AWS launches Anchor Browser with AgentCore payments for AI agents
AWS has released Anchor Browser with Agentic Payments, a solution available on AWS Marketplace that allows AI agents to autonomously pay for web resources. Developed with the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center Partner Agent Factory, the tool addresses the issue of agents stalling when they encounter HTTP 402 Payment Required responses from premium datasets, research APIs, or paywalled content.
Key points
- AWS released Anchor Browser with Agentic Payments on AWS Marketplace to handle x402 protocol transactions.
- The tool allows AI agents to autonomously pay for paywalled content and APIs using managed wallet infrastructure.
- Developers enable the feature by setting session.x402 to true, removing the need for custom payment code.
The system integrates Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments to handle machine-to-machine transactions using the x402 open standard. Instead of developers building complex payment stacks involving key management, budget controls, and retry logic, AgentCore manages these operations in a secure, managed layer. Wallet credentials remain outside the agent runtime, reducing security risks associated with key exposure in untrusted environments.
To use the feature, developers enable the session.x402 property in Anchor Browser. When an agent encounters a 402 challenge, the browser automatically coordinates with AgentCore to verify budgets, sign the payment proof, and retry the request. This allows agents to access gated content seamlessly without manual intervention or custom payment code, supporting both web navigation and direct API calls.
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AWS Machine Learning Blog · 13 October 2026
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