RDS/Aurora DB instances billed for Extended Support now (MySQL 5.7/8.0, PostgreSQL 12/13)

What LeftSize checks

Find RDS and Aurora DB instances on a major version that is past the end of standard support and is billed for RDS Extended Support right now.

Why it matters

Missed retirement and end-of-support dates turn into forced upgrades, outages or extended support charges at a moment you did not choose.

What you get in the GitHub issue

LeftSize runs this check from a scheduled GitHub Action with a read-only identity in your AWS account and opens one issue per scope, updated on every scan. The issue includes:

• The affected resources, grouped per subscription, resource group or account and region
• Background on why it was flagged and when it is a false positive
• Cost and operational impact of fixing it
• Alternative approaches and their trade-offs
• Step-by-step remediation with safety checks
• Ready-to-run fix scripts (CLI, PowerShell or Terraform where available)
• Snooze, ignore or report a finding with a comment on the issue