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DEPLOY_FUNCTION_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE_TIMED_OUT

DEPLOY_FUNCTION_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE_TIMED_OUT

Error message

Retry timed out. Please try to deploy your function once again.

What it means

Error "Retry timed out. Please try to deploy your function once again." thrown in serverless/serverless.

Source

Thrown at packages/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy-function.js:225

    const startTime = Date.now()

    const callWithRetry = async () => {
      try {
        await this.provider.request(
          'Lambda',
          'updateFunctionConfiguration',
          params,
        )
      } catch (err) {
        const didOneMinutePass = Date.now() - startTime > 60 * 1000

        if (
          err.providerError &&
          err.providerError.code === 'ResourceConflictException'
        ) {
          if (didOneMinutePass) {
            throw new ServerlessError(
              'Retry timed out. Please try to deploy your function once again.',
              'DEPLOY_FUNCTION_CONFIGURATION_UPDATE_TIMED_OUT',
            )
          }
          this.logger.info(
            `Retrying configuration update for function: ${this.options.function}. Reason: ${err.message}`,
          )
          await wait(1000)
          await callWithRetry()
        } else {
          throw err
        }
      }
    }
    await callWithRetry()
  }

  async updateFunctionConfiguration() {

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Solutions

  1. Retry the function deployment; repeated timeouts may indicate Lambda service latency or a function stuck in Pending state.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/serverless/lib/plugins/aws/deploy-function.js:225 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

AI-assisted analysis of serverless/serverless@b9d7ea51c8 (2026-08-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ecde738f5b18bcea. Report an issue: GitHub.