S3 waste check
S3 High Request and Transfer Cost
s3_high_request_and_transfer_cost
Advisory check
This check is estimated from your configuration and has not been validated against a live resource, for the reason below.
Reason: The smallest resource that triggers it costs more to run for the check's window than our test budget allows.
Its findings are labelled Advisory and never count toward a headline total.
What it finds
S3 High Request and Transfer Cost: one of the S3 checks in the storage optimization group. Checks in this group look for: storage that no workload reads, writes or needs any more: unattached volumes, stale snapshots and backups, data with no lifecycle rule.
How it is detected
Non-storage costs (transfer + API requests) exceed storage costs (CUR-based)
Detection confidence: LOW (findings stay Advisory). This is the criterion from our public docs. It runs in a local scan with your own read-only credentials.
Run it yourself
Nothing leaves your machine. The local scan has no telemetry.