· Palaniappan P · 4 min read
Ingress, Load Balancing, and Elastic Scale on AWS: L4 vs L7, Horizontal vs Vertical, and the Cold-Start Bill
As of May 8, 2026, Lambda bills INIT time on cold paths (pricing change live since Aug 1, 2025), API Gateway REST integrations time out at 29 seconds, and picking ALB vs NLB still determines whether TLS termination and routing live on the edge.