CloudWatch Logs increases query result limit to 100,000
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs now allows retrieving up to 100,000 results per query using the Logs Insights query language, up from the previous limit of 10,000. This change enables users to analyze larger datasets directly and utilize features like pattern matching and visualization on the full result set without splitting queries. The GetQueryResults API has also been updated to support pagination, affecting engineers and architects working with log data.
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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/cloudwatch-logs-query-results/
