Vercel: Fluid compute is default for new projects — 300s default timeout; concurrent requests share an instance
Only set maxDuration when you need more than 300s (Pro/Enterprise) or less:
// app/api/report/route.ts (Next.js) — function code has the highest precedence
export const maxDuration = 800;
// vercel.json — opt a project/deployment into Fluid explicitly
{ "$schema": "https://openapi.vercel.sh/vercel.json", "fluid": true }
Keep request-scoped data out of module scope:
// before — unsafe under concurrency
let currentUser: User | null = null;
export async function GET(req: Request) { currentUser = await auth(req); ... }
// after
export async function GET(req: Request) { const user = await auth(req); ... }
Use waitUntil (from @vercel/functions) for post-response work instead of fire-and-forget promises. For jobs beyond the max duration, use Vercel Workflows/queues rather than raising limits. Older projects created before 2025-04-23 must enable Fluid in Settings → Functions (or "fluid": true).
Symptom
Agent advice based on older Vercel limits (e.g. "Hobby functions time out after 10–60s, Pro defaults to well under 5 minutes — set maxDuration or move to the Edge runtime") is outdated. Separately, code that keeps per-request data in module-level variables leaks data between users or behaves nondeterministically on newer projects, because several invocations now run in the same process at once.
Cause
- "As of April 23, 2025, fluid compute is enabled by default for new projects."
- 2025-06-25: Fluid defaults raised to 300s default / 300s max on Hobby (up from 60s), 300s default (up from 90s) / 800s max on Pro and Enterprise (30-minute extended max in beta for supported Node.js/Bun/Python runtimes, set per function).
- Fluid compute uses "optimized concurrency": multiple invocations share a single function instance (Node.js/Python), so global state is shared.
Verify
Project Settings → Functions shows Fluid Compute enabled; function logs show no timeouts below 300s; concurrent requests don't see each other's data.
Sources
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