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Know tag restrictions - Amazon Data Firehose

The following restrictions apply to tags in Amazon Data Firehose.

Basic restrictions
  • The maximum number of tags per resource (stream) is 50.

  • Tag keys and values are case-sensitive.

  • You can't change or edit tags for a deleted stream.

Tag key restrictions
  • Each tag key must be unique. If you add a tag with a key that's already in use, your new tag overwrites the existing key-value pair.

  • You can't start a tag key with aws: because this prefix is reserved for use by AWS. AWS creates tags that begin with this prefix on your behalf, but you can't edit or delete them.

  • Tag keys must be between 1 and 128 Unicode characters in length.

  • Tag keys must consist of the following characters: Unicode letters, digits, white space, and the following special characters: _ . / = + - @.

Tag value restrictions
  • Tag values must be between 0 and 255 Unicode characters in length.

  • Tag values can be blank. Otherwise, they must consist of the following characters: Unicode letters, digits, white space, and any of the following special characters: _ . / = + - @.

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