Can a lambda in an AWS Step Function know the name of the step it is in?

Question

For a lambda executed within a step function, I kind of expected that I could get the name of the current step from the lambda context, but it doesn't seem to be that simple.

Is there any way to get the name of the current step in a lambda that is executed within a Step Function?

Answer 1

You can use the newly released Context Object to send the execution arn to your lambda.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/input-output-contextobject.html