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AWS Lambda now publishes logs for Lambda Managed Instances capacity providers

AWS Lambda automatically generates logs for Lambda Managed Instances capacity providers, delivering them to CloudWatch Logs for monitoring scaling and instance lifecycle operations.

AWS Lambda now publishes logs for Lambda Managed Instances (LMI) capacity providers to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, providing visibility into scaling activity and instance lifecycle operations. LMI allows you to run Lambda functions on Amazon EC2 instances while maintaining serverless operational simplicity. Capacity providers let you define compute resources that Lambda provisions on your behalf. With capacity provider logs, you can monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize these managed EC2 instances, helping you quickly diagnose provisioning issues and understand scaling behavior. Customers use LMI for high-volume, predictable workloads with specialized compute configurations and achieve cost efficiency through EC2 pricing options like Savings Plans and Reserved Instances. The capacity provider logs are available in all AWS Commercial Regions where LMI is available and are enabled by default for all capacity providers. You can view logs in the Lambda console's capacity provider page and change log configuration using the Lambda API, console, AWS CLI, AWS SAM, or AWS CloudFormation. Standard Amazon CloudWatch Logs charges apply.

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