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AWS AWS Lambda Service Limits

68 quotas for AWS Lambda. 36 can be increased.

QuotaDefaultStatus
Number of concurrent MicroVM image builds

Number of concurrent MicroVM image builds

compute
10
Count
Adjustable
Rate of capacity provider write API requests

Rate of capacity provider write API requests

throughput
1
count
Fixed
Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackSuccess API requests

Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackSuccess API requests

compute
300
count
Adjustable
Max Execution Duration of a MicroVM (in Hours)

Max Execution Duration of a MicroVM (in Hours)

compute
8
count
Fixed
Burst rate of ResumeMicrovm API requests

Burst rate of ResumeMicrovm API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
Rate of GetDurableExecutionHistory API requests

Rate of GetDurableExecutionHistory API requests

compute
15
count
Adjustable
Rate of RunMicrovm API requests

Rate of RunMicrovm API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
RPS per 16 vCPU MicroVm

RPS per 16 vCPU MicroVm

compute
160
Count
Fixed
Function and layer storage

Function and layer storage

storage
75
Gigabytes
Adjustable
Max allocated memory

Max allocated memory

compute
1,024
Gigabytes
Adjustable
Rate of TerminateMicrovm API requests

Rate of TerminateMicrovm API requests

throughput
10
count
Adjustable
RPS per 4 vCPU MicroVm

RPS per 4 vCPU MicroVm

compute
40
Count
Fixed
Function timeout

Function timeout

compute
900
count
Fixed
Synchronous payload

Synchronous payload

general
6
Megabytes
Fixed
Rate of GetDurableExecution API requests

Rate of GetDurableExecution API requests

compute
30
count
Adjustable
Rate of ResumeMicrovm API requests

Rate of ResumeMicrovm API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
Burst rate of SuspendMicrovm API requests

Burst rate of SuspendMicrovm API requests

throughput
2
count
Adjustable
Burst rate of TerminateMicrovm API requests

Burst rate of TerminateMicrovm API requests

throughput
10
count
Adjustable
Rate of control plane API requests (excludes invocation, GetFunction, and GetPolicy requests)

Rate of control plane API requests (excludes invocation, GetFunction, and GetPolicy requests)

throughput
15
count
Fixed
Concurrent executions

Concurrent executions

compute
1,000
Count
Adjustable
Burst rate of CreateMicrovmShellAuthToken API requests

Burst rate of CreateMicrovmShellAuthToken API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
Concurrent connections per 16 vCPU MicroVM

Concurrent connections per 16 vCPU MicroVM

compute
128
Count
Fixed
Burst rate of RunMicrovm API requests

Burst rate of RunMicrovm API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
SQS Event Source Mapping throughput in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

SQS Event Source Mapping throughput in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

capacity
5
Megabytes/Second
Fixed
Deployment package size (unzipped)

Deployment package size (unzipped)

storage
250
Megabytes
Fixed
Maximum running durable executions

Maximum running durable executions

compute
1,000,000
count
Adjustable
Rate of CreateMicrovmShellAuthToken API requests

Rate of CreateMicrovmShellAuthToken API requests

throughput
5
count
Adjustable
Deployment package size (direct upload)

Deployment package size (direct upload)

storage
50
Megabytes
Fixed
Burst rate of CreateMicrovmAuthToken API requests

Burst rate of CreateMicrovmAuthToken API requests

throughput
50
count
Adjustable
Capacity providers

Capacity providers

general
1,000
count
Adjustable
Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackFailure API requests

Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackFailure API requests

compute
300
count
Adjustable
Kinesis Event Source Mapping throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

Kinesis Event Source Mapping throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

capacity
25
Megabytes/Second
Adjustable
Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackHeartbeat API requests

Rate of SendDurableExecutionCallbackHeartbeat API requests

compute
300
count
Adjustable
Environment variable size

Environment variable size

storage
4
Kilobytes
Fixed
Rate of GetFunction API requests

Rate of GetFunction API requests

throughput
100
count
Fixed
Rate of CheckpointDurableExecution API requests

Rate of CheckpointDurableExecution API requests

compute
1,000
count
Adjustable
Rate of SuspendMicrovm API requests

Rate of SuspendMicrovm API requests

throughput
2
count
Adjustable
Function versions per capacity provider

Function versions per capacity provider

general
100
count
Fixed
Maximum number of durable operations per durable execution

Maximum number of durable operations per durable execution

compute
3,000
count
Fixed
Function invocation rate to initiate durable executions

Function invocation rate to initiate durable executions

compute
300
count
Adjustable
Rate of ListDurableExecutionsByFunction API requests

Rate of ListDurableExecutionsByFunction API requests

compute
15
count
Adjustable
Concurrent connections per 2 vCPU MicroVM

Concurrent connections per 2 vCPU MicroVM

compute
16
Count
Fixed
Concurrent connections per 1 vCPU MicroVM

Concurrent connections per 1 vCPU MicroVM

compute
8
Count
Fixed
Rate of GetDurableExecutionState API requests

Rate of GetDurableExecutionState API requests

compute
1,000
count
Adjustable
Kafka Event Source Mappings in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

Kafka Event Source Mappings in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

capacity
100
count
Fixed
Rate of CreateMicrovmAuthToken API requests

Rate of CreateMicrovmAuthToken API requests

throughput
50
count
Adjustable
Number of MicroVM images

Number of MicroVM images

general
100
Count
Adjustable
Processes and threads

Processes and threads

general
1,024
count
Fixed
Concurrent connections per 4 vCPU MicroVM

Concurrent connections per 4 vCPU MicroVM

compute
32
Count
Fixed
Asynchronous invocation request throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

Asynchronous invocation request throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

throughput
5
Megabytes/Second
Adjustable
Rate of capacity provider read API requests

Rate of capacity provider read API requests

throughput
15
count
Fixed
File descriptors

File descriptors

storage
1,024
count
Fixed
Kafka Event Source Mapping throughput in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

Kafka Event Source Mapping throughput in default mode on Lambda Managed Instances

capacity
1
Megabytes/Second
Fixed
Rate of GetPolicy API requests

Rate of GetPolicy API requests

throughput
15
count
Fixed
Function layers

Function layers

general
5
count
Fixed
Concurrent connections per 8 vCPU MicroVM

Concurrent connections per 8 vCPU MicroVM

compute
64
Count
Fixed
DynamoDB Event Source Mapping throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

DynamoDB Event Source Mapping throughput on Lambda Managed Instances

capacity
10
Megabytes/Second
Adjustable
Durable execution storage written in megabytes

Durable execution storage written in megabytes

compute
100
Megabytes
Fixed
Rate of GetMicrovm API requests

Rate of GetMicrovm API requests

throughput
100
count
Adjustable
Asynchronous payload

Asynchronous payload

general
1,024
Kilobytes
Fixed
Function resource-based policy

Function resource-based policy

identity
20
Kilobytes
Fixed
Deployment package size (console editor)

Deployment package size (console editor)

storage
3
Megabytes
Fixed
Versions per MicroVM Image

Versions per MicroVM Image

general
50
Count
Adjustable
Test events (console editor)

Test events (console editor)

general
10
count
Fixed
Burst rate of GetMicrovm API requests

Burst rate of GetMicrovm API requests

throughput
100
count
Adjustable
Concurrency scaling rate

Concurrency scaling rate

throughput
1,000
count
Fixed
Rate of StopDurableExecution API requests

Rate of StopDurableExecution API requests

compute
30
count
Adjustable
Elastic network interfaces per VPC

Elastic network interfaces per VPC

networking
500
count
Adjustable

How to Request a Quota Increase

  1. 1Open the AWS Service Quotas console.
  2. 2Select AWS Lambda from the service list.
  3. 3Find the quota and click "Request increase".
  4. 4Enter the desired value and submit. Most increases are approved within a few hours.

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Quick Stats

Total Quotas68
Adjustable36
Fixed32
Commonly Hit0