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Feature•Mar 31, 2026

AWS Organizations now provides organization paths in API responses

AWS OrganizationsAWS · Management & Governance

AWS Organizations now returns the complete organizational path for accounts and organizational units (OUs) directly in API responses, eliminating the need for multiple API calls to traverse organizational hierarchies. Previously, understanding where accounts and organizational units (OUs) are positioned within your organization structure required multiple API calls. This enhancement is particularly valuable for enterprise customers managing large, complex AWS Organizations with deeply nested OU structures.

With this launch, APIs including DescribeAccount, ListAccounts, DescribeOrganizationalUnit, and others now include the full path from organization to root to the target entity (e.g., o-{orgId}/r-{rootId}/ou-{ouId}/{accountId}) in a single call. This eliminates time-consuming multiple API calls for org path determination and reduces operational overhead when analyzing service control policy impacts, assessing permissions boundaries, or evaluating account movements across complex organizational hierarchies. Cloud architects, security teams, and operations teams can now troubleshoot faster and build more effective automation, including large language model (LLM) powered tools that require complete organizational context for accurate guidance.

The organization path is now available in all commercial AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

To learn more, visit the To learn more, visit the AWS Organizations API documentation.

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