AWS Amazon CloudWatch Logs Service Limits
69 quotas for Amazon CloudWatch Logs. 10 can be increased.
| Quota | Default | Status |
|---|---|---|
DescribeLogStreams throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeLogStreams throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 25 count | Adjustable |
PutBearerTokenAuthentication throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst PutBearerTokenAuthentication throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
Batch size Batch size storage | 1 Megabytes | Fixed |
DeleteDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
Log groups scanned per Live Tail session Log groups scanned per Live Tail session general | 10 count | Fixed |
PutRetentionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second PutRetentionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DescribeImportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst DescribeImportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
PutMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second PutMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
GetQueryResults throttle limit in transactions per second GetQueryResults throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
Log groups Log groups general | 1,000,000 count | Adjustable |
CancelImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst CancelImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 1 count | Fixed |
DisassociateSourceFromS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst DisassociateSourceFromS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DeleteRetentionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteRetentionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
Event size Event size storage | 1,024 Kilobytes | Fixed |
ListTagsLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second ListTagsLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
Live Tail concurrent sessions limit Live Tail concurrent sessions limit compute | 15 count | Adjustable |
PutLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second PutLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5,000 count | Adjustable |
Active export task Active export task general | 1 count | Fixed |
PutTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second PutTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DescribeMetricFilters throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeMetricFilters throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
logs anomaly detectors logs anomaly detectors general | 500 count | Adjustable |
ListTagsForResource throttle limit in transactions per second ListTagsForResource throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
PutBearerTokenAuthentication throttle limit in transactions per second PutBearerTokenAuthentication throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DescribeImportTaskBatches throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeImportTaskBatches throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DescribeLogGroups throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeLogGroups throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Adjustable |
TestMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second TestMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
PutDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second PutDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DisassociateSourceFromS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second DisassociateSourceFromS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
StartLiveTail throttle limit in transactions per second StartLiveTail throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
CreateImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second CreateImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 1 count | Fixed |
StartQuery throttle limit in transactions per second StartQuery throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
CancelExportTask throttle limit in transactions per second CancelExportTask throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DescribeImportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeImportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DeleteLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Adjustable |
PutSubscriptionFilter throttle limit in transactions per second PutSubscriptionFilter throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
TestTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second TestTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
GetLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second GetLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 25 count | Fixed |
DeleteLogStream throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteLogStream throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 15 count | Adjustable |
Metrics filters per log group Metrics filters per log group general | 100 count | Fixed |
CreateLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second CreateLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 10 count | Adjustable |
DescribeExportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeExportTasks throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
FilterLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second FilterLogEvents throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 25 count | Fixed |
UntagResource throttle limit in transactions per second UntagResource throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
UntagLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second UntagLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
ListSourcesForS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second ListSourcesForS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
CreateImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst CreateImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 1 count | Fixed |
Subscription filters per log group Subscription filters per log group general | 2 count | Fixed |
PutDestinationPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second PutDestinationPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DeleteTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DeleteMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteMetricFilter throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
GetDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second GetDataProtectionPolicy throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
CreateExportTask throttle limit in transactions per second CreateExportTask throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
Resource policies Resource policies general | 10 count | Fixed |
GetTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second GetTransformer throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
Data archiving Data archiving general | 5 Gigabytes | Fixed |
AssociateSourceToS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second AssociateSourceToS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
CreateLogStream throttle limit in transactions per second CreateLogStream throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 50 count | Adjustable |
PutDestination throttle limit in transactions per second PutDestination throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
AssociateKmsKey throttle limit in transactions per second AssociateKmsKey throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DeleteSubscriptionFilter throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteSubscriptionFilter throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
ListSourcesForS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst ListSourcesForS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DeleteDestination throttle limit in transactions per second DeleteDestination throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
CancelImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second CancelImportTask throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 1 count | Fixed |
TagLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second TagLogGroup throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
TagResource throttle limit in transactions per second TagResource throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
DescribeDestinations throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeDestinations throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
AssociateSourceToS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst AssociateSourceToS3TableIntegration throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DescribeImportTaskBatches throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst DescribeImportTaskBatches throttle limit in transactions per second in a burst throughput | 10 count | Fixed |
DescribeSubscriptionFilters throttle limit in transactions per second DescribeSubscriptionFilters throttle limit in transactions per second throughput | 5 count | Fixed |
How to Request a Quota Increase
- 1Open the AWS Service Quotas console.
- 2Select Amazon CloudWatch Logs from the service list.
- 3Find the quota and click "Request increase".
- 4Enter the desired value and submit. Most increases are approved within a few hours.
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