AWS Lambda console now surfaces key function insights via built-in Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Insights dashboard

The article summarizes a new feature in the AWS Lambda console that provides key insights about Lambda functions using a built-in Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Insights dashboard. This dashboard helps identify and troubleshoot errors or performance issues with Lambda functions.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The importance of easily identifying errors and performance anomalies in serverless applications built with Lambda
• The previous need to navigate to the CloudWatch console and query metrics or create custom dashboards
• The new built-in dashboard in the Lambda console that leverages CloudWatch Metrics Insights
• The critical insights provided by the dashboard, including most-invoked functions, functions with the highest errors, and functions with the longest run times
• The reduced friction and context switching for operator teams to monitor and optimize Lambda-based applications
• The availability of the Metrics Insights dashboard in all commercial AWS Regions where Lambda and CloudWatch metrics are available, at no additional cost