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AWS Serverless Error Handling Summary by Execution Model


Error Handling Summary by Execution Model

The table bellow compares error handling by execution model.

API Gateway Amazon SNS Kinesis Data Streams SQS Queue
Timeout considerations API Gateway has a 30-second timeout Requests are sent to Lambda, where they are queued and executed Configured by the retention period of the records Configured by the visiy timeout
Retries There are no built-in retries Has built-in retries Configured by "Maximum Retry Attempts" number "MaxReveveCount" is used tit the retry number
Error handling You must implement error handling Use Lambda on-failure destination or a dead-letter queue Configure Lambda on-failure destination with the "Maximum Retry Attempts" number Use a dead-letter queue to handle failed messages

Related reads:

Error Handling and Automatic Retries in AWS Lambda
Configuring Error Handling for Asynchronous Invocation
Handle Lambda Errors in API Gateway
Amazon API Gatewaits and Important Notes
Amazon SNS Message ery Retries
Using AWS Lambda with Amazon Kinesis: Error Handling
Kinesis Data Streams: Changing the Data Retention Period
Amazon SQS Visiy Timeout