text: **Extensions**
  
  You can use Lambda extensions to augment your Lambda functions. For example, use Lambda 
  
  Extensions to integrate with your preferred monitoring, observability, security, and governance 
  
  tools. 
  
  Lambda supports internal or external extensions. An internal extension runs as part of the runtime 
  
  process. An external extension runs as an independent process in the execution environment and 
  
  continues to run after the function invocation is fully processed. 