ECR repos become storage sinks when lifecycle policy is missing and images quietly accumulate.
Most tools stop at visibility. OpsCurb treats findings like work: identify the resource, assign the owner, and keep follow-through visible until it closes.
Start with the Core Scan Role, add optional capabilities later, and review the public permission mapping before you connect.
Frame the issue in monthly and annual impact so the cleanup gets prioritized and tracked.
Use evidence, guardrails, and handoff language instead of raw AWS screenshots alone.
Image retention gets skipped because old tags are easier to ignore than compute.
Usually this is a governance gap: cleanup exists, but policy is inconsistent.
Check deployment cadence, rollback expectations, and exactly which tags are still needed.
Cross-check CI/CD jobs and manifests for references to old tags before removing anything.
Removing tagged images too early can increase release recovery time during urgent incidents.
The cost reduction is usually clear once retention rules are standardized and CI/CD references are mapped.
A mature policy prevents image sprawl from reaccumulating after each release cycle.
Start with untagged images and repositories with low deployment dependence.
Only then enforce repository-level lifecycle rules with explicit policy comments.
These are the friction points teams usually need to clear before they turn a likely savings opportunity into a real cleanup task.
Usually yes, but validate your deployment pipeline references before cleanup to avoid accidental pull failures.
Storage savings can show immediately once stale images are removed, though annualized value should be tracked in recurring scans.
No, OpsCurb highlights opportunities and supports the cleanup sequence.
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