ssm:DescribeSessions

List

ssm:DescribeSessions is a List access-level action in the ssm service. Grants permission to view a list of recent Session Manager sessions that meet the specified search criteria

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 ssm:DescribeSessions. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowSsmDescribeSessions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ssm:DescribeSessions",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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