kinesis:MergeShards is a Write access-level action in the kinesis service. Grants permission to merge two adjacent shards in a stream and combines them into a single shard to reduce the stream's capacity to ingest and transport data
ARNs that kinesis:MergeShards can be scoped to in an IAM policy.
Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants kinesis:MergeShards.
Filters access by tag key-value pairs attached to the resource
A minimal policy that allows kinesis:MergeShards. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "AllowKinesisMergeShards",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "kinesis:MergeShards",
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}