AWS Lambda has evolved over the last decade but the age-old problem about monitoring them still exists. Let's understand the challenges with AWS Lambda monitoring and how coupled it is with AWS native offerings such as CloudWatch and X-Ray and also extending the capabilites of sending telemetry data to other tools. In this session, we will also look at how Lambda layers, Lambda extensions play a vital role with OpenTelemetry and monitoring with third-party observability tools like New Relic.