Add error handling and deadletter queue using serverless-step-function

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I’m using serverless-step-function plugin to define my step-functions in serverless.

Lambdas support the functionality of defining a DLQ in SQS or SNS in case of max-retries errors etc.
I was wondering if there is a way to do that [add error handling with the addition of enqueuing to a DLQ in SQS] using the serverless-step-function.

I came across this plugin serverless-plugin-lambda-dead-letter that allows you to do that.
I just wanted to check with the community if there is any other way of achieving that without using an extra plugin.

Thanks,
Nico

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Step Functions themselves have the capability to error handle. Everything from your own custom retry schemes to other steps in your State Machine to capture and process errors. There’s a lot of detail so they have a very complete document right here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/concepts-error-handling.html

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