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AWS kms documentation change

Service: kms · 2025-03-19 · Documentation medium

File: kms/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.md

Summary

Removed documentation for the 'SuccessfulRequest' metric and its dimensions

Security assessment

Removal of monitoring metric documentation does not directly indicate a security issue or add security features.

Diff

diff --git a/kms/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.md b/kms/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.md
index 387b24d46..ab1567c9b 100644
--- a/kms/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.md
+++ b/kms/latest/developerguide/monitoring-cloudwatch.md
@@ -42,2 +41,0 @@ You can view AWS KMS metrics using the AWS Management Console and the Amazon Clo
-  * SuccessfulRequest
-
@@ -63,21 +60,0 @@ You can view AWS KMS metrics using the AWS Management Console and the Amazon Clo
-### SuccessfulRequest
-
-The number of successful requests for cryptographic operations on a specific KMS key. By using the `SuccessfulRequest` metric, you can apply key-level filtering to AWS KMS API usage in CloudWatch. The `Sum` statistic for this metric defines the total number of successful requests during the period.
-
-Use this metric to identify which KMS keys consume the largest portion of your request quota or contribute the most to API charges. You can also create a CloudWatch alarm based on the `SuccesfulRequest` metric to notify you of anomalous AWS KMS API usage patterns. These alerts can help identify inefficient workflows that might unintentionally exceed your request quotas or incur unexpected charges.
-
-**Dimensions for`SuccessfulRequest`**
-
-Dimension | Description  
----|---  
-KeyArn | Value for each KMS key.  
-Operation | Value for each AWS KMS API operation. This metric applies only to cryptographic operations.  
-  
-For [ReEncrypt](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/APIReference/API_ReEncrypt.html) operations, the `SuccessfulRequest` metric includes dimensions for both the source and destination KMS keys.
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-Dimension | Description  
----|---  
-SourceKeyArn | Value for the KMS key that decrypted the ciphertext.  
-DestinationKeyArn | Value for the KMS key that re-encrypted the data.  
-Operation | Value for each AWS KMS API operation, in this case, ReEncrypt.  
-