ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccess

Summary

Provides read only access to Service Quotas

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccessCopy ARN

Default version

v5

Created

2019-06-24

Last edited

2026-02-12

Services

autoscaling, chatbot, cloudformation, cloudwatch, consoleapp, dynamodb, elasticloadbalancing, iam, kinesis, notifications, notifications-contacts, organizations, rds, route53, servicequotas, tag

Control-plane actions (41)

By access level: 10 List, 31 Read.

Data-plane actions (2)

By access level: 2 Read.

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 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.

Related policies

Same service

• AmazonApplicationRecoveryControllerRegionSwitchPlanExecutionPolicy
• AWSArtifactComplianceInquiriesFullAccess
• AWSManagementConsoleAdministratorAccess
• AWSManagementConsoleBasicUserAccess
• AWSNotificationsContactAssociationsServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AWSSupportAppFullAccess
• AWSUserNotificationsServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• ServiceQuotasFullAccess

Same domain

• AccountAccessManagerServiceRolePolicy
• AIDevOpsAgentAccessPolicy
• AIDevOpsOrganizationsAccessPolicy
• AmazonCloudWatchEvidentlyServiceRolePolicy
• AmazonCodeCatalystSupportAccess
• AmazonDetectiveOrganizationsAccess
• AmazonDetectiveServiceLinkedRolePolicy
• AmazonDevOpsGuruOrganizationsAccess

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": [
        "autoscaling:DescribeAccountLimits",
        "cloudformation:DescribeAccountLimits",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarmsForMetric",
        "cloudwatch:DescribeAlarms",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "dynamodb:DescribeLimits",
        "elasticloadbalancing:DescribeAccountLimits",
        "iam:GetAccountSummary",
        "kinesis:DescribeLimits",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:ListAWSServiceAccessForOrganization",
        "rds:DescribeAccountAttributes",
        "route53:GetAccountLimit",
        "tag:GetTagKeys",
        "tag:GetTagValues",
        "servicequotas:GetAssociationForServiceQuotaTemplate",
        "servicequotas:GetAWSDefaultServiceQuota",
        "servicequotas:GetRequestedServiceQuotaChange",
        "servicequotas:GetServiceQuota",
        "servicequotas:GetServiceQuotaIncreaseRequestFromTemplate",
        "servicequotas:ListAWSDefaultServiceQuotas",
        "servicequotas:ListRequestedServiceQuotaChangeHistory",
        "servicequotas:ListRequestedServiceQuotaChangeHistoryByQuota",
        "servicequotas:ListServices",
        "servicequotas:ListServiceQuotas",
        "servicequotas:ListServiceQuotaIncreaseRequestsInTemplate",
        "servicequotas:ListTagsForResource",
        "servicequotas:GetAutoManagementConfiguration",
        "notifications:ListChannels",
        "notifications:ListEventRules",
        "notifications:ListNotificationConfigurations",
        "notifications:GetNotificationConfiguration",
        "notifications:GetEventRule",
        "notifications:ListNotificationHubs",
        "notifications-contacts:ListEmailContacts",
        "notifications-contacts:GetEmailContact",
        "chatbot:ListMicrosoftTeamsChannelConfigurations",
        "chatbot:DescribeChimeWebhookConfigurations",
        "chatbot:DescribeSlackChannelConfigurations",
        "consoleapp:ListDeviceIdentities",
        "consoleapp:GetDeviceIdentity"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, 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/ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccess

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for ServiceQuotasReadOnlyAccess
• Report a data issue