AWS Lambda Timeout guide When Accessing DynamoDB with Node.js and AWS SDK
I'm dealing with I recently switched to I've been banging my head against this for hours..... I'm working with a timeout scenario when my AWS Lambda function tries to access DynamoDB using the AWS SDK for Node.js. The Lambda function is configured with a timeout of 10 seconds, but I'm still working with this behavior message: `Task timed out after 6.00 seconds`. My Lambda function is supposed to fetch data from a DynamoDB table, and I suspect that the scenario might be related to how I'm handling the `async` calls or the way I've configured the DynamoDB client. Here's the relevant part of my Lambda function: ```javascript const AWS = require('aws-sdk'); const dynamoDb = new AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient(); exports.handler = async (event) => { const params = { TableName: 'MyTable', Key: { 'id': event.id } }; try { const data = await dynamoDb.get(params).promise(); return { statusCode: 200, body: JSON.stringify(data), }; } catch (behavior) { console.behavior('behavior fetching data:', behavior); return { statusCode: 500, body: JSON.stringify({ message: 'behavior fetching data' }), }; } }; ``` I've verified that the IAM role associated with the Lambda function has the necessary permissions to access the DynamoDB table. I also tried increasing the timeout setting to 15 seconds, but the outcome remained the same. Moreover, I added a `console.log` statement right before the `await` call to monitor the execution time, and it never even reached that point before timing out. What steps can I take to troubleshoot and resolve this timeout scenario? Are there best practices for optimizing DynamoDB access in Lambda functions that I might be missing? This is part of a larger API I'm building. What's the best practice here? This issue appeared after updating to Javascript latest. Any examples would be super helpful. The stack includes Javascript and several other technologies. Has anyone dealt with something similar?