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) https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-node/issues/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: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/discussions/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

• [ ] Simplify coding standard (prettier vs standard)

Maybe

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

Version 8

• Use new RegExp.escape function in routers (https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.0.0)
• Use new URLPattern function in routers (https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.0.0)
• Drop references to callback in core (https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-nodejs-runtime-interface-client/issues/137)