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Policy Creation by Year

Number of AWS managed policies first tracked each year

57
20
71
21
47
22
71
23
100
24
78
25
4
26
2020428 total policies2026

Year-over-Year Velocity

Total policy commits per year - new launches vs. updates

859 total (57 new, 802 updates)
20
660 total (71 new, 589 updates)
21
652 total (47 new, 605 updates)
22
754 total (71 new, 683 updates)
23
656 total (100 new, 556 updates)
24
787 total (78 new, 709 updates)
25
105 total (4 new, 101 updates)
26
UpdatesNew launches4,473 total commits tracked

Excludes 4 bulk-reformat day(s) where detection logic changes caused false-positive diffs.

Policy Lifecycle

Current version distribution across all policies

v1
592
v2
218
v3
196
v4
105
v5
64
v6-10
222
v11-20
95
v21+
33

39% of policies (592) are still at v1 - created once and never updated.

Monthly Seasonality

Policy change volume by calendar month across all years

276
Jan
312
Feb
307
Mar
325
Apr
325
May
363
Jun
303
Jul
349
Aug
323
Sep
374
Oct
768
Nov
448
Dec
re:Invent season (Nov-Dec) - 63% above average

re:Invent Pulse

Policy changes during the Nov 15 - Dec 15 window each year

131 changes, 21 new
20
147 changes, 16 new
21
118 changes, 6 new
22
156 changes, 11 new
23
145 changes, 41 new
24
156 changes, 14 new
25
UpdatesNew launches