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jazzypants • yesterday at 12:27 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yes.

> Lambda scales down to zero environments when there is no traffic. The next request after that starts a new environment (a cold start).

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/web-functions-s...


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squiwardStan5 • yesterday at 1:09 AM

Reads like absolute tail, after idle period will see a coldstart but due to multi-concurrency the subsequent requests as a burst will be amortized and automatic/proactive scale-up should avoid further coldstarts.