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AWS cognito documentation change

Service: cognito · 2026-04-01 · Documentation low

File: cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-working-with-lambda-triggers.md

Summary

Updated Lambda trigger retry behavior description from 'Amazon Cognito retries the call' to 'Amazon Cognito may retry the call' and clarified timeout conditions

Security assessment

This change clarifies retry behavior but doesn't address any security vulnerability or weakness. It's a documentation refinement about service behavior patterns.

Diff

diff --git a/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-working-with-lambda-triggers.md b/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-working-with-lambda-triggers.md
index abde44e14..53eefa949 100644
--- a//cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-working-with-lambda-triggers.md
+++ b//cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-working-with-lambda-triggers.md
@@ -82 +82 @@ When you are preparing your user pools for Lambda functions, consider the follow
-  * Except for [Custom sender Lambda triggers](./user-pool-lambda-custom-sender-triggers.html), Amazon Cognito invokes Lambda functions synchronously. When Amazon Cognito calls your Lambda function, it must respond within 5 seconds. If it doesn't and if the call can be retried, Amazon Cognito retries the call. After three unsuccessful attempts, the function times out. You can't change this five-second timeout value. For more information, see [Lambda programming model](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/foundation-progmodel.html) in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.
+  * Except for [Custom sender Lambda triggers](./user-pool-lambda-custom-sender-triggers.html), Amazon Cognito invokes Lambda functions synchronously. When Amazon Cognito calls your Lambda function, it must respond within 5 seconds. If it doesn't and if the call can be retried, Amazon Cognito may retry the call. If all retry attempts fail, the function times out. You can't change this five-second timeout value. For more information, see [Lambda programming model](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/foundation-progmodel.html) in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.