Understanding AWS Notifications: What to Expect | Braid Technologies, Inc. Help Center

When you set up an AWS account, AWS proactively sends various notifications to keep you informed. Here's what you might encounter:

Free Tier Usage Alerts

AWS monitors your Free Tier usage and sends alerts when you exceed 85% of the monthly limit for services like Lambda, API Gateway, or S3.

What to Do:

No immediate action is required. These alerts are informational, indicating that your usage is approaching the Free Tier limit. If your usage continues beyond the Free Tier, standard charges will apply. You can monitor your usage in the AWS Billing and Cost Management.

Service Lifecycle Notifications

AWS notifies you when services or features you're using are scheduled for deprecation or end of support.

What to Do:

Get in touch with us and we will plan to upgrade your service.

Payment and Billing Notifications

AWS sends notifications related to billing and payments to keep you informed about your account's financial status.

What to Do:

Ensure your payment methods are up to date in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. If you receive a payment failure or overdue balance notification, address the issue promptly to prevent any impact on your services.

Security Alerts

AWS automatically monitors your account for critical security events—such as root account usage, exposed resources, or unusual access activity—without requiring any configuration. These alerts are sent to your account's primary and alternate contacts (e.g., security or billing emails) by default.

What to Do:

Service Health Notifications

AWS Health is a built-in service that continuously monitors the status of AWS services and resources. It automatically tracks service disruptions, maintenance events, and other issues that could affect your resources. This monitoring operates in the background and requires no configuration from your side.

When AWS detects an event that might impact your account—such as a regional outage, scheduled maintenance, or a degraded service—it generates a Health event.

What to Do:
Contact us for guidance if your services are impacted. These types of issues are handled directly by AWS, but we can help you understand the situation and next steps.

Cost Anomaly Alerts

AWS notifies you when it detects unexpected increases in your spending. AWS continuously monitors your account in the background and uses automated checks to spot unusual usage patterns that could lead to higher bills.

What to Do:
If you receive one of these alerts, check your AWS Billing console to review your recent usage. These alerts are informational — they help you avoid surprises on your bill. Contact us if you're unsure why your costs increased, and we will help investigate the situation.

Need Assistance?

If you receive an AWS notification and are unsure about its implications, feel free to reach out to us. We're here to help you interpret these messages and take appropriate action if necessary.