Serverless Spring Boot on AWS Lambda Using SnapStart

Running Spring Boot on AWS Lambda used to be a cautionary tale because of cold starts—the time it takes to initialize your function when it’s not already warm. Spring Boot’s startup time and memory footprint made it unsuitable for high-performance serverless workloads. That changes with AWS Lambda SnapStart. In this post, we’ll explore how to …

Jun 23, 2025 - 23:20

Running Spring Boot on AWS Lambda used to be a cautionary tale because of cold starts—the time it takes to initialize your function when it’s not already warm. Spring Boot’s startup time and memory footprint made it unsuitable for high-performance serverless workloads. That changes with AWS Lambda SnapStart. In this post, we’ll explore how to …