Hi, I’m a little confused about how to implement server-sent events on Vercel. I’ve seen conflicting info as to whether the time limit of 10 seconds for a server request on free plans is applicable to backend endpoints with event-streams that send server-sent events. I am running a longer running ta…

I thought I was implementing streaming, by setting the Content-Type to text/event-stream, no? Both anthropic and gemini suggested similar approaches for establishing a streaming connection for SSE with nuxt on vercel. I know AI isn’t always reliable in its responses, but this is what Gemini told me: …

I am not sure if Nuxt.js fully compatible with Streaming yet. But you can get started with our Getting Started: Nuxt which will help you to understand concept of Foundations: Streaming

SSE Time Limits?

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swarnava (Swarnava Sengupta) February 17, 2025, 6:36pm 2

Hello,

Unless you are implementing Streaming , the Serverless Function timeout will indeed be 10 seconds on Hobby plan: Vercel Functions Limits

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SSE Time Limits?

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