The ten patterns
Use these as a ladder from strongest evidence to weakest evidence.
- Activated cost allocation tags
- Linked account ownership
- Service-specific ownership
- Resource name tokens
- Environment prefixes
- Kubernetes namespace
- Terraform workspace
- Deployment pipeline metadata
- Regex rules
- Explicit unallocated bucket
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Frequently asked
Should regex be the first choice?
No. Use provider tags first, then regex where naming is reliable.
Why keep an unallocated bucket?
It prevents false confidence and creates a cleanup target.