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Execution aborted because the total number of executions for this state machine exceeded the concurrent execution quota

ID: aws/stepfunctions-execution-aborted-quota

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78%Fix Rate
83%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-11-20First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
Step Functions 2023-10-01 active — — —
AWS CLI 2.16.0 active — — —

Root Cause

The Step Functions state machine has exceeded its concurrent execution limit (default 1000 per account per region for Standard workflows).

generic

中文

Step Functions状态机已超过其并发执行限制（标准工作流默认每个账户每个区域1000个）。

Official Documentation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/limits.html

Workarounds

  1. 85% success Stop running executions that are no longer needed: # List running executions: aws stepfunctions list-executions --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:stateMachine:MyStateMachine --status-filter RUNNING # Stop each execution: aws stepfunctions stop-execution --execution-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:execution:MyStateMachine:execution-id # Wait for the quota to free up. 
    Stop running executions that are no longer needed:
# List running executions:
aws stepfunctions list-executions --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:stateMachine:MyStateMachine --status-filter RUNNING
# Stop each execution:
aws stepfunctions stop-execution --execution-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:execution:MyStateMachine:execution-id
# Wait for the quota to free up.
  2. 70% success Request a service quota increase for concurrent executions via AWS Support: https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home#/case/create?issueType=service-limit-increase&limitType=service-code-step-functions 
    Request a service quota increase for concurrent executions via AWS Support:
https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home#/case/create?issueType=service-limit-increase&limitType=service-code-step-functions
  3. 75% success Use Express workflows instead of Standard if the workload is high-throughput and short-lived: # Express workflows have a higher concurrent execution limit (100,000 per account per region). aws stepfunctions create-state-machine --name MyExpressStateMachine --definition '{}' --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MyRole --type EXPRESS 
    Use Express workflows instead of Standard if the workload is high-throughput and short-lived:
# Express workflows have a higher concurrent execution limit (100,000 per account per region).
aws stepfunctions create-state-machine --name MyExpressStateMachine --definition '{}' --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MyRole --type EXPRESS

中文步骤

  1. 停止不再需要的运行中执行：
# 列出运行中的执行：
aws stepfunctions list-executions --state-machine-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:stateMachine:MyStateMachine --status-filter RUNNING
# 停止每个执行：
aws stepfunctions stop-execution --execution-arn arn:aws:states:us-east-1:123456789012:execution:MyStateMachine:execution-id
# 等待配额释放。
  2. 通过AWS支持请求增加并发执行的服务配额：
https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home#/case/create?issueType=service-limit-increase&limitType=service-code-step-functions
  3. 如果工作负载是高吞吐量和短生命周期的，使用Express工作流代替Standard：
# Express工作流具有更高的并发执行限制（每个账户每个区域100,000个）。
aws stepfunctions create-state-machine --name MyExpressStateMachine --definition '{}' --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/MyRole --type EXPRESS

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Delete completed executions manually 90% fail

    Completed executions do not count toward the concurrent quota; only running executions matter.

  2. Increase the state machine's timeout 95% fail

    Increasing timeout keeps executions running longer, potentially making the quota issue worse.

  3. Restart the state machine from the beginning 85% fail

    Restarting creates a new execution, which will also be blocked if the quota is still exceeded.