AWS Lambda now supports Max Batching Window for Amazon MSK, Apache Kafka, Amazon MQ for Apache Active MQ and RabbitMQ as event sources

AWS Lambda now supports Max Batching Window, a new feature that allows developers to fine tune Lambda invocation for cost optimization. This feature gives you additional control on batching behavior when processing data from Amazon MSK, Apache Kafka, Amazon MQ for Apache Active MQ and RabbitMQ as event sources.

Lambda reads records from an event source stream at a fixed cadence and invokes a function with a batch of records. Max Batching Window allows you to wait as long as 300s to build a batch before invoking a function. Now, a function is invoked when one of the following conditions is met: the payload size reaches 6MB, the Max Batching Window reaches its maximum value, or the Batch Size reaches its maximum value. With Max Batching Window, you can increase the average number of records passed to the function with each invocation. This is helpful when you want to reduce the number of invocations and optimize cost.

You can get started with Max Batching Window via AWS management console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDK for Lambda. It can be used at no additional cost in all regions where AWS Lambda is available. For more information on where AWS Lambda is available, see the AWS region table. To learn more, see

• Using AWS Lambda with Amazon MSK
• Using AWS Lambda with Apache Kafka
• Using AWS Lambda with Amazon MQ, and
• Using AWS Lambda with RabitMQ in the AWS Lambda Developer Guide.