AWSCodeBuildReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read only access to AWS CodeBuild via the AWS Management Console. 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/AWSCodeBuildReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v15
Created: 2016-12-01
Last edited: 2026-02-12
Services: cloudwatch, codebuild, codecommit, codestar-connections, codestar-notifications, events, logs

Control-plane actions (42)

By access level: 24 List, 18 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CodeBuild	29 of 67	18 List, 11 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	codebuild:BatchGet, codebuild:DescribeCodeCoverages, codebuild:DescribeTestCases, codebuild:GetResourcePolicy, codebuild:List
CodeCommit	3 of 91	3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	codecommit:GetBranch, codecommit:GetCommit, codecommit:GetRepository
CodeStar Connections	2 of 38	1 List, 1 Read; 2 restricted, 0 conditional	codestar-connections:GetConnection, codestar-connections:ListConnections
CodeStar Notifications	4 of 13	3 List, 1 Read; 1 restricted, 1 conditional	codestar-notifications:DescribeNotificationRule, codestar-notifications:ListEventTypes, codestar-notifications:ListNotificationRules, codestar-notifications:ListTargets
EventBridge	3 of 71	2 List, 1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	events:DescribeRule, events:ListRuleNamesByTarget, events:ListTargetsByRule
CloudWatch Logs	1 of 133	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:GetLogEvents

CodeBuild: 29 actions

codebuild:BatchGetBuildBatches (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetBuilds (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetCommandExecutions (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetFleets (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetProjects (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetReportGroups (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetReports (Read)
codebuild:BatchGetSandboxes (Read)
codebuild:DescribeCodeCoverages (Read)
codebuild:DescribeTestCases (Read)
codebuild:GetResourcePolicy (Read)
codebuild:ListBuildBatches (List)
codebuild:ListBuildBatchesForProject (List)
codebuild:ListBuilds (List)
codebuild:ListBuildsForProject (List)
codebuild:ListCommandExecutionsForSandbox (List)
codebuild:ListConnectedOAuthAccounts (List)
codebuild:ListCuratedEnvironmentImages (List)
codebuild:ListFleets (List)
codebuild:ListProjects (List)
codebuild:ListReportGroups (List)
codebuild:ListReports (List)
codebuild:ListReportsForReportGroup (List)
codebuild:ListRepositories (List)
codebuild:ListSandboxes (List)
codebuild:ListSandboxesForProject (List)
codebuild:ListSharedProjects (List)
codebuild:ListSharedReportGroups (List)
codebuild:ListSourceCredentials (List)

CodeCommit: 3 actions

codecommit:GetBranch (Read)
codecommit:GetCommit (Read)
codecommit:GetRepository (Read)

CodeStar Connections: 2 actions

codestar-connections:GetConnection (Read)
codestar-connections:ListConnections (List)

CodeStar Notifications: 4 actions

codestar-notifications:DescribeNotificationRule (Read)
codestar-notifications:ListEventTypes (List)
codestar-notifications:ListNotificationRules (List)
codestar-notifications:ListTargets (List)

EventBridge: 3 actions

events:DescribeRule (Read)
events:ListRuleNamesByTarget (List)
events:ListTargetsByRule (List)

CloudWatch Logs: 1 actions

logs:GetLogEvents (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics (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 only List and Read actions.

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

{
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AWSServicesAccess",
      "Action": [
        "codebuild:BatchGet*",
        "codebuild:GetResourcePolicy",
        "codebuild:List*",
        "codebuild:DescribeTestCases",
        "codebuild:DescribeCodeCoverages",
        "codecommit:GetBranch",
        "codecommit:GetCommit",
        "codecommit:GetRepository",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:ListTargetsByRule",
        "events:ListRuleNamesByTarget",
        "logs:GetLogEvents"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarConnectionsUserAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-connections:ListConnections",
        "codestar-connections:GetConnection"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:codestar-connections:*:*:connection/*",
        "arn:aws:codeconnections:*:*:connection/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarNotificationsPowerUserAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-notifications:DescribeNotificationRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "*",
      "Condition": {
        "ArnLike": {
          "codestar-notifications:NotificationsForResource": "arn:aws:codebuild:*:*:project/*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "CodeStarNotificationsListAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "codestar-notifications:ListNotificationRules",
        "codestar-notifications:ListEventTypes",
        "codestar-notifications:ListTargets"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ],
  "Version": "2012-10-17"
}

Version history

Current version v15, 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 CLI

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

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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