Simplify Scaling by Leveraging Higher Default EventBridge Limits for Automation
AWS · Infrastructure & Reliability · · notable
Briefing for: Operations
What happened
Amazon EventBridge Scheduler now features a significantly higher default limit for creating schedules, moving to 5,000 requests per second across 11 AWS regions. This change reduces the administrative overhead of managing service quotas during the rollout of high-scale automated workloads.
Why it matters
Operational teams can spend less time managing proactive quota increase requests for event-driven systems. This change makes the infrastructure more resilient to sudden spikes in demand and simplifies the onboarding process for new high-throughput services that rely on time-based triggers.
What this enables
- If you manage AWS Service Quotas across multiple accounts, you can remove EventBridge Scheduler from your list of proactive increase requests for most standard high-scale use cases.
- If you are planning a large-scale migration to serverless scheduling, you can now test at higher concurrency levels immediately in supported regions.
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