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docs/user-guide/providers/aws/boto3-configuration.mdx

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 </Note>
 
+## Retries Configuration
+
+<VersionBadge version="5.44.0" />
+
+The number of retries is set with `--aws-retries-max-attempts`, where `0` disables retries. It can also be set through an environment variable, which is the way to tune it in Prowler Cloud and other deployments without a CLI:
+
+```console
+export PROWLER_AWS_BOTO3_RETRIES_MAX_ATTEMPTS=0
+```
+
+The CLI flag takes precedence over the environment variable. The value must be a non-negative integer; when neither is set, Prowler uses 3 retries.
+
+<Warning>
+The environment variable is process-wide: it applies to every AWS provider built in the process where it is set, not only to a connection check. A scan started in that same process picks it up too. Boto3's Standard retry mode, which Prowler uses, also retries service-side throttling responses (see the errors listed below), so `0` disables retries for those as well. On a large account a scan can hit throttling under normal load, and with retries disabled that throttling becomes a hard failure instead of a retried call. Set the variable only on the processes that run connection checks; leave scan workers on the default, or raise their retry count instead of lowering it.
+</Warning>
+
 ## Retry Behavior Overview
 
 Boto3's Standard retry mode includes the following mechanisms:

docs/user-guide/tutorials/prowler-app.mdx

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 <img src="/images/test-connection-button.png" alt="Test Connection" width="700" />
 
+<Note>
+For a single AWS account, Prowler tests the connection as part of the `Connect account` step, so the wizard moves straight to launching the scan.
+</Note>
+
 ## Step 6: Scan Started
 After the connection check succeeds, save the provider and start your first scan with the `Launch Scan` button. The `Scans` section shows the scan in progress: