Requesting Compliance Finding Suppression

Last updated: October 22, 2026

You can request suppression of a compliance finding found in an OU/project that you work on. You can request that the finding be suppressed for a specific time frame or indefinitely.

For example, you may have a check that looks for public S3 buckets, but you might want to suppress findings for a specific bucket, because it contains data that is designed for public consumption. Directly suppressing a finding requires owning the compliance check or having permission to manage compliance on the OU/project where it was found, so, if you don't, you would request a suppression instead.

For more information about compliance findings, see What is a Finding?

Note: Compliance checks added by our compliance jumpstarts may not have assigned owners. Suppression requests for these checks will go to users with the Review Compliance Finding Suppression Request permission. If you would like to send requests for any of these checks to specific people, you can add them as owners of the check. For information on adding owners to compliance checks, see Managing Compliance Checks.

Requesting that a Compliance Finding be Suppressed

  1. Navigate to the OU or project's details page by clicking on its name on the All OUs or All Projects page.

  2. Select the Compliance.

  3. On the Findings card, click View All.

  4. Click the ellipsis menu next to the finding you want to suppress and select Request Suppression. If this is not an option, you may not have the necessary permissions for this action.

  5. Enter a reason for the request in the Suppression Reason field.

  6. (Optional) Turn on the Suppression Timeout toggle and set a time frame. Once the time frame elapses, the finding will start showing in compliance scan results again if it has not been addressed.

  7. Click Request Suppression.

Your request is sent to the owners of the compliance check for review.

Checking a Compliance Finding Suppression Request

  1. Click Requests > My Initiated Requests.

  2. In the Request Type dropdown menu, select Compliance Finding Suppression.

  3. Pending requests appear on the Pending tab. Approved and denied requests appear on the History tab.

Canceling a Compliance Finding Suppression Request

  1. Click Requests > My Initiated Requests.

  2. In the Request Type dropdown menu, select Compliance Finding Suppression.

  3. On the Pending tab, click Cancel Request next to the request.

  4. Enter a reason for the cancellation.

  5. Click Cancel Request to confirm.