Package your Lambda function as a container image

AWS has announced a new feature for its Lambda platform, allowing developers to package their code and dependencies as container images. This capability makes it easier for enterprise users to use consistent tools for security scanning, code signing, and other tasks. The maximum code package size for a function is now 10GB, significantly higher than the previous limit of 250MB. Container images can be used to run long-running services in Lambda, but they still must interact with the Lambda Runtime API to request events and send responses. This feature blurs the line between Lambda and containers, requiring careful consideration of its implications. While it may address specific pain points for some customers, it also introduces additional complexity and overhead. As such, it's not a replacement for ECS or Fargate, but rather an alternative solution for certain use cases.

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