NEW_RELIC_LAMBDA_HANDLER is listed as a mandatory environment variable for Lambda functions here: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/serverless-function-monitoring/aws-lambda-monitoring/instrument-lambda-function/env-variables-lambda/#mandatory-environment-variables.
However, in the case of Golang, customers need to modify their code and integrate it to use the New Relic Wrapper. Since NEW_RELIC_LAMBDA_HANDLER is not used in this scenario, we believe it would be beneficial to explicitly state an exception that this variable is not mandatory for Golang implementations.