AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (Backup, EFS, EKS, EMR, Route 53, S3, Secrets Manager, SQS)

Sep 14, 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-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