Timeout error awaiting promise in Lambda? - node.js

Question

I am testing a Serverless lambda function and get a timeout error which I believe is due to an await promise().
module.exports.create = async (event) => {
const provider = event.requestContext.identity.cognitoAuthenticationProvider
....//stuff here where I split auth token to get ids...
const cognito = new AWS.CognitoIdentityServiceProvider({
apiVersion: "2016-04-18"
});
const getUserParams = {
UserPoolId: userPoolId,
Username: userPoolUserId
};
const data =JSON.parse(event.body)
const getUser = await cognito.adminGetUser(getUserParams).promise()
const params = {
Item:{
userId: event.requestContext.identity.cognitoIdentityId,
email: getUser, //!timeout issue probably here!
content: data
}
};
try {
const { Listing } = await connectToDatabase()
const listing = await Listing.create({userId: params.Item.userId, email: params.Item.email
In researching a solution, I have come across people splitting up the lambda into two functions so that they collectively pass the timeout. I do not know how to reference a lambda within a lambda, nor am I sure this is the correct approach.

Answer 1

You change the timeout for lambda function
default timeout for lambda function is 3 sec you can override in below the function code basic settings

Answer 2

For anyone googling this: turns out adminGetUser needs a NAT Gateway configured in order for it to be able to retrieve data from Cognito. I was getting a timeout error because it was not executing, period. Read here: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/internet-access-lambda-function/.