Ensure SQS long polling is enabled
Long polling should be enabled to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Security Impact
Short polling increases API calls and costs without improving latency.
How to Remediate
Set ReceiveMessageWaitTimeSeconds to 1-20 seconds to enable long polling.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-sqs-10
- Service
- Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- Category
- Cost Optimization
- Severity
- LOW
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