# ComputeOptimizerAutomationServiceRolePolicy
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**Description**: The ComputeOptimizerAutomationServiceRolePolicy managed policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows Compute Optimizer to perform actions on your behalf

`ComputeOptimizerAutomationServiceRolePolicy` is an [AWS managed policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-vs-inline.html#aws-managed-policies).

## Using this policy
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This policy is attached to a service-linked role that allows the service to perform actions on your behalf. You cannot attach this policy to your users, groups, or roles.

## Policy details
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+ **Type**: Service-linked role policy 
+ **Creation time**: November 15, 2025, 01:19 UTC 
+ **Edited time:** November 15, 2025, 01:19 UTC
+ **ARN**: `arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/aws-service-role/ComputeOptimizerAutomationServiceRolePolicy`

## Policy version
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**Policy version:** v1 (default)

The policy's default version is the version that defines the permissions for the policy. When a user or role with the policy makes a request to access an AWS resource, AWS checks the default version of the policy to determine whether to allow the request. 

## JSON policy document
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```
{
  "Version" : "2012-10-17",
  "Statement" : [
    {
      "Sid" : "EBSReadOnly",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "EBSVolumeModification",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:ModifyVolume",
        "ec2:DeleteVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "Null" : {
          "aws:ResourceTag/exclude-from-compute-optimizer-automation" : "true"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "CreateEBSSnapshot",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "RollbackEBSVolumeDeletion",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateVolume"
      ],
      "Resource" : "*",
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "aws:ResourceAccount" : "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid" : "Tag",
      "Effect" : "Allow",
      "Action" : [
        "ec2:CreateTags"
      ],
      "Resource" : [
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:volume/*",
        "arn:aws:ec2:*:*:snapshot/*"
      ],
      "Condition" : {
        "StringEquals" : {
          "ec2:CreateAction" : [
            "CreateVolume",
            "CreateSnapshot"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Learn more
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+ [Understand versioning for IAM policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html)
+ [Get started with AWS managed policies and move toward least-privilege permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#bp-use-aws-defined-policies)