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Amazon S3 no longer charges for several HTTP error codes

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This article discusses a recent billing change for Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). Several HTTP error codes generated by unauthorized requests will no longer incur charges for the bucket owner.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Bucket owners will not be charged for requests that return an HTTP 403 (Access Denied) error if initiated from outside their AWS account or organization.
  • A list of other error codes that are now free of charge.
  • This change requires no modifications to customer applications.
  • The change applies to all S3 buckets and regions, including GovCloud and China regions.
  • Additional resources for more information on billing for S3 error responses and error response codes.


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