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18 Sep 2025#aws#ops#serverless 1 min read

Retiring Lambdas with a restore path

Archive, verify, delete, keep a way back.


Retiring functions is easy; retiring them safely is a sequence. Archive the code and configuration first, verify that the archive restores, delete, and keep the restore script next to the archive.

A first pass took out the obsolete functions, a second the ones on runtimes long past end of life, and the few active ones were upgraded.

Takeaway

Nothing came back to bite, because everything could come back.

Client engagement, 2021 to 2026. Names, identifiers and internals are generalised.