From f2da34f678b7c15afbee5820a7e08a5acd7850ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sophie Waldman <62553142+sjwmoveon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:43:20 -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 9cbfff320..3e68cb323 100644
--- a/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md
+++ b/docs/HOWTO_DEPLOYING_AWS_LAMBDA.md
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ $ 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].