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AWS awsaccountbilling documentation change

Service: awsaccountbilling · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/free-tier.md

Summary

Added clarification about Free Tier credit visibility in billing transfer scenarios and IAM role requirements

Security assessment

Documents access control requirements (IAM roles) for viewing cross-organization credits but does not address security vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/free-tier.md b/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/free-tier.md
index ab1a725f5..7e1f6f574 100644
--- a//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/free-tier.md
+++ b//awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/free-tier.md
@@ -18,0 +19,4 @@ The **Paid account plan** is ideal for building production applications that sca
+###### Note
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+If you use billing transfer and you sign in as a bill source account or its linked account, your Free Tier credits apply to the chargeable bill sent to your bill transfer account. These credits don't appear in your pro forma billing artifacts (Bills page, Cost Explorer, or AWS Cost and Usage Report) unless AWS Cost and Usage Report, and the **Bills** page. The **Credits** page doesn't support billing view functionality. You can only view credits redeemed in your own AWS organization. To view credits from bill source organizations, you need an IAM role in those organizations.
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