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| 1 | +# aws.bedrock.provisioned_throughput.idle — Canonical Rule Specification |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## 1. Intent |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Detect Amazon Bedrock Provisioned Throughputs in the currently evaluated account/Region that |
| 6 | +are currently serving capacity and show **no observed runtime request activity** for the full |
| 7 | +configured observation window, so they can be reviewed as potential FinOps cleanup or |
| 8 | +rightsizing candidates. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +This is a **read-only review-candidate rule**. It is not proof that the throughput is safe to |
| 11 | +delete, not proof that no one intends to use it, and not proof that immediate savings are |
| 12 | +available if the throughput is under commitment. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +--- |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## 2. AWS API Grounding |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +Based on official Amazon Bedrock control-plane, runtime, monitoring, pricing, and CloudWatch |
| 19 | +API documentation. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +### Key AWS facts |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +1. `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` is the canonical Bedrock control-plane inventory API for |
| 24 | + Provisioned Throughputs in the account and supports pagination. |
| 25 | +2. `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` can filter by `statusEquals`. |
| 26 | +3. `ProvisionedModelSummary.status` valid values are `Creating`, `InService`, `Updating`, |
| 27 | + and `Failed`. |
| 28 | +4. `ProvisionedModelSummary.creationTime` is documented and required in list responses. |
| 29 | +5. `ProvisionedModelSummary.provisionedModelArn` is documented and required in list |
| 30 | + responses. |
| 31 | +6. `ProvisionedModelSummary.provisionedModelName` is documented and required in list |
| 32 | + responses. |
| 33 | +7. `ProvisionedModelSummary.modelArn`, `foundationModelArn`, `modelUnits`, |
| 34 | + `desiredModelUnits`, `commitmentDuration`, and `commitmentExpirationTime` are documented |
| 35 | + control-plane fields. |
| 36 | +8. Bedrock Provisioned Throughput is billed **hourly** until deleted. |
| 37 | +9. Bedrock user-guide documentation states you can purchase Provisioned Throughput with |
| 38 | + commitment options including no commitment, one month, and six months. |
| 39 | +10. Bedrock user-guide documentation states you **can't delete a Provisioned Throughput by |
| 40 | + Model Units with commitment before the commitment term is complete**. |
| 41 | +11. Bedrock runtime APIs (`InvokeModel`, `Converse`) allow the request `modelId` to be the |
| 42 | + ARN of a Provisioned Throughput. |
| 43 | +12. Bedrock runtime metrics are published in CloudWatch namespace `AWS/Bedrock`. |
| 44 | +13. Bedrock monitoring docs state runtime metrics use dimension `ModelId`. |
| 45 | +14. Bedrock monitoring docs define: |
| 46 | + - `Invocations` = number of successful runtime requests |
| 47 | + - `InvocationClientErrors` = number of invocation client-side errors |
| 48 | + - `InvocationServerErrors` = number of invocation server-side errors |
| 49 | + - `InvocationThrottles` = number of throttled invocation requests |
| 50 | +15. CloudWatch `GetMetricStatistics` requires the exact metric/dimension combination that was |
| 51 | + published, uses inclusive `StartTime` and exclusive `EndTime`, rounds `StartTime`, does |
| 52 | + not guarantee datapoint order, and enforces retention/period constraints. |
| 53 | +16. Bedrock pricing docs do **not** publish a canonical per-Model-Unit monthly USD table for |
| 54 | + Provisioned Throughput in the fetched documentation; pricing depends on model, units, |
| 55 | + Region, and commitment term, and some providers direct customers to their account team. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Implications |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +- Only `InService` Provisioned Throughputs are eligible. |
| 60 | +- Age thresholding is supportable because `creationTime` is documented. |
| 61 | +- Runtime-activity evidence must be grounded in documented CloudWatch metrics under |
| 62 | + `AWS/Bedrock`. |
| 63 | +- The documented request identifier for invoking a Provisioned Throughput is the |
| 64 | + `provisionedModelArn`; this is the canonical `ModelId` dimension value for this rule. |
| 65 | +- `Invocations` alone does **not** cover failed or throttled request attempts; if the rule |
| 66 | + wants “no observed runtime request activity,” it must also consider error/throttle metrics. |
| 67 | +- Missing CloudWatch datapoints are **not** documented as zero activity and must not be |
| 68 | + interpreted as zero by default. |
| 69 | +- `estimated_monthly_cost_usd = null`. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +--- |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +## 3. Scope and Terminology |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +- **"Provisioned Throughput"** — an item returned by `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs`. |
| 76 | +- **"idle"** — no observed Bedrock runtime request activity via the documented CloudWatch |
| 77 | + metrics contract for the full configured observation window. |
| 78 | +- **"runtime request activity"** — any observed positive value in one or more of: |
| 79 | + `Invocations`, `InvocationClientErrors`, `InvocationServerErrors`, `InvocationThrottles`. |
| 80 | +- **`idle_days_threshold`** — operator-configurable threshold, default `7`. |
| 81 | +- **`observation_window_start_utc = now_utc − idle_days_threshold × 86400 seconds`** |
| 82 | +- **`observation_window_end_utc = now_utc`** |
| 83 | +- **`age_days = floor((now_utc − creation_time_utc) / 86400 seconds)`** |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +### Included |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +- Provisioned Throughputs in the currently evaluated Region/account |
| 88 | +- `status == "InService"` |
| 89 | +- `age_days >= idle_days_threshold` |
| 90 | +- full required CloudWatch activity evidence available |
| 91 | +- all required activity metrics show zero observed activity in the observation window |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +### Excluded |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +- `Creating`, `Updating`, `Failed` |
| 96 | +- missing or invalid stable identity |
| 97 | +- missing or invalid `creationTime` |
| 98 | +- too new to evaluate (`age_days < idle_days_threshold`) |
| 99 | +- missing CloudWatch datapoints for any required activity metric |
| 100 | +- any observed runtime request activity |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +--- |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +## 4. Canonical Rule Statement |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +A Provisioned Throughput is eligible only when **all** of the following are true: |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +- stable Provisioned Throughput identity exists |
| 109 | +- `status == "InService"` |
| 110 | +- `creationTime` is valid and not in the future |
| 111 | +- `age_days >= idle_days_threshold` |
| 112 | +- required Bedrock runtime activity metrics are available under |
| 113 | + `ModelId = provisionedModelArn` |
| 114 | +- all required activity metrics sum to zero over the observation window |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +No additional predicate may be required for baseline eligibility, including: |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +- model family |
| 119 | +- custom-vs-foundation model type |
| 120 | +- commitment duration |
| 121 | +- commitment expiration |
| 122 | +- model units / desired model units |
| 123 | +- inferred pricing band |
| 124 | +- tags |
| 125 | +- foundation model ARN presence |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +--- |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +## 5. Normalization Contract |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +All rule logic must operate on normalized fields only. |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +| Canonical field | Source field | Absent / invalid | |
| 134 | +|---|---|---| |
| 135 | +| `resource_id` | `provisionedModelArn` | skip item | |
| 136 | +| `provisioned_model_arn` | `provisionedModelArn` | skip item | |
| 137 | +| `provisioned_model_name` | `provisionedModelName` | null | |
| 138 | +| `normalized_status` | `status` | skip item | |
| 139 | +| `creation_time_utc` | `creationTime` (tz-aware UTC) | skip item | |
| 140 | +| `age_days` | floor((now − creation_time_utc) / 86400) | skip item | |
| 141 | +| `model_arn` | `modelArn` | null | |
| 142 | +| `foundation_model_arn` | `foundationModelArn` | null | |
| 143 | +| `model_units` | `modelUnits` (int only) | null | |
| 144 | +| `desired_model_units` | `desiredModelUnits` (int only) | null | |
| 145 | +| `commitment_duration` | `commitmentDuration` | null | |
| 146 | +| `commitment_expiration_time_utc` | `commitmentExpirationTime` (tz-aware UTC) | null | |
| 147 | +| `last_modified_time_utc` | `lastModifiedTime` (tz-aware UTC) | null | |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +### Normalization requirements |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | +- String-valued identifiers must normalize only from non-empty strings. |
| 152 | +- Timestamp fields must be timezone-aware UTC before use; naive → skip item for required |
| 153 | + timestamps, null for contextual timestamps. |
| 154 | +- Future `creationTime` → skip item. |
| 155 | +- `resource_id` must be the `provisionedModelArn`, not the friendly name. |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +--- |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +## 6. Idle-Activity Determination |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +CloudWatch is the **sole trusted runtime-activity source** for this rule. |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +### Required CloudWatch contract |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | +| Field | Value | |
| 166 | +|---|---| |
| 167 | +| Namespace | `AWS/Bedrock` | |
| 168 | +| Dimension | `ModelId = provisionedModelArn` | |
| 169 | +| Statistics | `Sum` | |
| 170 | +| Period | `idle_days_threshold × 86400` (satisfies CloudWatch retention constraints) | |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +### Required metrics |
| 173 | + |
| 174 | +1. `Invocations` |
| 175 | +2. `InvocationClientErrors` |
| 176 | +3. `InvocationServerErrors` |
| 177 | +4. `InvocationThrottles` |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +### Interpretation rules |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | +- If any required metric returns datapoints with `Sum > 0` → **not idle** → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 182 | +- The Provisioned Throughput is idle only when **all required metrics return datapoints** and |
| 183 | + all observed `Sum` values are exactly `0` |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +### Datapoint completeness |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +- Missing datapoints **must not** be interpreted as zero runtime activity |
| 188 | +- If any required metric returns no datapoints → **SKIP ITEM** (insufficient evidence) |
| 189 | +- If retrieval of any required metric fails → **FAIL RULE** |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +### Semantic boundary |
| 192 | + |
| 193 | +- This rule detects **no observed Bedrock runtime request activity**, not “no business value” |
| 194 | +- `Invocations` covers successful requests only; the error/throttle metrics are required so |
| 195 | + that failed/throttled attempts are still treated as observed activity |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | +--- |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | +## 7. Pricing / Commitment Boundary |
| 200 | + |
| 201 | +- `estimated_monthly_cost_usd = null` |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +### Mandatory rules |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +- MUST NOT emit a fixed per-MU monthly estimate from the fetched AWS docs |
| 206 | +- MUST NOT infer immediate savings from idle state alone |
| 207 | +- MAY surface `model_units`, `desired_model_units`, `commitment_duration`, and |
| 208 | + `commitment_expiration_time` as context only |
| 209 | + |
| 210 | +### Required caveats |
| 211 | + |
| 212 | +- Billing continues until the Provisioned Throughput is deleted |
| 213 | +- Committed Model Unit Provisioned Throughputs may not be deletable before term completion |
| 214 | +- Idle state does not necessarily mean the cost is immediately avoidable |
| 215 | + |
| 216 | +--- |
| 217 | + |
| 218 | +## 8. Deterministic Evaluation Order |
| 219 | + |
| 220 | +1. Retrieve and fully paginate `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs(statusEquals="InService")` |
| 221 | +2. Normalize each item |
| 222 | +3. For each normalized item: |
| 223 | + - `provisioned_model_arn` absent → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 224 | + - `normalized_status` absent or not `InService` → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 225 | + - `creation_time_utc` absent/invalid/future → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 226 | + - `age_days < idle_days_threshold` → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 227 | + - retrieve all required CloudWatch activity metrics using `ModelId = provisionedModelArn` |
| 228 | + - any required metric retrieval failure → **FAIL RULE** |
| 229 | + - any required metric has no datapoints → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 230 | + - any required metric has `Sum > 0` → **SKIP ITEM** |
| 231 | + - otherwise → **EMIT** |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | +--- |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | +## 9. Exclusion Rules |
| 236 | + |
| 237 | +1. `provisioned_model_arn` absent → malformed identity |
| 238 | +2. `normalized_status` absent → missing current-state signal |
| 239 | +3. `normalized_status != "InService"` → not currently serving provisioned capacity |
| 240 | +4. `creation_time_utc` absent/naive/future → invalid age source |
| 241 | +5. `age_days < idle_days_threshold` → too new |
| 242 | +6. any required CloudWatch activity metric has no datapoints → insufficient trusted evidence |
| 243 | +7. any required CloudWatch activity metric has positive observed activity → not idle |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | +--- |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | +## 10. Failure Model |
| 248 | + |
| 249 | +### Rule-level failures (FAIL RULE) |
| 250 | + |
| 251 | +- `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` request/pagination failure |
| 252 | +- `GetMetricStatistics` failure for any required activity metric |
| 253 | +- permission failure for required Bedrock or CloudWatch APIs |
| 254 | + |
| 255 | +### Item-level skips (SKIP ITEM) |
| 256 | + |
| 257 | +- malformed identity or creation time |
| 258 | +- non-`InService` state |
| 259 | +- too new |
| 260 | +- insufficient CloudWatch datapoints |
| 261 | +- observed runtime request activity |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | +--- |
| 264 | + |
| 265 | +## 11. Confidence Model |
| 266 | + |
| 267 | +| Condition | Confidence | |
| 268 | +|---|---| |
| 269 | +| All required activity metrics present and all sums zero over full window | `HIGH` | |
| 270 | + |
| 271 | +**Mandatory rule:** use `HIGH` confidence. The finding is based on direct control-plane |
| 272 | +status plus direct runtime-activity metrics with full required metric coverage. |
| 273 | + |
| 274 | +--- |
| 275 | + |
| 276 | +## 12. Risk Model |
| 277 | + |
| 278 | +| Condition | Risk | |
| 279 | +|---|---| |
| 280 | +| Finding emitted | `HIGH` | |
| 281 | + |
| 282 | +**Mandatory rule:** use `HIGH` risk. Provisioned Throughput is dedicated always-on Bedrock |
| 283 | +capacity that continues billing while serving no observed runtime requests. |
| 284 | + |
| 285 | +--- |
| 286 | + |
| 287 | +## 13. Evidence / Details Contract |
| 288 | + |
| 289 | +### Required details fields |
| 290 | + |
| 291 | +Each emitted finding should include, at minimum: |
| 292 | + |
| 293 | +```text |
| 294 | +evaluation_path = "idle-bedrock-provisioned-throughput-review-candidate" |
| 295 | +provisioned_model_arn |
| 296 | +provisioned_model_name |
| 297 | +normalized_status = "InService" |
| 298 | +creation_time |
| 299 | +age_days |
| 300 | +idle_days_threshold |
| 301 | +model_arn |
| 302 | +foundation_model_arn |
| 303 | +model_units |
| 304 | +desired_model_units |
| 305 | +commitment_duration |
| 306 | +commitment_expiration_time |
| 307 | +activity_metrics_checked |
| 308 | +``` |
| 309 | + |
| 310 | +### Required `activity_metrics_checked` |
| 311 | + |
| 312 | +```text |
| 313 | +["Invocations", "InvocationClientErrors", "InvocationServerErrors", "InvocationThrottles"] |
| 314 | +``` |
| 315 | + |
| 316 | +### Required evidence wording |
| 317 | + |
| 318 | +Signals used should state: |
| 319 | + |
| 320 | +- Provisioned Throughput is `InService` |
| 321 | +- required Bedrock runtime activity metrics were queried under `ModelId = provisionedModelArn` |
| 322 | +- no observed runtime request activity was present over the configured window |
| 323 | + |
| 324 | +Signals not checked should state major blind spots, such as: |
| 325 | + |
| 326 | +- whether the throughput is intentionally kept warm for failover or rare batch windows |
| 327 | +- whether a commitment term prevents immediate deletion |
| 328 | +- whether future traffic is expected soon |
| 329 | +- application/business criticality |
| 330 | +- exact current pricing and immediate avoidable savings |
| 331 | + |
| 332 | +--- |
| 333 | + |
| 334 | +## 14. Non-goals / Blind Spots |
| 335 | + |
| 336 | +This rule does **not** prove any of the following: |
| 337 | + |
| 338 | +- that the Provisioned Throughput is safe to delete |
| 339 | +- that the Provisioned Throughput is not intentionally reserved for future or failover use |
| 340 | +- that immediate savings are available despite commitment constraints |
| 341 | +- that no one attempted model usage outside the observation window |
| 342 | +- that there are no operational dependencies on the provisioned ARN |
| 343 | + |
| 344 | +--- |
| 345 | + |
| 346 | +## 15. API and IAM Contract |
| 347 | + |
| 348 | +### Required APIs |
| 349 | + |
| 350 | +- `bedrock:ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` |
| 351 | +- `cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics` |
| 352 | + |
| 353 | +### Mandatory API usage rules |
| 354 | + |
| 355 | +- `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` must be paginated |
| 356 | +- inventory should be filtered to `statusEquals="InService"` or equivalently excluded later |
| 357 | +- `GetMetricStatistics` must query the exact published dimension combination |
| 358 | +- this rule must use `ModelId = provisionedModelArn` |
| 359 | +- undocumented fallback metric dimensions (for example foundation-model IDs) must not be |
| 360 | + required for canonical correctness |
| 361 | + |
| 362 | +--- |
| 363 | + |
| 364 | +## 16. Acceptance Scenarios |
| 365 | + |
| 366 | +### Must emit |
| 367 | + |
| 368 | +1. `InService` Provisioned Throughput older than threshold, all 4 required metrics have |
| 369 | + datapoints, and all sums are `0` |
| 370 | + |
| 371 | +### Must skip |
| 372 | + |
| 373 | +2. `Creating` Provisioned Throughput |
| 374 | +3. `Updating` Provisioned Throughput |
| 375 | +4. `Failed` Provisioned Throughput |
| 376 | +5. `InService` Provisioned Throughput younger than threshold |
| 377 | +6. malformed item without `provisionedModelArn` |
| 378 | +7. malformed item with missing/invalid/future `creationTime` |
| 379 | +8. any required activity metric returns no datapoints |
| 380 | +9. `Invocations` has `Sum > 0` |
| 381 | +10. `InvocationClientErrors` has `Sum > 0` |
| 382 | +11. `InvocationServerErrors` has `Sum > 0` |
| 383 | +12. `InvocationThrottles` has `Sum > 0` |
| 384 | + |
| 385 | +### Must fail |
| 386 | + |
| 387 | +13. `ListProvisionedModelThroughputs` request/pagination failure |
| 388 | +14. any required `GetMetricStatistics` request failure |
| 389 | + |
| 390 | +--- |
| 391 | + |
| 392 | +Rule: aws.bedrock.provisioned_throughput.idle |
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