Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

Preferences
Contact Us
Feedback
AWS Documentation
Create an AWS Account
WafAction - AWS WAFV2
ContentsSee Also

WafAction

PDF
Note

AWS WAF Classic support will end on September 30, 2025.

This is AWS WAF Classic documentation. For more information, see AWS WAF Classic in the developer guide.

For the latest version of AWS WAF , use the AWS WAFV2 API and see the AWS WAF Developer Guide. With the latest version, AWS WAF has a single set of endpoints for regional and global use.

For the action that is associated with a rule in a WebACL, specifies the action that you want AWS WAF to perform when a web request matches all of the conditions in a rule. For the default action in a WebACL, specifies the action that you want AWS WAF to take when a web request doesn't match all of the conditions in any of the rules in a WebACL.

Contents

Type

Specifies how you want AWS WAF to respond to requests that match the settings in a Rule. Valid settings include the following:

  • ALLOW: AWS WAF allows requests

  • BLOCK: AWS WAF blocks requests

  • COUNT: AWS WAF increments a counter of the requests that match all of the conditions in the rule. AWS WAF then continues to inspect the web request based on the remaining rules in the web ACL. You can't specify COUNT for the default action for a WebACL.

Type: String

Valid Values: BLOCK | ALLOW | COUNT

Required: Yes

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

Previous topic:

TimeWindow

Need help?

PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.