AWSStepFunctionsConsoleFullAccess

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Summary

An access policy for providing a user/role/etc access to the AWS StepFunctions console. For a full console experience, in addition to this policy, a user may need iam:PassRole permission on other IAM roles that can be assumed by the service.

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

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSStepFunctionsConsoleFullAccess
Default version: v2
Created: 2017-01-11
Last edited: 2017-01-12
Services: iam, lambda, states

Control-plane actions (40)

By access level: 9 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 20 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	2 of 190	1 List, 1 Write; 1 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:ListRoles, iam:PassRole
Lambda	1 of 121	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	lambda:ListFunctions
Step Functions	All 37 actions (see the Step Functions page)	7 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 19 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	states:*

IAM: 2 actions

iam:ListRoles (List)
iam:PassRole (Write)

Lambda: 1 actions

lambda:ListFunctions (List)

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Write.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Step Functions	All 2 actions (see the Step Functions page)	2 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	states:*

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 at least 80% of the write and permissions-management actions of: states (21 of 21).
Grants iam:PassRole, but only for scoped roles or under conditions (for example iam:PassedToService).

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": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "states:*",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:ListRoles",
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "iam:PassRole",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/service-role/StatesExecutionRole*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "lambda:ListFunctions",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v2, edited by AWS on 2017-01-12. 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/AWSStepFunctionsConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSStepFunctionsConsoleFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSStepFunctionsConsoleFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

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