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AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (Batch, CloudFormation, Kinesis, MSK, SageMaker, SNS)

Sep 15, 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-batch v5.10.0
  • aws-cloudformation v5.15.0
  • aws-kinesis v5.13.0
  • aws-msk v5.9.0
  • aws-sagemaker v5.16.0
  • aws-sns v5.22.0

Control Types

Removed

  • AWS > Batch > Compute Environment > Usage
  • AWS > Batch > Job Definition > Usage
  • AWS > Batch > Job Queue > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Hook > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Stack > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > StackSet > Usage
  • AWS > Kinesis > Consumer > Usage
  • AWS > Kinesis > Stream > Usage
  • AWS > MSK > Cluster > Usage
  • AWS > MSK > Serverless Cluster > Usage
  • AWS > SageMaker > Notebook Instance > Usage
  • AWS > SageMaker > Project > Usage
  • AWS > SNS > Subscription > Usage
  • AWS > SNS > Topic > Usage

Policy Types

Removed

  • AWS > Batch > Compute Environment > Usage
  • AWS > Batch > Compute Environment > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Batch > Job Definition > Usage
  • AWS > Batch > Job Definition > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Batch > Job Queue > Usage
  • AWS > Batch > Job Queue > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Hook > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Hook > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Stack > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > Stack > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > CloudFormation > StackSet > Usage
  • AWS > CloudFormation > StackSet > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Kinesis > Consumer > Usage
  • AWS > Kinesis > Consumer > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > Kinesis > Stream > Usage
  • AWS > Kinesis > Stream > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > MSK > Cluster > Usage
  • AWS > MSK > Cluster > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > MSK > Serverless Cluster > Usage
  • AWS > MSK > Serverless Cluster > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > SageMaker > Notebook Instance > Usage
  • AWS > SageMaker > Notebook Instance > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > SageMaker > Project > Usage
  • AWS > SageMaker > Project > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > SNS > Subscription > Usage
  • AWS > SNS > Subscription > Usage > Limit
  • AWS > SNS > Topic > Usage
  • AWS > SNS > Topic > Usage > Limit