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DynamoDB DocumentClient :: Missing "context" attribute in NewImage and concurrent loop handling #282

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@remedyal

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Hello, I have questions about the usage of lambda-powertools-dynamodb-client:

  1. When a record is modified, shouldn't there be "context" attribute in the NewImage?
    I have examined the logs of the lambda that are triggered by the Stream, and I cannot get the latest "context" directly from the received event. In order to do that, I have to execute a "get" request to the said record. Am I missing something (configurations, etc.) or is this actually the appropriate/correct way to do it?

  2. How to handle multiple loops that update a record at the same time?
    I have a case when a record is updated by more than one loop at a moment. I am expecting that there will be multiple maps inside the "context" in the said record, that can be extracted by the loops using the correlation id, respectively. However, it only stores a map, and the values associated with a loop are overwritten by the other loop. Do you have advice regarding this matter?

Thank you for your assistance.

Additional Data

  • Which powertool package are you using?:
    @dazn/lambda-powertools-dynamodb-client

  • Which version are you using?:
    1.28.1

  • Middy version you're using:
    0.36.0

  • Operating System:
    AWS Lambda / NodeJS

  • Logs:
    Related to the question 1

 NewImage: {
    PartitionKey: {
      S: "0e100915-80a5-4452-99ff-d4f8056c12d9",
    },
    UpdatedAt: {
      S: "2021-10-08T06:19:07.556Z",
    },
  },
  OldImage: {
    __context__: {
      M: {
        awsRequestId: {
          S: "b1f0efcc-d6f8-4862-96a6-39ec79328288",
        },
        "x-correlation-id": {
          S: "5ad8fc1c-498e-4cae-b60a-82efd284cc92",
        },
        "call-chain-length": {
          N: "3",
        },
        "debug-log-enabled": {
          S: "true",
        },
      },
    },
    PartitionKey: {
      S: "0e100915-80a5-4452-99ff-d4f8056c12d9",
    },
    UpdatedAt: {
      S: "2021-10-08T06:19:06.590Z",
    },
  },

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