Geo Region Restriction (GRR) for App Automate

Learn about BrowserStack’s Geo Region Restriction (GRR) for App Automate, including supported regions, limitations, and setup requirements.

Geo Region Restriction (GRR) lets you control where your App Automate data is stored. If enabled, your test data will reside in a specific geographic region, ensuring compliance with data residency regulations and your organization’s internal policies.

GRR supported regions

BrowserStack App Automate supports GRR in the following regions:

• United States (us)
• Europe (eu)
• India (aps)
• Australia (apse)

When you enable GRR, all your core test data will be stored and processed within your chosen region. This includes uploaded apps, test execution data, logs, and the infrastructure components you access during testing.

Data covered by GRR

GRR covers the majority of your core test data within BrowserStack App Automate, ensuring it remains within your chosen region and is not accessible from other regions. This includes:

• Uploaded apps and artifacts
  Your uploaded applications (.apk, .aab, .ipa), test suites, and other media files are stored and processed within your designated region.
• Test execution data and logs
  All logs and data generated from your test runs are stored within the region. This includes text logs, visual logs, video logs, network logs, Appium logs, device logs, app profiling data, and framework-specific logs (Espresso, XCUI, etc.).
• BrowserStack infrastructure
  All infrastructure components accessed during your test, such as the mobile devices, app uploaders, and iOS code-signers, are hosted within your selected region.
• Data validation
  Any data created, modified, edited, or archived in your chosen region will remain exclusively within that region.
• Data redirection
  If GRR is enabled and you attempt to access App Automate from a location outside your designated region, you will be redirected to the corresponding App Automate site for your region. This redirection is based on your GRR settings, not your physical location.

Data not covered by GRR

The following data types are not currently included in GRR restrictions:

• Usage analytics
  Aggregated, anonymized data about product usage patterns.
• Personally identifiable information (PII)
  Usernames and email addresses used for authentication. This data is kept separate for security purposes and is not shared.
• Payment and billing data
  Financial information related to your account.
• Test metadata
  Information such as capabilities, build names, and test names are not region-restricted.

Feature limitations when using GRR in App Automate

• IP geolocation testing is not supported when GRR is enabled.
• Biometrics and camera functionality are not supported on Android devices when GRR is enabled.

Test setup requirements

To use App Automate with GRR enabled, use the following endpoint configurations. The primary difference for users with IP whitelisting is the addition of -enterprise to the API domain.

Replace <region> with your selected region code: