Observed Signal · Apr 3, 2026 · Technical Release · Source: DEV Community · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Self-hosted Gateway Restores Claude Code Features on Bedrock
The article compares running Anthropic's Claude Code via Anthropic's API, Amazon Bedrock, or a proxy/gateway and explains trade-offs between data sovereignty, region/control, security integration and pricing. Bedrock integration disables some Claude Code client-side features (extended thinking, web search, partial tool use). The author introduces an open-source project — Claude Code AWS Gateway (CCAG) — a self-hosted Rust binary with Postgres (MIT license) that presents an Anthropic Messages API to Claude Code and translates requests to Bedrock, restoring disabled features. CCAG adds team-management capabilities (budget controls, OIDC SSO, multi-account/region routing, admin portal, SCIM 2.0) and can be run via Docker Compose or deployed to AWS (CDK, ECS Fargate + RDS). The post also notes limitations: CCAG is new, community-driven, self-hosted, Claude Code–specific, and may have bugs compared with production vendor solutions.
Restores Claude Code functionality and adds team controls for organizations using Anthropic models via Amazon Bedrock, but it's a niche open-source project limited to Claude Code and self-hosting, so impact is modest.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Amazon Bedrock keeps data, logs and metrics inside customers' AWS accounts, enabling data sovereignty, region selection and use of existing AWS security controls.
- When Claude Code runs in Bedrock mode (CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK=1), the client disables extended thinking, web search and limits tool use compared with Anthropic's direct API.
- Claude Code AWS Gateway (CCAG) is an open-source, MIT-licensed, self-hosted gateway implemented as a ~15 MB Rust binary with a Postgres database that proxies the Anthropic Messages API to Bedrock.
- CCAG provides team-management features including per-user/team budget controls (alerts, throttle, block), OIDC SSO, multi-account/region Bedrock routing, an admin portal, and SCIM 2.0 provisioning.
- Deployment options for CCAG include local Docker Compose and an AWS CDK stack (ECS Fargate + RDS); the project is Claude Code–specific and not a general multi-provider LLM proxy.
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