AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy

Summary

Grants permissions to ARC Region switch for plan execution and plan evaluation.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v5

Created

2025-11-03

Last edited

2026-10-02

Services

arc-region-switch, cloudwatch, iam, servicequotas

Control-plane actions (9)

By access level: 1 List, 7 Read, 1 Write.

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

• Grants 1 write, tagging or permissions-management action, short of full control of any service.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

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Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "arc-region-switch:GetPlan",
        "arc-region-switch:GetPlanExecution",
        "arc-region-switch:ListPlanExecutions"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Sid": "GetPlanAndExecutions"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:SimulatePrincipalPolicy",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/*",
      "Sid": "PlanEvaluation"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarmHistory",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Sid": "CloudWatch"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ServiceQuotasRead",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "servicequotas:GetServiceQuota",
        "servicequotas:GetRequestedServiceQuotaChange"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "ServiceQuotasWrite",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "servicequotas:RequestServiceQuotaIncrease",
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-10-02. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonapplicationrecoverycontrollerregionswitchplanexecutionpolicy" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy"
}

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy"),
);

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
• Report a data issue