AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (ACM, Athena, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Config, Elasticsearch, KMS, Lambda)

Aug 26, 2026GuardrailsMods

What's new?

  • The Usage controls and their Usage and Usage > Limit policies have been retired from the resource types in the mods listed below. The Approved > Usage policies are unaffected and remain available.

Released versions:

  • aws-acm v5.14.0
  • aws-athena v5.8.0
  • aws-cloudtrail v5.17.0
  • aws-cloudwatch v5.14.0
  • aws-config v5.14.0
  • aws-elasticsearch v5.11.0
  • aws-kms v5.23.0
  • aws-lambda v5.23.0

Control Types

Removed

  • AWS > ACM > Certificate > Usage
  • AWS > Athena > Workgroup > Usage
  • AWS > CloudTrail > Trail > Usage
  • AWS > CloudWatch > Alarm > Usage
  • AWS > Config > Rule > Usage
  • AWS > Elasticsearch > Domain > Usage
  • AWS > KMS > Key > Usage
  • AWS > Lambda > Function > Usage

Policy Types

Removed

  • AWS > ACM > Certificate > Usage
  • AWS > ACM > Certificate > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Athena > Workgroup > Usage
  • AWS > Athena > Workgroup > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > CloudTrail > Trail > Usage
  • AWS > CloudTrail > Trail > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > CloudWatch > Alarm > Usage
  • AWS > CloudWatch > Alarm > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Config > Rule > Usage
  • AWS > Config > Rule > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Elasticsearch > Domain > Usage
  • AWS > Elasticsearch > Domain > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > KMS > Key > Usage
  • AWS > KMS > Key > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Lambda > Function > Usage
  • AWS > Lambda > Function > Usage > Limit