AWS mods - Retired unused Usage controls and policies (IAM, VPC Connect, VPC Internet)
Oct 30, 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-iam v5.52.0
- aws-vpc-connect v5.14.0
- aws-vpc-internet v5.16.0
Control Types
Removed
- AWS > IAM > Access Key > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Group > Usage
- AWS > IAM > OpenID Connect > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Role > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Server Certificate > Usage
- AWS > IAM > User > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Customer Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway Route Table > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Peering Connection > Usage
- AWS > VPC > VPN Connection > Usage
- AWS > VPC > VPN Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Egress Only Internet Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Elastic IP > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Internet Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > NAT Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint Service > Usage
Policy Types
Removed
- AWS > IAM > Access Key > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Access Key > Usage > Limit
- AWS > IAM > Group > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Group > Usage > Limit
- AWS > IAM > OpenID Connect > Usage
- AWS > IAM > OpenID Connect > Usage > Limit
- AWS > IAM > Role > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Role > Usage > Limit
- AWS > IAM > Server Certificate > Usage
- AWS > IAM > Server Certificate > Usage > Limit
- AWS > IAM > User > Usage
- AWS > IAM > User > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Customer Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Customer Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway Route Table > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Transit Gateway Route Table > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Peering Connection > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Peering Connection > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > VPN Connection > Usage
- AWS > VPC > VPN Connection > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > VPN Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > VPN Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Egress Only Internet Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Egress Only Internet Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Elastic IP > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Elastic IP > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Internet Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Internet Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > NAT Gateway > Usage
- AWS > VPC > NAT Gateway > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint > Usage > Limit
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint Service > Usage
- AWS > VPC > Endpoint Service > Usage > Limit