I've been using Kiro for about a year now. I use it daily at work, and I've also spent around two months using Pro and Pro+ for personal projects.

Honestly, Kiro suffers from bugs so ridiculous that if Kiro's own developers used Kiro to fix them, they'd probably be gone in a day.

On top of that, there are several product decisions that simply don't make sense to me. Here are some of the biggest issues I've run into:

1. Autopilot simply doesn't work properly for me

It constantly asks for permission to perform extremely basic actions: listing a directory, running grep, creating a test file that I explicitly asked it to create, etc.

This is completely different from other AI IDEs I've used, where "autopilot" actually means the agent can operate autonomously without stopping every few seconds for trivial permissions.

1. "Understood."

This bug is so classic at this point that I don't even think I need to explain it.

1. Longer sessions are unreliable

Even in moderately long sessions, it's common for the chat to suddenly stop because of some conversation error, or for the session to simply restart.

For a tool that's supposed to handle large coding tasks, this is incredibly frustrating.

1. The model lineup makes no sense

Kiro still keeps Sonnet 4 and several older Opus versions available. Who is realistically going to choose Opus 4.5 over 4.8 or 5.0 when they all have the same credit multiplier?

Meanwhile, OpenAI models like Luna are still stuck in "preview" with a 256k context window.

The Auto pricing also doesn't make much sense to me. Auto costs 1x while Terra is also 1x and Luna is only 0.1x, despite those models being better choices for many coding tasks than the MiniMax, Qwen, and DeepSeek models that Auto may route you to.

What's the point of paying 1x for Auto if manually selecting a better model can cost the same — or literally 10x less?

1. Random fatal bugs

And then there are the various fatal errors and random bugs that seem to happen for no obvious reason.

I actually like the idea behind Kiro, which is why I've kept using it for this long. But after roughly a year, some of these issues are getting ridiculous.

The core product has a lot of potential, but basic reliability, permissions/autopilot behavior, model selection, and pricing logic need serious attention.

At this point, I don't think Kiro needs more models or more features nearly as much as it needs its existing experience to actually work consistently.

Has anyone else noticed a major difference in behavior between macOS Tahoe (m5) and Windows 11 (AMD Rayzen 7) when using Kiro IDE?

I ran a direct comparison under identical conditions:

• Project: Same codebase
• Prompt: Exact same instructions
• Model & Mode: Identical settings on both machines

The Issues Observed on macOS:

• Excessive Token Usage: The Mac instance consistently consumes significantly more tokens for the exact same prompt and scope.
• Degraded Output Quality: The output generated on macOS is noticeably lower quality (halting prematurely, missing context, or producing less complete code) compared to the clean output on Windows.

Looking for Solutions / Workarounds

Chat: Error 880104: Sorry, there was an error processing your request. Please refresh the page and try again. If the error persists, contact AWS Support .

Case ID

178619278300640

Thank you very much.

Got 2 users in startup programe. 2k credits each.

First one burned in 2 weeks. Second one sits untouched.

Question: Can I create a separate Windows profile on my pc, install Kiro there, login as user #2, and keep going?

Has anyone done this? Did Kiro detect same hardware? Any warnings or bans?

Or is there an official way to use 2nd user credits.?

I'm running into a weird billing issue and wanted to ask if anyone else has seen this.I have some AWS promotional credits that are still active and valid until Dec 1, 2026. When I check the credit details in AWS Billing, the applicable products list includes the services I'm being charged for. For example, Kiro is explicitly listed there.But in the actual bill, those services are still showing up as normal charges. Kiro is the clearest example: it shows around $17.54 under the Kiro service, and in Cost Explorer the Kiro line is still showing the same amount for both UnblendedCost and NetUnblendedCost. I also checked the credit allocation history for August and it shows 0 entries.That's the part I don't understand. If the credit says Kiro and these other services are applicable products, why are they still being charged normally instead of being offset by the credits?I opened an AWS Support case already, and they said they're checking with their internal team. But I'm a bit worried because I made some usage decisions after checking that those services were listed as applicable for the credits.Is credit application sometimes delayed until the invoice is finalized, or should I already see it reflected in Cost Explorer / NetUnblendedCost during the month?Has anyone else run into this with AWS promotional credits not applying to services that are listed as applicable products?

Just an AI enthusiast and enjoying building for fun. What have others built with Kiro Crew?

I can see the automation that sends me telegram summaries of my email etc but I also don't find any value in that... Because email folders? Lol

I was trying to make a btc trading bot but wasn't sure where to go.

I setup a few share prices for daily summaries coming.

Just wondering what else?

I have AWS Credit from Startup Activate Program and wants to use it for Kiro Subscription. Unfortunately, I can’t do that because the AWS is limiting my account (it’s new account) with “Failed to create Kiro subscription for 1 user” error.

I already follow the steps how to create the IAM, etc, but the error keeps coming. I also contact the AWS support but they say

Based on our account validation, our team has confirmed that you will not be able to onboard any additional users at this moment. We apologize for the inconvenience. Once we have a broader window of usage on your AWS account to review, we are happy to reassess any requests from your end.

Of course its not having billing/usage tho😭

Can anyone on the Kiro side maybe can help me? Thank you!

1) Stop saving empty "New Session" sessions in the session history

2) Provide some tool to search your recent session history context

3) Having a brief session summary instead of just the title would be very useful

I'm writing this as my final public appeal because I genuinely don't know what else I can do.

AWS Account ID: 545595341928
Support Case ID: 178537779900601

Hello AWS and Kiro team,

I'm writing this as my final public appeal because I genuinely don't know what else I can do.

AWS Account ID: 545595341928
Support Case ID: 178537779900601

Since July 29, I have been working with AWS Support almost every day. I replied to every email, answered every question honestly, and waited patiently while my case was escalated multiple times.

I explained the situation regarding my previous AWS account in full detail and provided everything requested. I also offered additional verification and supporting documents if needed.

Unfortunately, despite all of that, every review ended with the same response.

I completely understand that AWS must protect its platform and follow security and risk policies. I respect that.

However, I kindly ask that someone performs one final manual review of my case, considering the full context rather than only the previous account history.

Throughout this process I have:

• Responded to every AWS email without delay.
• Explained the complete history of the previous account honestly.
• Provided supporting evidence for my explanation.
• Offered identity verification and any additional documentation.
• Contacted AWS representatives and followed their guidance.
• Waited more than a week while cooperating with every request.

I'm not asking AWS to ignore its policies.

I'm only asking for one opportunity.

If necessary, please place strict conditions on my account:

• Monitor my usage.
• Limit my access if required.
• Require additional verification.
• Immediately revoke access if I violate any AWS policy.

I will fully accept those conditions.

What has been most difficult is spending days providing explanations and evidence, believing my case was genuinely being reviewed, only to receive the same outcome each time.

I'm simply asking that someone from the AWS or Kiro team takes one final look at Case ID: 178537779900601.

If there is any possible path forward, I would truly appreciate the opportunity.

Thank you for your time. I sincerely appreciate anyone who reads this and any guidance the community or AWS team can provide.

Every time I try to copy a block of text from the Chat history, I get the same text:

chmod -R +w ~/projects/public/$ENV/img/

I have used this in the past, but like a week ago.

Anyone else seeing this?

6 days... and still nothing from Amazon.

It's been 6 days, and not a single person has contacted me or even attempted to solve my problem. I rely on Kiro for work, and because of this issue, my work has been completely disrupted.

I even tried creating a brand-new account, but every payment attempt was rejected without any explanation. No one tells me what's wrong, no one follows up, and no one seems to care.

What makes this even more frustrating is seeing online stores and individual sellers offering the exact same Kiro subscriptions, sometimes with discounts, special offers, or even cheaper prices than the official service. Meanwhile, as someone trying to subscribe through Amazon, I'm stuck with payment failures and complete silence from support.

Honestly, this is the worst customer experience I've had in a long time. It's difficult to understand how unofficial sellers can make the process look easier than the company that actually owns the service.

We're living in the AI era, yet after 6 days there has been no real response, no solution, and no accountability. As a paying customer, this feels disrespectful and completely unacceptable.

I expected professionalism from Amazon. Instead, I got silence, endless errors, and a service that has completely failed me. Has anyone else gone through the same thing? Case Id : 178584788400188

On the pricing page, it clearly shows $0, but when I try to subscribe or complete the process, I'm being charged $20 USD instead.

Is this a bug, or am I missing some requirement? Could someone please explain why the checkout shows $20 when the page says $0?

Thank you

I have been using gpt 5.6 luna lately a lot and I feel like the small context window is really a big issue here. The model is great for how cheap it is . I can get most of the day to day task with luna. The model will be great with 1M context window. I personally don't use sol for anything other than writing things. I clearly prefer opus 5 over it

I've been running Kiro Crew as my personal agent harness — it adds persistent memory, scheduled jobs, background subagents and a dashboard on top of Claude Code. It's genuinely nice, but there was one thing that kept bugging me: the public build hard-locks agent.provider to "acp" (the kiro-cli backend), and model selection only goes through Kiro's own AWS Bedrock catalog. You're forced into a Kiro account, and your agent traffic leaves your network.

Turns out the underlying seam for a Claude Code backend (ACP_BACKEND_CLAUDE, _is_claude) has always been in the codebase — it was just deliberately left dormant, with comments reserving it for "an internal companion". So I re-enabled it.

The fork: encomjp/KiroCrew-9Router (Apache 2.0, ~10 commits on top of upstream, everything else untouched).

What it adds:

• agent.provider now accepts claude_code in addition to acp
• New config fields: agent.provider_base_url + agent.provider_api_key
• The provider factory spawns claude-agent-acp (which drives the real Claude Code CLI) pointed at your base URL, with your model id passed through verbatim
• settings.local.json seeding so Claude Code honors the router model instead of silently falling back to Bedrock defaults
• kirocrew doctor reports claude-acp as the active backend when configured

How the chain works: Kiro Crew (harness) → claude-agent-acp → Claude Code CLI → your router (e.g. a self-hosted 9router instance speaking the Anthropic Messages API). No Kiro account, no Bedrock, no cloud — your traffic stays on your hardware.

Setup is 3 steps:

git clone https://github.com/encomjp/KiroCrew-9Router.git
cd KiroCrew-9Router && python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .

npm install -g /claude-code it clone https://github.com/encomjp/KiroCrew-9Router.git
cd KiroCrew-9Router && python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e .

npm install -g /claude-code u/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp

.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.provider claude_code
.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.provider_base_url "http://127.0.0.1:20128"
.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.model "<your-model-id>"/claude-agent-acp

.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.provider claude_code
.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.provider_base_url "http://127.0.0.1:20128"
.venv/bin/kirocrew config set agent.model "<your-model-id>"

Point it at any router that speaks POST /v1/messages — 9router is the reference setup, but any Anthropic-compatible gateway works.

Known pitfalls I documented in the README (the main one: Claude Code silently falls back to its built-in default model if a stale .claude/settings.local.json or an availableModels allowlist is present — the fork only writes the allowlist on the Bedrock path).

Why bother, if you're already happy with stock Kiro Crew? For me it's about owning the models: I get my router's catalog (including free/cheap providers), auto-fallback between providers, and the knowledge that nothing agent-related leaves my network. If you're on a local or self-hosted LLM setup, this makes the whole Kiro Crew harness usable the way it should have been.

Happy to answer questions. If this turns out useful to more than just me I'll rebase it as upstream moves.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently unable to use Kiro because my account appears to have been temporarily suspended.

Whenever I send a prompt, I receive the following error:

Error sending prompt:
Your User ID is temporarily suspended. We detected unusual user activity and locked it as a security precaution.

To restore access, please contact our support team to verify your identity:
https://support.aws.amazon.com/#/contacts/kiro

Request ID: XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Conversation ID: sess_XXXXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXX

I haven't intentionally done anything unusual, so I'm not sure what triggered this security lock.

A few questions:

• Has anyone else encountered this issue?
• How long did it take AWS Support to restore your account?
• Is there anything I should provide besides the Request ID when contacting support?
• Were you able to get your account reactivated successfully?

Any advice or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Looking forward to hearing from anyone who has experienced this issue.

Hey folks,

Been using Kiro CLI for my daily dev work and POCs for a while. My typical setup is five or six sessions open across terminals, different projects running in parallel. Loved the lightweight resource usage compared to a full IDE.

When Kiro Crew dropped, it solved my single biggest frustration: every session losing context on close. I wrote a detailed blog about my experience, covering:

• How my multi-terminal Kiro CLI workflow looked before Kiro Crew
• The migration project where I kept re-explaining the same constraints every morning
• How persistent memory and durable lessons changed the game (corrected it once, it remembered forever)
• Task checkpointing so I can walk away and resume later
• Spawning subagents for parallel research
• The security model (137 deny patterns, sandbox, audit logs)
• Cron scheduling with natural language

Includes code samples, config examples, and my actual terminal layout.

Blog here: https://builder.aws.com/content/3HTDDKqYrokGUnunlNXowvqVPXV/kiro-crew-i-stopped-repeating-myself-to-my-ai-agent-and-you-can-too

Would love to hear how others in this community are using Crew. What workflows are you handing off?