AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccess

Summary

Provides access to AWS CodeBuild via the AWS Management Console, but does not allow CodeBuild project administration. Also attach AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess to provide access to download build artifacts.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v21

Created

2016-12-01

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

chatbot, cloudwatch, codebuild, codecommit, codestar-connections, codestar-notifications, events, logs, s3, sns, ssm, ssmmessages

Control-plane actions (63)

By access level: 28 List, 22 Read, 13 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 13 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, 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.

Related policies

Same service

• AWSCodeBuildAdminAccess
• AWSCodeBuildReadOnlyAccess
• AWSCodeCommitFullAccess
• AWSCodeCommitPowerUser
• AWSCodeDeployDeployerAccess
• AWSCodeDeployFullAccess
• AWSCodeDeployReadOnlyAccess
• AWSCodePipeline_FullAccess

Same domain

• AIDevOpsAgentFullAccess
• AIDevOpsAgentReadOnlyAccess
• AIDevOpsChannelAccessPolicy
• AIDevOpsConstellationAccessPolicy
• AIDevOpsOperatorAppAccessPolicy
• AmazonCodeCatalystFullAccess
• AmazonCodeCatalystReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonCodeGuruProfilerAgentAccess

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

{
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AWSServicesAccess",
      "Action": [
        "codebuild:StartBuild",
        "codebuild:StopBuild",
        "codebuild:StartBuildBatch",
        "codebuild:StopBuildBatch",
        "codebuild:RetryBuild",
        "codebuild:RetryBuildBatch",
        "codebuild:BatchGet*",
        "codebuild:GetResourcePolicy",
        "codebuild:DescribeTestCases",
        "codebuild:DescribeCodeCoverages",
        "codebuild:List*",
        "codecommit:GetBranch",
        "codecommit:GetCommit",
        "codecommit:GetRepository",
        "codecommit:ListBranches",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:ListTargetsByRule",
        "events:ListRuleNamesByTarget",
        "logs:GetLogEvents",
        "s3:GetBucketLocation",
        "s3:ListAllMyBuckets"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMParameterWriteAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:PutParameter"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:parameter/CodeBuild/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMStartSessionAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssm:StartSession"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ecs:*:*:task/*/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SSMOpenDataChannelAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ssmmessages:OpenDataChannel"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ssm:*:*:session/*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarConnectionsUserAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-connections:ListConnections",
        "codestar-connections:GetConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:codestar-connections:*:*:connection/*",
        "arn:aws:codeconnections:*:*:connection/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarNotificationsReadWriteAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-notifications:CreateNotificationRule",
        "codestar-notifications:DescribeNotificationRule",
        "codestar-notifications:UpdateNotificationRule",
        "codestar-notifications:Subscribe",
        "codestar-notifications:Unsubscribe"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "codestar-notifications:NotificationsForResource": "arn:aws:codebuild:*:*:project/*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarNotificationsListAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-notifications:ListNotificationRules",
        "codestar-notifications:ListEventTypes",
        "codestar-notifications:ListTargets",
        "codestar-notifications:ListTagsforResource"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "SNSTopicListAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "sns:ListTopics",
        "sns:GetTopicAttributes"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarNotificationsChatbotAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "chatbot:DescribeSlackChannelConfigurations",
        "chatbot:ListMicrosoftTeamsChannelConfigurations"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ],
  "Version": "2012-10-17"
}

Version history

Current version v21, edited by AWS on 2026-02-12. 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/AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for AWSCodeBuildDeveloperAccess
• Report a data issue