<important> <p>For an updated version of this API, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html">GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration</a>. If you configured a bucket lifecycle using the <code>filter</code> element, you should see the updated version of this topic. This topic is provided for backward compatibility.</p> </important> <p>Returns the lifecycle configuration information set on the bucket. For information about lifecycle configuration, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html">Object Lifecycle Management</a>.</p> <p> To use this operation, you must have permission to perform the <code>s3:GetLifecycleConfiguration</code> action. The bucket owner has this permission by default. The bucket owner can grant this permission to others. For more information about permissions, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-with-s3-actions.html#using-with-s3-actions-related-to-bucket-subresources">Permissions Related to Bucket Subresource Operations</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-access-control.html">Managing Access Permissions to Your Amazon S3 Resources</a>.</p> <p> <code>GetBucketLifecycle</code> has the following special error:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Error code: <code>NoSuchLifecycleConfiguration</code> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Description: The lifecycle configuration does not exist.</p> </li> <li> <p>HTTP Status Code: 404 Not Found</p> </li> <li> <p>SOAP Fault Code Prefix: Client</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>The following operations are related to <code>GetBucketLifecycle</code>:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html">GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration</a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycle.html">PutBucketLifecycle</a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteBucketLifecycle.html">DeleteBucketLifecycle</a> </p> </li> </ul>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

<important> <p>For an updated version of this API, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html">GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration</a>. If you configured a bucket lifecycle using the <code>filter</code> element, you should see the updated version of this topic. This topic is provided for backward compatibility.</p> </important> <p>Returns the lifecycle configuration information set on the bucket. For information about lifecycle configuration, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html">Object Lifecycle Management</a>.</p> <p> To use this operation, you must have permission to perform the <code>s3:GetLifecycleConfiguration</code> action. The bucket owner has this permission by default. The bucket owner can grant this permission to others. For more information about permissions, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-with-s3-actions.html#using-with-s3-actions-related-to-bucket-subresources">Permissions Related to Bucket Subresource Operations</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/s3-access-control.html">Managing Access Permissions to Your Amazon S3 Resources</a>.</p> <p> <code>GetBucketLifecycle</code> has the following special error:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Error code: <code>NoSuchLifecycleConfiguration</code> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Description: The lifecycle configuration does not exist.</p> </li> <li> <p>HTTP Status Code: 404 Not Found</p> </li> <li> <p>SOAP Fault Code Prefix: Client</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>The following operations are related to <code>GetBucketLifecycle</code>:</p> <ul> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html">GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration</a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycle.html">PutBucketLifecycle</a> </p> </li> <li> <p> <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteBucketLifecycle.html">DeleteBucketLifecycle</a> </p> </li> </ul>

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  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}