AWSCloudWatchAlarms_ActionSSMIncidentsServiceRolePolicy

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Summary

This policy is used by the service-linked role named AWSServiceRoleForCloudWatchAlarms\_ActionSSMIncidents. CloudWatch uses this service-linked role to perform AWS System Manager Incident Manager actions when a CloudWatch alarm goes in to ALARM state. This policy grants permission to start incidents on your behalf.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/AWSCloudWatchAlarms_ActionSSMIncidentsServiceRolePolicy
Default version: v1
Created: 2021-04-27
Last edited: 2021-04-27
Services: ssm-incidents

Control-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Incident Manager	1 of 31	1 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ssm-incidents:StartIncident

Incident Manager: 1 actions

ssm-incidents:StartIncident (Write)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: No (service-linked role policy).

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.

Same service

Same domain

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": [
    {
      "Sid": "StartIncidentPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm-incidents:StartIncident",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2021-04-27. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

This policy cannot be attached to users, groups or roles, so there are no attach snippets.

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.