DynamoDB Streams Custom Checkpoint (functionResponseType property)

Serverless Framework
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Hello,

In AWS, we’ve added a DynamoDB stream to trigger a Lambda function using the enclosed serverless.yml configuration. We are able to get all the DynamoDB Stream properties set and work except the following property.

functionResponseType: ReportBatchItemFailures

(Set that property as per the following documentation https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/events/streams/#setting-the-functionresponsetypes)

We are getting the following error while sls deploy to AWS

(ran the sls deploy using cicd/Jenkins

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Serverless: Configuration warning at ‘functions.<lambda_function>.events[0].stream’: unrecognized property 'functionResponseType’

As per the AWS documentation ( AWS::Lambda::EventSourceMapping - AWS CloudFormation (amazon.com), this property is a List value and also the property name itself is plural.
i.e., functionResponseTypes: [‘ReportBatchItemFailures’]

So, I’ve tried the serverless.yml config with following possible combinations and still got the same error as listed above.
functionResponseType: ReportBatchItemFailure
functionResponseType: [‘ReportBatchItemFailures’]
functionResponseTypes: ReportBatchItemFailures
functionResponseTypes: [‘ReportBatchItemFailures’]

As per the following PR feat(AWS Stream): Add support for custom checkpoint by imewish · Pull Request #9056 · serverless/serverless · GitHub
the following syntax should work, but it’s not working.

functionResponseType: ReportBatchItemFailure

This is the only property giving problem out of all DynamoDB stream properties.

Here is our serverless.yml DynamoDB Stream Event mapping for Lambda (obscured some of the values):

lambdaName:
events:
- stream:
type: dynamodb
arn: ${self:custom.StreamARN}
enabled: true
batchSize: 100
batchWindow: 20
parallelizationFactor: 5
functionResponseType: ReportBatchItemFailures
# functionResponseType: [‘ReportBatchItemFailures’]
# functionResponseTypes: ReportBatchItemFailures
# functionResponseTypes: [‘ReportBatchItemFailures’]
maximumRecordAgeInSeconds: -1
destinations:
onFailure:
arn: ${self:custom.StreamQueueARN}
type: sqs
maximumRetryAttempts: 10
bisectBatchOnFunctionError: true
startingPosition: TRIM_HORIZON
runtime: java11
handler: com.xxxx.yyyy.lambda.config.lambda_function
name: ${self:custom.lambda_function}

I’ve already spent lot of time troubleshooting this issue. Appreciate if you could please help.

Thanks,
@boxed

2

Appreciate if anyone could share whether they’re able to get this DynamoDB Streams property worked in their serverless.yml file. If so, could you please share the yml configuration for it.

functionResponseType: ReportBatchItemFailures

3

Being new to this forum, I’m wondering how do I bring this to the attention of serverless.com. As mentioned in my initial post, we are getting the error even after making the changes as per the above merged PR.

Appreciate any help in this regard.

Thanks,
@boxed