From 0c912a2dd1855e7d502f48d3496554e5e1a6c76a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sophie Waldman <62553142+sjwmoveon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:46:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Lambda recursion instructions

---
 docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md b/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md
index ad252ac84..9885164e9 100644
--- a/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md
+++ b/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ $ AWS_PROFILE=[your_profile_nickname] claudia add-scheduled-event \
     --event ./deploy/lambda-scheduled-event.json
 ```
 
+### Allowing Recursion
+After the Lambda is deployed, you will need to manually enable recursion.  Go to the Lambda page, then the Configuration tab and select the "Concurrency and recursion detection" subtab.  Edit the "Recursive loop detection" setting and set to "Allow recursive loops".
+
 ### Migrating the Database
 
 Migrations are created with knex[https://knexjs.org/#Migrations].