Quotas for Amazon CodeBuild
The following tables list the current quotas in Amazon CodeBuild. These quotas are for each supported Amazon Region for each Amazon account, unless otherwise specified.
Service quotas
The following are the default quotas for the Amazon CodeBuild service.
| Name | Default | Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associated tags per project | Each supported Region: 50 | No | Maximum number of tags you can associate with a build project |
| Build projects | Each supported Region: 5,000 |
Yes |
Maximum number of build projects |
| Build timeout in minutes | Each supported Region: 480 | No | Maximum build timeout in minutes |
| Concurrent request for information about builds | Each supported Region: 100 | No | Maximum number of builds you can request information about at any one time using the Amazon CLI or an Amazon SDK. |
| Concurrent requests for information on build projects | Each supported Region: 100 | No | Maximum number of build projects you can request information about at any one time using the Amazon CLI or an Amazon SDK. |
| Concurrently running builds | Each supported Region: 60 |
Yes |
Maximum number of concurrently running builds |
| Minimum period for build timeout in minutes | Each supported Region: 5 | No | Minimum build timeout in minutes |
| Security groups under VPC configuration | Each supported Region: 5 | No | Security groups available for VPC configuration |
| Subnets under VPC configuration | Each supported Region: 16 | No | Subnets available for VPC configuration |
Quotas for the maximum number of concurrent running builds vary, depending on the compute type. For some platforms and compute types, the default is 20. For a new account, the quota can be as low as 5. To request a higher concurrent build quota, or if you get a "Cannot have more than X active builds for the account" error, use the link above to make the request.
Other limits
Build projects
| Resource | Default |
|---|---|
| Allowed characters in a build project description | Any |
| Allowed characters in a build project name | The letters A-Z and a-z, the numbers
0-9, and the special characters - and
_ |
| Length of a build project name | 2 to 255 characters, inclusive |
| Maximum length of a build project description | 255 characters |
| Maximum number of reports you can add to a project | 5 |
| Number of minutes you can specify in a build project for the build timeout of all related builds | 5 to 480 (8 hours) |
Builds
| Resource | Default |
|---|---|
| Maximum time the history of a build is retained | 1 year |
| Number of minutes you can specify for the build timeout of a single build | 5 to 480 (8 hours) |
Reports
| Resource | Default |
|---|---|
| Maximum duration a test report is available after it is created | 30 days |
| Maximum length of a test case message | 5,000 characters |
| Maximum length of a test case name | 1,000 characters |
| Maximum number of report groups per Amazon account | 1,000 |
| Maximum number of test cases per report | 500 |
Tags
Tag limits apply to tags on CodeBuild build projects and CodeBuild report group resources.
| Resource | Default |
|---|---|
| Resource tag key names |
Any combination of Unicode letters, numbers, spaces, and
allowed characters in UTF-8 between 1 and 127 characters in
length. Allowed characters are Tag key names must be unique, and each key can only have one value. A tag key name cannot:
|
| Resource tag values |
Any combination of Unicode letters, numbers, spaces, and
allowed characters in UTF-8 between 0 and 255 characters in
length. Allowed characters are A key can only have one value, but many keys can have the same
value. A tag key value cannot contain emojis or any of the
following characters: |