Introduce a Lambda function warmer to mitigate cold starts#59
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I like this. I think its good as an option with it disabled by default. It worked for me in testing. I did have some questions about the cost of this approach vs Provisioned Concurrency. I had looked into the Provisioned Concurrency docs and it didn't seem to be too complex. Maybe before generating documentation around this it would be good to lock in the cost and better understand the cost/performance benefits of this vs other approaches. Since it is default disabled and functional, I am fine merging it in at this stage. |
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My guess is this will be cheaper than Provisioned Concurrency as it will be executed just every 5 minutes and takes around 1 second to complete, but I'm not sure. |
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A cold start currently takes approximately 8 seconds, whereas subsequent invocations complete in around 1 second.
Cold starts primarily impact CAs with low API invocation frequency, as their associated Lambda execution environments are eventually terminated. High-traffic CAs are unlikely to be affected due to the constant reuse of warm environments.
To mitigate the impact of cold starts, several approaches are available:
This PR implements the EventBridge Scheduler approach, as it is the simplest to deploy. From https://aws.amazon.com/pt/blogs/compute/operating-lambda-performance-optimization-part-1/ :
For clients that invoke the API infrequently, this solution should help ensure that a complete set of Lambda execution environments remains warm.