Geo Region Restriction (GRR) for Live

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

BrowserStack lets you keep your data within your selected geographic region through GRR, helping you meet local compliance requirements and maintain strong security.

For more information, refer to the Geo Region Restriction (GRR) document.

GRR supported regions

BrowserStack Live 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 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 Live, ensuring it remains within your chosen region and is not accessible from other regions. This includes:

• Local testing and connectivity data: Data generated when you use BrowserStack Local and TURN tunnel connections is stored and processed within your selected region.
• Device allocation and infrastructure data: Information about device allocation, server interactions, integration endpoints, WebRTC metrics, and session management is kept within the regional infrastructure.
• File storage and media: Uploaded and downloaded files, as well as injected images, are stored in the regional S3 bucket.
• Session management data: Session start URLs, session history, summary logs, and related metadata are maintained within your chosen region.
• Device and feature usage data: Device info changes, SIM usage, accessibility features, and iOS settings data are all restricted to your selected region.

This ensures your core test data remains within your specified geographic boundary and is not accessible from other regions.

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.
• Account-related information
  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.
• Change location, get URL, blank URL, UI monitoring, and bookmarks are disabled for GRR users.
• The URL is not shown when you report a bug from any PM tool source.
• Bookmark, Google Pay, Apple Pay, audio injection, and semi-public voice over. All these features are disabled for GRR users.

Feature limitations when using GRR in Live

• Device combinations not available for the opted region will not be visible or accessible on the Live dashboard.
• The ability to resume from the last URL accessed will not be available.
• In the Report a Bug feature:
  
  • Email option is not available.
    
  • URL field is not auto-populated.
    
• UI Monitoring feature will not be available. Any existing/ongoing monitoring scheduled by users transitioning to region restriction will be canceled.

Test setup requirements

No special configurations/test setup required.