https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/posts/cloud/aws/cloudwatch/Recent content in CloudWatch on The David PageHugo -- gohugo.ioenTue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0700https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/posts/cloud/aws/cloudwatch/cloudwatch-logs-insights-expensive-queries/Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0700https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/posts/cloud/aws/cloudwatch/cloudwatch-logs-insights-expensive-queries/<p><strong>One click on CloudWatch Logs Insights, a few seconds waiting for results — and a bill for scanning half a terabyte of logs.</strong></p> <p>Hi everyone 👋</p> <p>CloudWatch Logs Insights is a genuinely convenient SQL-like log query tool. The way AWS bills for it, though, catches a lot of people off guard.</p> <h2 id="-the-common-mistake">😱 The common mistake</h2> <p>Open Logs Insights, pick a log group that&rsquo;s accumulated 6 months of logs (~500 GB), type a broad search query with no explicit time range set, hit <strong>Run</strong>.</p>