Best practices for Step Functions

The following best practices for implementing AWS Step Functions workflows can help you optimize the performance of your implementations.

Topics

• Use timeouts to avoid stuck executions
• Use Amazon S3 ARNs instead of passing large payloads
• Avoid reaching the history quota
• Handle Lambda service exceptions
• Avoid latency when polling for activity tasks
• Choosing Standard or Express Workflows
• Amazon CloudWatch Logs resource policy size restrictions