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+locals {
+  lambda_error_subscribed_email = "error-reports@comm.app"
+  lambda_error_threshold        = "2"
+}
+
+resource "aws_sns_topic" "lambda_alarm_topic" {
+  name = "lambda-error-alarm-topic"
+}
+
+resource "aws_sns_topic_subscription" "email_subscription" {
+  topic_arn = aws_sns_topic.lambda_alarm_topic.arn
+  protocol  = "email"
+  endpoint  = local.lambda_error_subscribed_email
+}
+
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "lambda_error_alarm" {
+  alarm_name          = "search-index-lambda-error-alarm"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
+  evaluation_periods  = "1"
+  metric_name         = "LambdaErrors"
+  namespace           = "AWS/Lambda"
+  period              = "300"
+  statistic           = "Sum"
+  threshold           = local.lambda_error_threshold
+  alarm_description   = "Alarm tracking search index lambda function failure"
+  actions_enabled     = true
+  alarm_actions       = [aws_sns_topic.lambda_alarm_topic.arn]
+  dimensions = {
+    FunctionName = module.shared.search_index_lambda.function_name
+  }
+}