Version 7 [Draft]

[willfarrell]

aka The OTel Update (Hopefully)

Release: Nov (after nodejs active LTS starts)

Timeline based on AWS nodejs24.x release cycle

Release Notes: https://github.com/middyjs/middy/blob/release/7.0.0/website/docs/upgrade/6-7.md

Planned

• Drop Node v20, Add support fro Node v24

  • Update engines to "node": ">=22"
  • Update github workflows node-version

• docs

  • migration
  • release cycle

• LLRT Support

• Move to Otel for Logs, Metrics, Traces? (if possible) End of support for X-Ray SDK?  aws/aws-xray-sdk-node#515

  • Update Logs, Metrics, Traces to use OTel if ready (https://github.com/willfarrell/aws-wishlist#lambda)
  • Use Otel: https://aws-otel.github.io/docs/getting-started/javascript-sdk
  • Use powertools: https://awslabs.github.io/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/latest/core/tracer/#patching-aws-sdk-clients
  • discussion: AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry aws-powertools/powertools-lambda-typescript#665
  • error-logger update to print otel by default
  • input-output-logger update to print in otel format

• Deprecate Report-To, default to Reporting-Endpoints

Maybe

• improve response streaming support (new middlewares?)
• plugins as packages?
• Routers updated to support URLPattern? Still experimental?
• Move to JSDoc notation? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPOHY-cZ1wE
• Update abort signals if Lambda adds support