The API route should return a response from openAI.chat.completions. , with base URL ‘ https://api.deepseek.com ’ locally, this function ( http://localhost:3000/api/generate ) works . It takes about 30 seconds to complete. But remotely in Vercel , this same function ( ‘ https://zork0.vercel.app/api/ge…

You’re experiencing a timeout issue with your DeepSeek API integration on Vercel. The problem is likely that your current implementation is waiting for the entire response before returning it, which exceeds Vercel’s 60-second timeout limit for serverless functions. Fixing Vercel Timeout with AI SDK…

Swarnava , Are you sure I am exceeding 60 sec timeout ? Locally it takes < 30 seconds to complete. I can provide direct metrics if you want. I will switch to the Deepseek provider for vercel - hopefully I will not get gateway timeout errors. ( AI SDK Providers: DeepSeek )

Swarnava , I rewrote code to use Vercel AI SDK DeepSeek Provider. And I limited my prompt size to about < 50 characters. But I get same error : [POST] /api/generate reason=EDGE_FUNCTION_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT, status=504, user_error=true This code works ok locally, so I assume the problem is that …

[image] Petercli: rks ok locally, so I assume the problem is that Vercel does not support generateTe Swarnava , Switching from generateText() to streamText() is a big code rewrite. Can you recommend any changes to this code below to fix the 504 error? type or paste code here ```import {…

Swarnava , I fixed the 504 error by adding : export const maxDuration = 40; (I am still using using generateText )

Next.js API routes returns 504 (Gateway Timeout) while working locally

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swarnava (Swarnava Sengupta) April 26, 2025, 5:39pm 5

Perhaps this might help streamText Tool Invocation Failure - #2 by jessyan0913

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Next.js API routes returns 504 (Gateway Timeout) while working locally

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