Coverage
Ask — the function returns 403 on
block and forwards everything else, so an
ask gate is allowed. Write the rule as Block if you need a hard stop.
Use it when you serve AI endpoints through CloudFront and want the control
alongside AWS WAF. Not when your prompts exceed the viewer-request body
limit.
Limits. CloudFront truncates the exposed body silently above that limit —
the request does not fail, part of the prompt is evaluated and the rest goes
through unseen. Measure your prompt sizes before treating this as a control.
Lambda@Edge has no environment variables, so the key must come from Secrets
Manager or SSM. Input only, no redaction.
Full comparison: Coverage.
- Node.js Lambda in us-east-1, deploy as Lambda@Edge.
- Viewer request + Include Body (body is not exposed otherwise).
- No env vars on Lambda@Edge — load the key from Secrets Manager / SSM at cold start, or bake it at deploy.
- CloudFront truncates bodies over the viewer-request size limit.