AWS Transfer Family now automatically approves SFTP connector quota increases up to 1,000
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AWS Transfer Family now automatically approves SFTP connector quota increase requests up to 1,000 connectors per AWS account in each region.
- Default quota remains 100 SFTP connectors per account per region
- Automatic approval eliminates manual approval wait for increases up to 1,000
- Applies to both service-managed and Amazon VPC Lattice egress connectors
- Requests exceeding 1,000 connectors still require manual approval via Service Quotas console
- Available in all AWS Regions where Transfer Family SFTP connectors are offered
This streamlines quota management for growing file transfer workloads without administrative overhead.
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