AWS Lambda Web Functions keep billing memory ~7 minutes after the last request

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1. netik · Nov 12, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

   This a bit of a “yeah, so?” Statement. You can configure teardown and minimum workers, and with a busy site, most of the time requests aren’t going to stop enough for this to matter.

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2. catlifeonmars · Nov 12, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

   Does the ~7 minutes get amortized over sustained load (due to container reuse)? I feel like the article doesn’t consider the shape of the traffic and workloads in its analysis of why lambda is not a good fit.

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3. hoppp · Nov 12, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC

   Isn't that a configurable parameter?

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