Rate Limit Timestream Queries For IAM User

Question

Is there a way to place any sort of rate limit on timestream queries?

Right now I have a cloudwatch alert set up for "CumulativeBytesMetered" over a period of time which works fine if im available to see it. Instead, I would like start rejecting queries if a certain quota is reached.

I'm sure i could get something in lambda working to remove permissions from the IAM user or similar, but id rather use a built-in option if it is available.

Shravanthi Rajagopal · Answer

If you know the limit you want to set at a query level, you could try cancelling the query upon reaching the desired BytesMeteredSoFar limit - example code can be seen here - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/timestream/latest/developerguide/code-samples.run-query.html#code-samples.run-query.query-status

Kevin_Z · Answer

Hi,

I have checked with our Timestream engineer and currently we do not have such quota available to reject queries. The lambda seems to be the way to move forward.

Rate Limit Timestream Queries For IAM User

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