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AWS - Prune

The prune command removes old versions of deployed Lambda functions and layers, keeping only the specified number of most recent versions.

bash

serverless prune -n <number>

Options

--number or -n Required. Number of previous versions to keep.
--stage or -s The stage to prune.
--region or -r The region to prune.
--function or -f Limit pruning to a specific function.
--layer or -l Limit pruning to a specific layer.
--includeLayers or -i Include layers in pruning.
--dryRun or -d Preview what would be deleted without deleting.
--verbose Enable detailed output.

Provided lifecycle events

prune:prune

Examples

Keep 3 most recent versions

bash

serverless prune -n 3

Dry-run to preview deletions

bash

serverless prune -n 3 --dryRun --verbose

Prune a specific function

bash

serverless prune -n 5 -f myFunction

Prune including layers

bash

serverless prune -n 3 --includeLayers

Prune only a specific layer

bash

serverless prune -n 3 -l myLayer