AWS lambda documentation change
Summary
Expanded explanation of provisioned concurrency use cases, adding details about latency-sensitive interactive workloads vs asynchronous workloads
Security assessment
The changes provide clarification about performance characteristics and appropriate use cases for provisioned concurrency, but do not address security vulnerabilities or introduce security-related features. The modifications focus on operational guidance rather than security controls.
Diff
diff --git a/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.md b/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.md index 8ae03abdb..3a5d6d91c 100644 --- a//lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.md +++ b//lambda/latest/dg/configuration-concurrency.md @@ -13 +13 @@ In Lambda, [concurrency](./lambda-concurrency.html) is the number of in-flight r - * Provisioned concurrency – This is the number of pre-initialized execution environments allocated to your function. These execution environments are ready to respond immediately to incoming function requests. Provisioned concurrency is useful for reducing cold start latencies for functions. Configuring provisioned concurrency incurs additional charges to your AWS account. + * Provisioned concurrency – This is the number of pre-initialized execution environments allocated to your function. These execution environments are ready to respond immediately to incoming function requests. Provisioned concurrency is useful for reducing cold start latencies for functions and designed to make functions available with double-digit millisecond response times. Generally, interactive workloads benefit the most from the feature. Those are applications with users initiating requests, such as web and mobile applications, and are the most sensitive to latency. Asynchronous workloads, such as data processing pipelines, are often less latency sensitive and so do not usually need provisioned concurrency. Configuring provisioned concurrency incurs additional charges to your AWS account.