Error: Serverless Function runtime provided.al2023 does not support more than 4KB for environment variables I get this error when trying to build my Rust project on the free tier in the cloud, but it works fine on my machine with vercel dev. I do not use environment variables at all, and I have dis…

Hey @rec-overflow , welcome! :waving_hand: This happens because Vercel always includes system env vars, even if you’ve turned off “Automatically expose System Environment Variables.” The Rust runtime has a 4KB limit for env vars, and those system vars can push you over. You can try updating to the …

Thank you for your answer! Unfortunately, both changes result in an error: Error: Function Runtimes must have a valid version, for example now-php@1.0.0. and Error: Invalid vercel.json - should NOT have additional property environment. Please remove it.

Also seeing this error for a project whose builds started failing out of the blue. Un-checking the “Automatically expose System Environment Variables ” box does not work either.

I also started seeing these unexpectedly when a previous function was working correctly, now it is not. There might be something that the maintainers of the community run time can do. I also wonder if Vercel intends to officially support a Rust runtime that has the same 64kb limit that other offici…

This issue was solved some time ago, thanks to the report from this person [image] Vercel-rust: too many environment variables Help Running into the same issue, see Serverless Function runtime provided does not support more than 4KB for environment variables ·…

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Running into the same issue, see Serverless Function runtime provided does not support more than 4KB for environment variables · Issue #183 · vercel-community/rust · GitHub

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Vercel-rust: too many environment variables

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