AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (Backup, EFS, EKS, EMR, Route 53, S3, Secrets Manager, SQS)
Sep 14, 2026•GuardrailsMods
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-backup v5.16.0
- aws-efs v5.13.0
- aws-eks v5.11.0
- aws-emr v5.12.0
- aws-route53 v6.12.0
- aws-s3 v5.35.0
- aws-secretsmanager v5.13.0
- aws-sqs v5.22.0
Control Types
Removed
- AWS > Backup > Backup Plan > Usage
- AWS > Backup > Backup Vault > Usage
- AWS > EFS > FileSystem > Usage
- AWS > EFS > Mount Target > Usage
- AWS > EKS > Cluster > Usage
- AWS > EKS > Node Group > Usage
- AWS > EMR > Cluster > Usage
- AWS > EMR > Security Configuration > Usage
- AWS > Route 53 > Hosted Zone > Usage
- AWS > S3 > Bucket > Usage
- AWS > Secrets Manager > Secret > Usage
- AWS > SQS > Queue > Usage
Policy Types
Removed
- AWS > Backup > Backup Plan > Usage
- AWS > Backup > Backup Plan > Usage > Limit
- AWS > Backup > Backup Vault > Usage
- AWS > Backup > Backup Vault > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EFS > FileSystem > Usage
- AWS > EFS > FileSystem > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EFS > Mount Target > Usage
- AWS > EFS > Mount Target > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EKS > Cluster > Usage
- AWS > EKS > Cluster > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EKS > Node Group > Usage
- AWS > EKS > Node Group > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EMR > Cluster > Usage
- AWS > EMR > Cluster > Usage > Limit
- AWS > EMR > Security Configuration > Usage
- AWS > EMR > Security Configuration > Usage > Limit
- AWS > Route 53 > Hosted Zone > Usage
- AWS > Route 53 > Hosted Zone > Usage > Limit
- AWS > S3 > Bucket > Usage
- AWS > S3 > Bucket > Usage > Limit
- AWS > Secrets Manager > Secret > Usage
- AWS > Secrets Manager > Secret > Usage > Limit
- AWS > SQS > Queue > Usage
- AWS > SQS > Queue > Usage > Limit