# Zipped lambdas contain all other lambdas

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/zipped-lambdas-contain-all-other-lambdas/19273>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** lambda\
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/zipped-lambdas-contain-all-other-lambdas/19273 "2023-08-10T16:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jb\_devs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jb\_devs](https://forum.serverless.com/u/jb_devs)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/zipped-lambdas-contain-all-other-lambdas/19273/1 "2023-08-10T16:16:56Z")

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This is not my first app with Serverless, but it is my first time with this issue.  
My yaml is a replica of the 2 other functional yaml files, obviously modified for the application. It has previously deployed as expected. I’m working on a new function which, to start only returns the event and has no imports. When deploying, I was repeatedly encountering the “must be under this size” error, and on inspecting the .serverless folder and then the zipped function inside, I see that each one contains ALL of the other functions and files and packages.  
Each function `handler:` is foo.foo, bar.bar, etc.  
I have `package: individually: true` and my `patterns:` includes all the expected exclusions (env, .git, .serverless, etc.). At this time, my root folder contained all the function files and a helper file used by all.

I’ve since moved each function file into a folder, so folder `foo` contains `foo.py` where you’ll find the function `foo()`, and the helper is now in a folder called `shared`. I’ve modified my yaml to have `package: individually: true` at the top level, and then each function now has `package: patterns: "!**/*", "foo/foo.py", "shared/"`  
The good news - each zip contains the folders `foo` and `shared`, and `unzip_requirements.py` and is plenty small.  
The bad news - the lambdas don’t run. I get this error - “errorMessage”: “Handler ‘foo’ missing on module ‘foo’”.  
I’ve also tried having the function `handler:` as `foo/foo.foo` and `foo.foo.foo`. Those return a different error, “Runtime.ImportModuleError: Unable to import module ‘getGPGKeys.getGPGKeys’: attempted relative import beyond top-level package”  
I’ve changed the `patterns:` to include `foo/foo.py` and that still puts the whole `foo` folder inside the zip and gets the same error.

Again, this is not an issue I’ve had with my other projects. I have never needed to put each function in a folder and have this per-function package instruction. I don’t have any ideas left on how to make this work, and it’s now a 3-day block on getting my work done.