LOW

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

AWS::SQS::Queue

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2

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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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