Hi everyone, I’m trying to execute a series of asynchronous tasks in a Vercel serverless function using waitUntil. However, it doesn’t seem to work as expected, and my function times out with the following error: Vercel Runtime Timeout Error: Task timed out after 15 seconds

It sounds like you might be hitting the default max duration for a serverless function. Have you tried increasing it? Configuring Maximum Duration for Vercel Functions

I couldn’t predict the duration of the API call, so I used the waitUntil function. It was working fine initially, but suddenly, it stopped working. Why could this be happening? Code

Hi @johnson-8844 , waitUntil should work fine but remember it doesn’t make your function run more than the maximum time limit. From the code, I’d recommend doing parallel calls instead of sequential: const tasks = async () => { await Promise.all([countVotes(), createBattle(), …

Why is waitUntil not working in my Vercel serverless function?

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pawlean (Pauline P. Narvas) December 24, 2024, 12:26pm 3

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@johnson-8844 Let us know how you get on!

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Why is waitUntil not working in my Vercel serverless function?

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