>
fields @timestamp, @message, @logStream
| filter @message like /(?i)(error|exception|fatal|critical)/
| stats count(*) as errorCount by bin(5m), @logStream
| sort errorCount desc
| limit 20
fields @timestamp, @duration, operation
| filter ispresent(@duration)
| stats avg(@duration) as avgMs,
pct(@duration, 50) as p50Ms,
pct(@duration, 95) as p95Ms,
pct(@duration, 99) as p99Ms,
count(*) as invocations
by operation
| sort p99Ms desc
| limit 15
fields @timestamp, @duration, @initDuration, @memorySize, @maxMemoryUsed
| filter ispresent(@initDuration)
| stats count(*) as coldStarts,
avg(@initDuration) as avgInitMs,
max(@initDuration) as maxInitMs,
avg(@duration) as avgDurationMs
by bin(5m)
| sort @timestamp desc
fields @timestamp, @message, @logStream, @memorySize, @maxMemoryUsed
| filter @message like /Runtime exited|out of memory|OOMKilled|Cannot allocate memory|MemoryError/
| stats count(*) as oomEvents by @logStream, bin(10m)
| sort oomEvents desc
| limit 10
fields @timestamp, @maxMemoryUsed, @memorySize
| filter ispresent(@maxMemoryUsed)
| stats max(@maxMemoryUsed / @memorySize * 100) as peakMemPct,
avg(@maxMemoryUsed / @memorySize * 100) as avgMemPct
by bin(5m)
| sort @timestamp desc
fields @timestamp, @duration, @logStream, @requestId
| filter @message like /Task timed out/ or @duration > 28000
| stats count(*) as timeouts by @logStream, bin(5m)
| sort timeouts desc
# CloudTrail Lake query for deployment events
SELECT eventTime, eventName, userIdentity.arn, requestParameters
FROM <event-data-store-id>
WHERE eventTime > '<alarm_time_minus_30m>'
AND eventTime < '<alarm_time>'
AND eventName IN (
'UpdateFunctionCode', 'UpdateFunctionConfiguration',
'UpdateService', 'CreateDeployment', 'RegisterTaskDefinition',
'CreateChangeSet', 'ExecuteChangeSet',
'StartPipelineExecution', 'PutImage'
)
ORDER BY eventTime DESC
Deploy Correlation:
Event: UpdateFunctionCode
Time: 2024-03-15T14:23:07Z (12 min before alarm)
Actor: arn:aws:sts::123456789012:assumed-role/github-actions-deploy/session
Resource: arn:aws:lambda:us-east-1:123456789012:function:payment-processor
Correlation: STRONG — same resource, CI/CD actor, alarm was OK prior cycle
START
|
v
[1] ACCOUNT — Which account(s) show the alarm?
| - Check: Are alarms firing in multiple accounts?
| - If yes → suspect shared service (SSO, networking, shared deployment pipeline)
| - If no → proceed to Region
v
[2] REGION — Which region(s) are affected?
| - Check: Same alarm in other regions?
| - If multi-region → suspect global service (IAM, Route53, S3 global)
| - If single-region → proceed to Service
v
[3] SERVICE — Which service namespace shows degradation?
| - Check CloudWatch namespace: AWS/Lambda, AWS/ECS, AWS/ApiGateway, etc.
| - If multiple services → suspect shared dependency (VPC, NAT, DNS, IAM)
| - If single service → proceed to Operation
v
[4] OPERATION — Which API action or function is failing?
| - For Lambda: which function name?
| - For ECS: which service/task definition?
| - For API GW: which stage/resource/method?
| - If all operations → suspect service-level issue (throttling, quota)
| - If specific operation → proceed to Resource
v
[5] RESOURCE — Which specific resource instance?
- Function ARN, Task ID, DB instance identifier
- This is your investigation target
- Proceed to log and trace analysis scoped to this resource
MetricDataQueries:
- Id: errors
MetricStat:
Metric:
Namespace: AWS/Lambda
MetricName: Errors
Dimensions: [{Name: FunctionName, Value: TARGET}]
Period: 60
Stat: Sum
- Id: invocations
MetricStat:
Metric:
Namespace: AWS/Lambda
MetricName: Invocations
Dimensions: [{Name: FunctionName, Value: TARGET}]
Period: 60
Stat: Sum
- Id: error_rate
Expression: "errors / invocations * 100"
Label: "Error Rate %"
MetricDataQueries:
- Id: current_p99
MetricStat:
Metric:
Namespace: AWS/Lambda
MetricName: Duration
Dimensions: [{Name: FunctionName, Value: TARGET}]
Period: 300
Stat: p99
- Id: baseline_p99
MetricStat:
Metric:
Namespace: AWS/Lambda
MetricName: Duration
Dimensions: [{Name: FunctionName, Value: TARGET}]
Period: 300
Stat: p99
# Use StartTime/EndTime set to same window last week
- Id: anomaly_ratio
Expression: "current_p99 / baseline_p99"
Label: "Latency vs Baseline (ratio > 2 = anomaly)"
MetricDataQueries:
- Id: lambda_throttles
MetricStat:
Metric: {Namespace: AWS/Lambda, MetricName: Throttles}
Period: 60
Stat: Sum
- Id: api_gw_429s
MetricStat:
Metric: {Namespace: AWS/ApiGateway, MetricName: 4XXError, Dimensions: [{Name: ApiName, Value: TARGET}]}
Period: 60
Stat: Sum
- Id: dynamo_throttles
MetricStat:
Metric: {Namespace: AWS/DynamoDB, MetricName: ThrottledRequests, Dimensions: [{Name: TableName, Value: TARGET}]}
Period: 60
Stat: Sum
- Id: throttle_pressure
Expression: "lambda_throttles + api_gw_429s + dynamo_throttles"
Label: "Combined Throttle Pressure"
MetricDataQueries:
- Id: concurrent
MetricStat:
Metric: {Namespace: AWS/Lambda, MetricName: ConcurrentExecutions}
Period: 60
Stat: Maximum
- Id: headroom
Expression: "1000 - concurrent"
Label: "Remaining Concurrency (account limit 1000)"
| Source | Query | Yields |
|---|---|---|
| CloudWatch Alarms | Alarm history API | State transition times |
| CloudWatch Metrics | GetMetricData with 1-min period | First anomaly point |
| CloudWatch Logs | Logs Insights with earliest(@timestamp) | First error occurrence |
| CloudTrail | LookupEvents filtered by time | Deployment/change events |
| AWS Health | DescribeEvents | AWS-side incidents |
fields @timestamp, @message
| filter @message like /ERROR|WARN|timeout|refused|denied/
| stats earliest(@timestamp) as firstSeen, latest(@timestamp) as lastSeen, count(*) as occurrences
by @message
| sort firstSeen asc
| limit 20
eventTime, not ingestion time.