cloudformation:ListStacks

List

cloudformation:ListStacks is a List access-level action in the cloudformation service. Grants permission to return the summary information for stacks whose status matches the specified StackStatusFilter. In combination with the DescribeStacks action, grants permission to list descriptions for stacks

Resource types

This action does not support resource-level permissions; use "Resource": "*" in your policy.

Condition keys

No condition keys are documented for this action.

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows cloudformation:ListStacks. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowCloudformationListStacks",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cloudformation:ListStacks",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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