You delete an instance and move DNS, and one old Elastic IP keeps billing in the background.
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.
It is cheap to ignore, which is exactly why it gets missed.
The cost is small per item, then big in total across regions and accounts.
Treat this like a mini change request: confirm the EIP is truly unassociated, and not holding a rollback path you still rely on.
Review association history, subnet context, and any DNS names or endpoint maps that still point to it.
Do not release an IP that is needed for static allow-listing, partner integrations, or DR fallback.
If the EIP is part of a change-window plan, sync with the owning service team first.
Unused EIPs are usually small per-item savings, but they are easy to process and rarely block product work.
The ROI is strongest as a quick cleanup wave: low engineering time for repeated monthly savings across many regions.
After validation and owner alignment, release stale IPs from non-production first and keep a rollback list for the first cycle.
If reuse is needed later, re-association is usually faster than preserving idle allocations indefinitely.
These are the friction points teams usually need to clear before they turn a likely savings opportunity into a real cleanup task.
No. Most are safe, but some are intentionally kept for integration stability. Validate external dependencies first.
Typically a modest amount per IP, usually several dollars per month, but cumulative impact grows with account count.
No. OpsCurb provides detection, validation context, and expected savings so your team can execute the cleanup safely.
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