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[ECS Fargate] [request]: Request to increase maximum ephemeral storage size for Fargate tasks (beyond 200 GB)

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**Tell us about your request**
Please consider increasing the maximum ephemeral storage limit for **Fargate** tasks beyond the current 200 GB.
A higher limit - for example, up to 1TB, would greatly help workloads that need substantial temporary space during runtime.

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
Fargate

**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
Some workloads process large temporary datasets, build intermediate files, or perform heavy I/O operations that require large but non-persistent storage.
For these cases, attaching EBS or EFS volumes is not ideal because:
We do not need persistence after the container stops.
We want storage that is automatically created and destroyed with the task.
Using EBS/EFS adds unnecessary management complexity and cost.

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Research direction

No repository file, test, or implementation entry point is named. Start by reviewing the Fargate 200 GB ephemeral-storage limit and the EBS/EFS alternatives described in the issue; done would require an AWS service decision or a documented increase to the task storage limit.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws
Domain
cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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