Configurability of the Amazon Q workspace index location

[tkiss80]

Your Environment

• OS: Linux
• JetBrains product: PyCharm
• JetBrains product version: 2025.2.2
• AWS Toolkit version: 3.96.252
• SAM CLI version: I have no idea what it is
• JVM/Python version:
  • JVM: Jetbrains builtin version (21.0.8+9-b1038.71 amd64)
  • Python: 3.13.5

Question

Hi,

I'd like to ask where the Amazon Q plugin places its workspace index data if the indexing is triggered with the "@ workspace" chat reference? Also, is there a way to configure this location?

The reason I'm asking is that if it places it somewhere under the user's home directory then it's a problem, as in corporate environments the home directory is often on a network drive. Using it as an index or cache location can be very slow (we're talking about 10-50x slowdown!). Other plugins (such as the Windsurf AI plugin) provides a configuration option for changing the index location; also, the Amazon Q plugin for VS Code has it too.

Thanks!

[tkiss80]

Wow, there is a user with the account name "workspace" here, I almost tagged him accidentally :)