AWSStepFunctionsFullAccess

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Summary

An access policy for providing a user/role/etc access to the AWS StepFunctions API. For full access, in addition to this policy, a user MUST have iam:PassRole permission on at least one IAM role 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/AWSStepFunctionsFullAccess
Default version: v1
Created: 2017-01-11
Last edited: 2017-01-11
Services: states

Control-plane actions (37)

By access level: 7 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 19 Write.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Step Functions	All 37 actions (see the Step Functions page)	7 List, 9 Read, 2 Tagging, 19 Write; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	states:*

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: all-resources.

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).

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": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v1, edited by AWS on 2017-01-11. 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/AWSStepFunctionsFullAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSStepFunctionsFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSStepFunctionsFullAccess

CloudFormation

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

Terraform

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

CDK (TypeScript)

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.