debugging-lambda-timeouts

debugging-lambda-timeouts is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws. It costs 62 tokens per session (365 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A troubleshooting guide for AWS Lambda functions that exceed their allowed runtime and stop with a timeout. It examines settings, logs, metrics, networking, startup delays, memory, code, and services the function calls.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate timeout patterns, review CloudWatch evidence and function configuration, inspect timeout-prone code when available, and produce prioritized fixes.
Why use it?
It replaces guesswork with a structured search for causes such as slow external services, database connections, cold starts, insufficient memory, or inefficient code.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to investigate timeout patterns, review CloudWatch evidence and function configuration, inspect timeout-prone code when available, and produce prioritized fixes.

Compare 6 skills from other repositories ↓
Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts
About the project

Agent Toolkit for AWS is a collection of AWS-supported MCP servers, skills, plugins, commands, and hooks that help AI coding agents build, deploy, and manage applications on AWS. It is used by developers working with AWS services through agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Kiro. The catalogue entries are the toolkit's own agent extensions for AWS development and operations.

aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws · 2,569 stars · on GitHub

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill debugging-lambda-timeouts
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for debugging-lambda-timeouts

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for debugging-lambda-timeouts

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/debugging-lambda-timeouts.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 62 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 365 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • Socket pass 14 May 2026
  • Snyk pass 14 May 2026
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00062 $0.00365
Opus 5 $0.00031 $0.00182
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00073
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00036

Measured 6d ago against content hash 52a1a0bb979d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

debugging-lambda-timeouts scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/debugging-lambda-timeouts/SKILL.md · 48 lines

What it actually says

Debugging Lambda Timeouts

Overview

Domain expertise for systematically investigating AWS Lambda function timeout failures by analyzing function configuration, CloudWatch logs, metrics, dependencies, cold start patterns, and code. Identifies common causes such as insufficient timeout settings, external service delays, database connection issues, memory constraints, and inefficient code patterns, then provides prioritized recommendations.

Debug a Lambda timeout

To investigate and resolve Lambda timeout issues, follow the procedure exactly. See Lambda timeout debugging procedure.

The procedure collects function configuration, CloudWatch metrics and logs, dependency analysis, and cold start patterns. If Lambda code is provided, it also reviews the code for timeout-prone patterns. Results are compiled into a structured debugging report with prioritized recommendations.

Troubleshooting

Function not found

Verify the function name and region. Use aws lambda list-functions --region <region> to list available functions.

No logs available

The function may not have been invoked recently or logging may be disabled. Check the function's log group configuration and invocation metrics.

Access denied errors

Verify AWS credentials have permissions for Lambda, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Metrics. See the full procedure for details.

Log query time range issues

If CloudWatch Logs Insights queries fail with time range errors, reduce the analysis window or check log group retention settings. See the full procedure for details.

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 48 lines · 62 tokens per session scan A 52a1a0bb979d

Subscribe to this mod's changes

debugging-lambda-timeouts is a skill published in the GitHub repository aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws (2,569 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 365 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

Related

Other skills, from other repositories

gke-ai-troubleshooting-jobset-interruption

Diagnoses GKE JobSet interruptions, restarts, and preemptions for AI/ML training workloads autonomously. Use when troubleshooting JobSet restart loops, spot VM preemptions, node readiness failures, host VM issues, or coordinator worker crashes. Don't use for general GKE cluster creation, basic workload deployment, or…

google/skills · 83 tokens

gke-workload-troubleshooting

Diagnoses GKE workload failures (CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, ImagePullBackOff, Pending, etc.) via logs and events. Use when pods fail to start or crash repeatedly. Don't use for GKE cluster infrastructure provisioning, node pool creation, or non-Kubernetes Google Cloud services.

google/skills · 69 tokens

gke-node-notready

Diagnoses GKE nodes reporting NotReady or Unknown status by inspecting node conditions, events, kubelet/containerd logs, and node metrics, then proposing safe remediations. Use when nodes show NotReady, when the kubelet stops posting node status, or when workloads are evicted or stuck Pending due to node health. Don't…

google/skills · 112 tokens

gke-ai-troubleshooting-handle-disruption-gpu-tpu

Diagnoses, predicts, and mitigates node disruptions during Compute Engine host maintenance and hardware or software maintenance events for GPU and TPU workloads on GKE. Use when diagnosing node disruptions, predicting host maintenance events on GPU/TPU nodepools, inspecting node interruption PromQL metrics, auditing…

google/skills · 117 tokens

agentcore-investigation

Investigate Bedrock AgentCore runtime sessions via CloudWatch Logs Insights — resolve session/trace IDs, query OTEL spans, filter noise, build timelines. Use when debugging AgentCore agent sessions, tracing tool calls, or analyzing latency.

awslabs/mcp · 52 tokens

troubleshoot-sandbox

Troubleshoot OpenSandbox issues by running diagnostics (logs, inspect, events, summary) via CLI or HTTP API to diagnose sandbox failures like OOM, crash, image pull errors, network problems, etc.

opensandbox-group/OpenSandbox · 48 tokens