open-telemetry/opentelemetry-lambda
Create your own Lambda Layer in each OTel language using this starter code. Add the Lambda Layer to your Lambda Function to get tracing with OpenTelemetry.
Recommended between 2026-08-22 and 2026-08-22. Last pushed 2026-11-02.
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What hackers say
“Use the lambda layer [0] it sends the telemetry after the response is sent, so it doesn’t block.”
— ojkelly, 2026-08-22 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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Use the lambda layer [0] it sends the telemetry after the response is sent, so it doesn’t block. [0] https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-lambda
Criticism
“That lambda layer comes with an incredibly heavy performance penalty.”
— bilalq, 2026-08-22 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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That lambda layer comes with an incredibly heavy performance penalty. It doesn't block, but it does consume compute/memory resources and takes forever to startup[0][1]. To be fair, Rotel is promising in this regard[2]. [0]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-lambda/issues/263 [1]: https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-lambda/issues/228 [2]: https://github.com/rotel-dev/rotel
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Alternatives hackers mention
- rotel-dev/rotel ▲ 1