CloudWatch dashboards waste check
Unused Dashboard
unused_dashboard
What it finds
Unused Dashboard: one of the CloudWatch dashboards checks in the management & operations group. Checks in this group look for: logging, tracing and management resources that keep data longer than needed, hold nothing, or are no longer used.
Why it costs money
Log ingestion and retention, trails, keys and dashboards each carry a recurring charge that keeps running after anyone looks at them.
How it is detected
CloudWatch dashboard with no recent views
Detection confidence: MEDIUM. 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.