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Diagnosing Lambda function timeouts v1.0.0

Use this resource to find the cause of an AWS Lambda function's timeouts and fix it

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install lambda-timeout-root-cause

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent reviews the function configuration, its CloudWatch logs and metrics, VPC networking, cold starts, memory and the services it calls. It ranks the causes and proposes prioritized fixes.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
Apache-2.0

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: diagnosis method and troubleshooting (function not found, missing logs)
  • references/lambda-timeout-debugging.md: detailed diagnosis procedure

Good fit for

  • Your function runs close to its maximum duration
  • A VPC-attached function waits on a database and times out intermittently

Not for

    Tags

    • lambda
    • timeout
    • cloudwatch
    • vpc
    • diagnosis

    About

    You say

    “My Lambda function times out after 30 seconds on calls to an external API, find the cause.”

    Card for the “Diagnosing Lambda function timeouts” skill

    Skill published by aws under the Apache-2.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to find the cause of an AWS Lambda function's timeouts and fix it
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE10.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/lambda-timeout-debugging.md16.6 KB
    • SKILL.md2 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    aws
    Source
    github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/b08b99f38098c30c0ee1a781accd8e349e5b145c/skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/debugging-lambda-timeouts
    Licence
    Apache-2.0

    Notice

    « debugging-lambda-timeouts » (aws, Apache-2.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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