Maintenance: drop support for Node.js 14

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Summary

Important

On November 23, 2023 Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) will end support for Node.js 14.

This action follows Node.js 14 reaching End-Of-Life (EOL) on April 30, 2023 and is scheduled just one business day before the date in which AWS Lambda will no longer apply security patches and other updates to the runtime.

We recommend that you upgrade your existing Node.js 14 functions to Node.js 18 before November 23, 2023.

End of support does not impact existing functions and functions using versions of Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) released before November 23, 2023, however starting from this date we will not guarantee compatibility with Node.js 14.

You can use the following AWS CLI command to list all functions in a specific region using Node.js 14, including published function versions:

Note

Make sure to replace the value of the --region flag and run this command in each region you have Lambda functions workloads

aws lambda list-functions --function-version ALL --region <Region> --output text --query "Functions[?Runtime=='nodejs14.x'].FunctionArn"

Why is this needed?

Starting from November 27, 2023 we will no longer be able to deploy new Lambda functions using the Node.js 14 runtime, this means we won't be able to run integration tests for new code changes.

With this in mind, we will stop supporting the runtime altogether.

Which area does this relate to?

Governance

Solution

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Acknowledgment

• This request meets Powertools for AWS Lambda (TypeScript) Tenets
• Should this be considered in other Powertools for AWS Lambda languages? i.e. Python, Java, and .NET

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