--- title: Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda’s durable functions description: AWS Lambda's new durable functions feature enables native state management and workflow orchestration for complex, long-running serverless processes,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/weighing-the-benefits-of-aws-lambda-s-durable-functions-qmmbps0ur twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda’s durable functions | daily.dev og:description: AWS Lambda's new durable functions feature enables native state management and workflow orchestration for complex, long-running serverless processes,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/weighing-the-benefits-of-aws-lambda-s-durable-functions-qmmbps0ur og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qmMBPS0Ur.png og:image:alt: Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda’s durable functions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda’s durable functions **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS Lambda's new durable functions feature enables native state management and workflow orchestration for complex, long-running serverless processes, addressing a key limitation of traditional serverless computing. The feature allows developers to define multi-step workflows with automatic checkpointing, built-in error handling, and waits of up to a year without incurring charges during pauses. While this advancement makes serverless more viable for enterprise-grade applications, it introduces deeper vendor lock-in concerns. Organizations should carefully evaluate trade-offs including migration costs, observability complexity, and long-term architectural flexibility before adopting this AWS-specific capability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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