Troubleshooting S3 Files

Overview

Diagnoses and resolves Amazon S3 Files issues: mount failures, IAM permissions, synchronization, conflict resolution, and performance.

For authoritative guidance, see S3 Files Troubleshooting.

Common Tasks

0. Verify Dependencies

• You MUST verify aws CLI is available with s3files subcommand support
• You MUST confirm valid AWS credentials
• You MUST ONLY check for tool existence and version — MUST NOT execute destructive or mutating commands during verification
• You MUST inform the user if any required tools are missing
• You MUST respect the user's decision to abort if tools are unavailable
• You SHOULD explain steps before executing and wait for user confirmation on write commands