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Is there a way to get notifications when my AWS Lambda function times out?
I am unable to find any documentation. The only way as of now is to search through the Cloudwatch logs for timeout notifications of all the Lambda functions I have. Is there a better way?
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When the specified timeout is reached, AWS Lambda terminates execution of your Lambda function. As a best practice, you should set the timeout value based on your expected execution time to prevent your function from running longer than intended. This feature is available in all regions where AWS Lambda is available.
Verify that the retry count and timeout settings on the AWS SDK that you're using allow enough time for your function to initialize. Increase the Lambda function's timeout setting temporarily to allow enough time for the function code to generate log data.
I've created an alarm in CloudWatch for a Lambda metric of type "Duration" and selected the Statistic of "Maximum" to alert me when the execution duration is greater/equal 30000 (= 30 seconds) for a Lambda function configured with a timeout of 30 seconds.
If the duration of a single execution ("maximum" of the period) exceeds the timeout time, you will be notified. It is working fine for me.
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According to the docs, a timeout should be in the Errors metric. I observed weird behaviour with the count (e.g. having an error count of 0.5). Hence I made a CloudWatch alarm for the errors count > 0 (not >= 1).
You could also do something with the REPORT message or with
Task timed out after 25.00 seconds
which can be found in the Cloudwatch logs.
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