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Terraform 1.3 and AWS Lambda: Timeout scenarios on Concurrent Executions Despite Increased Timeout Setting

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I'm following best practices but I keep running into I'm experiencing a frustrating scenario with my AWS Lambda function deployed via Terraform... I set the timeout to 60 seconds, but when I trigger multiple concurrent executions, I receive a `Task timed out after 30.00 seconds` behavior. I'm using Terraform version 1.3.0 and the AWS provider version 4.10.0. Here's my Terraform configuration for the Lambda function: ```hcl resource "aws_lambda_function" "my_lambda" { function_name = "my_lambda_function" handler = "index.handler" runtime = "nodejs14.x" role = aws_iam_role.lambda_exec.arn timeout = 60 # Setting timeout to 60 seconds source_code_hash = filebase64sha256("./lambda.zip") filename = "./lambda.zip" } resource "aws_iam_role" "lambda_exec" { name = "lambda_exec_role" assume_role_policy = jsonencode({ Version = "2012-10-17" Statement = [{ Action = "sts:AssumeRole" Principal = { Service = "lambda.amazonaws.com" } Effect = "Allow" Sid = "" }] }) } ``` I’ve already confirmed that the Lambda function itself can handle the workload within the timeout, as it processes events in under 10 seconds when run in isolation. However, during concurrent invocations, it appears some instances are still hitting the 30-second timeout threshold, which is unexpected considering the timeout is set to 60 seconds. Additionally, I’ve checked the AWS Console to ensure that the timeout is reflected correctly in the Lambda configuration, and it does show the updated value. I've tried redeploying the Lambda function several times and verifying that no other configurations are overriding the timeout setting. Lastly, I've looked into the AWS Lambda limits documentation, but I don't see any mention of a hard cap on timeout from concurrent executions. Does anyone have any insights into why this is happening? Is there something in the Terraform configuration that I might be overlooking? Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is for a web app running on Windows 11. What would be the recommended way to handle this?