Question

How many policies can I attach to an IAM role?

Answer 1

For inline policies: You can add as many inline policies as you want to a user, role, or group, but the total aggregate policy size (the sum size of all inline policies) per entity cannot exceed the following limits:

1. User policy size cannot exceed 2,048 characters.
2. Role policy size cannot exceed 10,240 characters.
3. Group policy size cannot exceed 5,120 characters.
4. For managed policies: You can add up to 10 managed policies to a user, role, or group. The size of each managed policy cannot exceed 6,144 characters.