Amazon CloudWatch Logs announces account-level retention policies

Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports account-level retention policies, enabling centralized management of log data retention across an AWS account.

• Set retention policies for all log groups or filter by name prefix (e.g., /aws/lambda)
• Apply policies to existing log groups, new ones, or both
• When multiple policies match, the longest retention period applies
• Create up to 20 policies per account and region at no additional cost
• Available in all commercial AWS Regions except Middle East (Bahrain) and UAE
• Manage policies via AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDKs

Account-level retention policies help platform and security teams enforce consistent log retention standards across their organization.