AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (CloudFront, DynamoDB, ECR, ECS, VPC Core, VPC Security)
Oct 12, 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-cloudfront v5.10.0
- aws-dynamodb v5.19.0
- aws-ecr v5.18.0
- aws-ecs v5.12.0
- aws-vpc-core v5.25.0
- aws-vpc-security v5.17.0
Control Types
Removed
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AWS > CloudFront > CloudFront Origin Access Identity > Usage
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AWS > CloudFront > Distribution > Usage
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AWS > CloudFront > Streaming Distribution > Usage
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AWS > DynamoDB > Backup > Usage
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AWS > DynamoDB > Global Table > Usage
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AWS > DynamoDB > Table > Usage
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AWS > ECR > Image > Usage
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AWS > ECR > Public Repository > Usage
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AWS > ECR > Repository > Usage
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AWS > ECS > Cluster > Usage
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AWS > ECS > Container Instance > Usage
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AWS > ECS > Task Definition > Usage
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AWS > VPC > DHCP Options > Usage
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AWS > VPC > Flow Log > Usage
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AWS > VPC > Network ACL > Usage
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AWS > VPC > Route Table > Usage
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AWS > VPC > Security Group > Usage
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AWS > VPC > Subnet > Usage
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AWS > VPC > VPC > Usage
Policy Types
Removed
- AWS > CloudFront > CloudFront Origin Access Identity > Usage
- AWS > CloudFront > CloudFront Origin Access Identity > Usage > Limit
- AWS > CloudFront > Distribution > Usage
- AWS > CloudFront > Distribution > Usage > Limit
- AWS > CloudFront > Streaming Distribution > Usage
- AWS > CloudFront > Streaming Distribution > Usage > Limit
- AWS > DynamoDB > Backup > Usage
- AWS > DynamoDB > Backup > Usage > Limit
- AWS > DynamoDB > Global Table > Usage
- AWS > DynamoDB > Global Table > Usage > Limit
- AWS > DynamoDB > Table > Usage
- AWS > DynamoDB > Table > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECR > Image > Usage
- AWS > ECR > Image > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECR > Public Repository > Usage
- AWS > ECR > Public Repository > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECR > Repository > Usage
- AWS > ECR > Repository > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECS > Cluster > Usage
- AWS > ECS > Cluster > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECS > Container Instance > Usage
- AWS > ECS > Container Instance > Usage > Limit
- AWS > ECS > Task Definition > Usage
- AWS > ECS > Task Definition > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > DHCP Options > Usage
- AWS > VPC > DHCP Options > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Flow Log > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Flow Log > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Network ACL > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Network ACL > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Route Table > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Route Table > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Security Group > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Security Group > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Subnet > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Subnet > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > VPC > Usage
- AWS > VPC > VPC > Usage > Limit