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Lambda Invoking Lambda Causes InvalidSignatureException


I'm currently working on a microservice in AWS using lambdas. On occassion, a lambda call from one to the other will fail when that reciever lambda then calls another lambda. The error is as follows:

errorMessage    
Signature expired: 20210825T214414Z is now earlier than 20210825T214616Z (20210825T215116Z - 5 min.)
errorType   
InvalidSignatureException
name    
InvalidSignatureException
stack.0 
InvalidSignatureException: Signature expired: 20210825T214414Z is now earlier than 20210825T214616Z (20210825T215116Z - 5 min.)
stack.1 
at deserializeAws_restJson1InvokeCommandError (/var/task/node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-lambda/dist/cjs/protocols/Aws_restJson1.js:5106:41)
stack.2 
at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
stack.3 
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
stack.4 
at async /var/task/node_modules/@aws-sdk/middleware-serde/dist/cjs/deserializerMiddleware.js:6:20
stack.5 
at async /var/task/node_modules/@aws-sdk/middleware-signing/dist/cjs/middleware.js:12:24
stack.6 
at async StandardRetryStrategy.retry (/var/task/node_modules/@aws-sdk/middleware-retry/dist/cjs/StandardRetryStrategy.js:51:46)
stack.7 
at async /var/task/node_modules/@aws-sdk/middleware-logger/dist/cjs/loggerMiddleware.js:6:22
stack.8 
at async InvokeLambdaAdapter.sendCommand (/var/task/invokeLambdaAdapter.js:61:24)

We use the javascript aws lambda client, and run version 3.20. I'm not sure what can be causing this. I thought it was a clock issue but correcting clock skew is baked into the request, and it's not an issue of local clock because lambdas are synced with NTP. Any advice helps!


Solution

  • For anyone curious. The issue ended up being reusing an aws lambda client for multiple requests. When we had the requests create a new client for every request, the issue went away.