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Recording and screen capture

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If the object is not in S3, you do not have a recording, no matter what the flow block said.

Set the recording and analytics block on the contact, including outbound whisper flows if outbound must be recorded. The service role writes the WAV. The CTR carries the location. Screen recording is a separate decision and, on the Basic list, 0.006 USD per minute.

Tell people they are recorded if the law you operate under says so. The prompt is a block, not a policy PDF.

  • Customer and agent channels should be identifiable for QM.
  • KMS failures look like missing files.
  • A transfer to the PSTN ends Connect's recording of the far leg.
  • Retention is a lifecycle rule you write down.

Number on this page: Proof S3. Plus Recording.Location on the CTR

Confirm before relying. Prices, quotas, and exam names change. Use the source linked on this page.

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Recording and screen capture

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Worked example

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  1. Block. On every path you must prove.
  2. Test. One object.
  3. Play. As a permitted user.
  4. Retain. The lifecycle.

What usually goes wrong: Recording only the inbound flow and wondering why outbound disputes have no audio.

Quiz

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Question 1

Which term matches this description? The WAV Connect writes when recording is on. Third-party QM tools often import this object plus the CTR.

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The WAV Connect writes when recording is on. Third-party QM tools often import this object plus the CTR. The term is S3 recording object.

Flow block in Connect Customer: Set recording and analytics behavior - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

Question 2

Which term matches this description? The key that ties the flow log, the CTR, the recording, the agent event, and the CRM activity. Lose it and the ecosystem cannot be audited.

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The key that ties the flow log, the CTR, the recording, the agent event, and the CRM activity. Lose it and the ecosystem cannot be audited. The term is ContactId join.

Integrate Amazon Connect with Amazon Kinesis | AWS re:Post community. last checked 2026-10

Question 3

Which term matches this description? A flow that sets recording off 'for this queue' also kills the transcript.

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A flow that sets recording off 'for this queue' also kills the transcript. The term is Configure conversational analytics and fix the empty transcript (1).

Connect Customer service quotas - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

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Flow block in Connect Customer: Set recording and analytics behavior - Amazon Connect Customer AWS docs. last checked 2026-10

The prose is a study paraphrase. The link is the source of the facts.

Ecosystem

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Glossary

  • Start media streaming Sends live customer audio to Kinesis Video Streams for a third-party recorder or bot.
  • Screen recording Records the agent desktop. On the Basic price list it is 0.006 USD per minute.
  • Forecasting and agent scheduling The 4 Aug 2026 name for native WFM: forecast, capacity, schedules, and adherence.
  • Schedule adherence How closely an agent's actual status matched the published schedule. Native metrics appear after schedules are published. Third-party WFM reads agent events.

Mind map

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Sister technologies

Connect answers the contact. Workforce, quality, emergency location, and the system of record sit beside it, and they only stay honest if they share ContactId.

Config and troubleshooting

Recording only the inbound flow and wondering why outbound disputes have no audio.

Adherence needs agent events, not a person refreshing a report. ResourceType AGENT_EVENTS and StorageType KINESIS_STREAM is the hook. A second consumer should read the stream, not a second delivery on the instance.

InstanceStorageConfig

CloudFormation study snippet
Resources:
  AgentEvents:
    Type: AWS::Connect::InstanceStorageConfig
    Properties:
      InstanceArn: !GetAtt CampusInstance.Arn
      ResourceType: AGENT_EVENTS
      StorageType: KINESIS_STREAM
      KinesisStreamConfig:
        StreamArn: !GetAtt AgentStream.Arn

Integration map

Join records on ContactId. The integration map room lists the seams.

Cross-platform bridges

A CUCM calling search space is not a routing profile, but the profile is the closest idea of 'who can receive what'. A partition is not a Connect object. A UCCX CSQ and a UCCE skill group map to a queue. Precision steps map to routing criteria. A script, an Architect flow, and an Avaya vector map to a contact flow.

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Future hooks

Hooks you can adopt later: EventBridge contact events, the CTR stream, agent events, Kinesis Video, Customer Profiles events, Cases, Show view, data tables, External Tool, and the flow language JSON in your pipeline. Live Sync and Agentic CX are the 2026 hooks for guided and agentic experiences.

Sources and go deeper

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