AWS AppSync - GraphQL query timeout when running from AppSync Console

Question

Intro

I'm following the intro tutorial found here to create a Todo List app using Amplify + AppSync + GraphQL. All was working fine until I started testing out queries in the AppSync console on my GraphQL API.

Problem

When running my queries on the GraphQL API, the queries timeout randomly. Sometimes they work fine, and sometimes they take a long time and eventually throw an error. See the image below for a full example with the error.

Questions

• Has anyone ever had this DynamoDB:ApiCallTimeoutException error message before using AWS AppSync with GraphQL?
• Is there any way to avoid getting a timeout error?

I'm new to everything AWS, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

It seems it's an internal AWS temporary issue.

You can find it on your personal dashboard https://phd.aws.amazon.com/phd/home#/event-log

"[7:08 AM PDT] Between 4:41 AM and 6:36 AM PDT, we experienced increased API latencies in the US-EAST-1 Region. The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally.

[7:46 AM PDT] We are investigating increased API latencies in the US-EAST-1 Region.

[8:24 AM PDT] We can confirm increased API latencies in the US-EAST-1 Region and continue to work towards resolution.

[9:55 AM PDT] Between 4:41 AM and 9:00 AM PDT, we experienced increased API latencies and timeouts in the US-EAST-1 Region. The issue has been resolved and the service is operating normally."