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances

Details - 

  • A new change was implemented in AWS per region to have managed resources hidden.  Per AWS Documentation - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/ec2-managed-resource-visibility/. 
  • This can cause a "timeout" while using Machine Creation Services (MCS) in AWS Workspace Core.

Cause

  • Managed Instances Resources change in default visibility to "hidden"
  • AWS Doc - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/ec2-managed-resource-visibility/

Resolution

  • Change the default visibility from "hidden" to "visible" in AWS managed Instances Resources
  • NOTE - Default visibility is done per Region 

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Issue/Introduction

Additional Information

  • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/amazon-ec2-managed-instances.html#managed-resource-visibility-settings