Error: DynamoDB BatchSave not working

Answered by Rafal Wilinski
What's Causing This Error
This error can be caused by a variety of issues, such as:
- Improperly formatted requests.
- Insufficient provisioned write capacity on the table.
- Concurrent requests exceeding the provisioned write capacity of the table.
- Issues with the IAM role associated with the request.
- Errors with the
batchsave
function or the SDK being used.
Solution: Here's How To Resolve It
To solve this error, you can take the following steps:
- Double-check the format of the requests sent to the DynamoDB service to ensure they are properly formatted.
- Check the provisioned write capacity on the table and increase it if necessary.
- Consider implementing exponential backoff to handle retries for failed requests.
- Check the IAM role associated with the request to ensure it has the necessary permissions to write to the table.
- Verify that the
batchsave
function or SDK being used is configured correctly, and all necessary dependencies are installed. - You can also check the CloudWatch metrics for the DynamoDB table to see if you are exceeding the write capacity units.
Other Common DynamoDB Errors (with Solutions)
- does not support attribute type arn aws dynamodb
- boto3 dynamodb client error
- DynamoDB consistent read not working
- DynamoDB stream lambda error
- validationsettings are not supported for 'dynamodb' endpoint
- DynamoDB VPC endpoint not working
- dynamodb-admin not working
- Error retrieving DynamoDB table item validation exception
- DynamoDB string set may not be empty
- dynamodb condition does not exist
- error dynamodb streams must be enabled on the table
- dynamodb the table does not have the specified index
- error updating dynamodb table time to live
- DynamoDB cannot do operations on a non-existent table
- is not authorized to perform dynamodb:* on resource
Better DynamoDB experience.
Try 7-day free trial. No credit card needed.
Product Features
DynamoDB Tools
DynamoDB Info
© 2025 Dynobase