node-lambda: InvalidParameterValueException: Invalid dead letter ARN: ARNs must start with 'arn:'

As I know, the latest release supports the config of Dead Letter Queue, but it seems not compatible with previous settings. If don’t specify the dead letter config explicitly, the config will be DeadLetterConfig: { TargetArn: '' } by default, and then it turns into the following error:

InvalidParameterValueException: Invalid dead letter ARN: ARNs must start with 'arn:':
    at Object.extractError (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/protocol/json.js:48:27)
    at Request.extractError (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/protocol/rest_json.js:37:8)
    at Request.callListeners (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:105:20)
    at Request.emit (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:77:10)
    at Request.emit (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:673:14)
    at Request.transition (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:22:10)
    at AcceptorStateMachine.runTo (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:14:12)
    at /Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:26:10
    at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:38:9)
    at Request.<anonymous> (/Users/somewhere/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:675:12)

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Created 7 years ago
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Ahhh. I found the issue.

I had an old version of node-lambda installed globally. I ran the latest version from my node_modules folder and now it works.

Thanks for the help.

eberkund on Oct 1, 2018