CloudWatch alarms from log queries streamline monitoring
Amazon CloudWatch now allows creating alarms directly from log queries, eliminating intermediate metric filters. This change simplifies setting up proactive monitoring and alerting on log data anomalies for engineers and architects working with AWS logs. The feature supports standard CloudWatch Alarm actions and is available in most commercial AWS Regions, accessible via console, CLI, CloudFormation, and SDKs.
- →Create CloudWatch alarms directly from log queries
- →Integrated log query-to-alarm workflow
- →Broad integration and availability
Features (1) ›
- Create CloudWatch alarms directly from log queries
Users can now configure CloudWatch alarms based on log query results, specifying thresholds directly without creating metric filters or custom metrics. This streamlines the process of actively monitoring log data and receiving alerts on anomalies with context.
Enhancements (1) ›
- Integrated log query-to-alarm workflow
This feature provides a single workflow to write a query, set a threshold, and receive an alarm notification with log context when errors spike. It simplifies monitoring error rates by service or other log data patterns.
Notes (1) ›
- Broad integration and availability
Alarms created from log queries support standard CloudWatch Alarm actions like SNS notifications and EventBridge integrations. The feature is available in most commercial AWS Regions and can be managed via the CloudWatch console, AWS CLI, CloudFormation, and SDKs.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/amazon-cloudwatch-log-alarms/