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#### Cons

- Currently limited to Node.js 4.3 (LTS)
- Currently limited to Node.js 6.10 (LTS)
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Did you test this library with the Node.JS 6.10 runtime on the Lambda function?

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No, not yet, sorry.

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Please confirm that.

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The stated limitation isn't correct, as it still supports 4.3 (LTS).

- For apps that may not see traffic for several minutes at a time, you could see [cold starts](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/container-reuse-in-lambda/)
- May be more expensive for high-traffic apps
- Cannot use native libraries (aka [Addons](https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)) unless you package your app on an EC2 machine running Amazon Linux
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