aws / aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator

Missing response header X-Amz-Function-Error

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Description

I wasn't sure whether to open this here or over in https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-nodejs-runtime-interface-client

With a simple example that always throws an error:

```Dockerfile
FROM public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:12
RUN echo 'module.exports = { handler: () => { throw new Error("failure"); } }' > index.js
CMD ["index.handler"]
```

When I hit the endpoint:
```
$ curl -qv http://localhost:8080/2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations -d '{}'
* Trying ::1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to localhost (::1) port 8080 (#0)
> POST /2015-03-31/functions/function/invocations HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:8080
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
> Content-Length: 2
> Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
>
* upload completely sent off: 2 out of 2 bytes
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:27:37 GMT
< Content-Length: 184
< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
{"errorType":"Error","errorMessage":"failure","trace":["Error: failure"," at Runtime.handler (/var/task/index.js:1:43)"," at Runtime.handleOnce (/var/runtime/Runtime.js:66:25)"]}* Closing connection 0
$
```

As expected, the response payload has the shape described in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/nodejs-exceptions.html and the status is 200 to denote a function error.

However, shouldn't the response headers include `X-Amz-Function-Error` so that the error status can be determined without relying on heuristics?

Also, `Content-Type` should be `application/json`.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the Dockerfile reproduction and the curl request to the local invocation endpoint. Verify the current response headers and payload, then trace the emulator's response handling; done means function errors include X-Amz-Function-Error and responses use application/json.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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