Boilerplate

A boilerplate demonstrating how to test and understand Vercel Function Limits, including Function Timeout, Max Duration, and long-running executions within the constraints of Vercel’s deployment environment.

This project provides interactive examples to simulate timeout behavior and measure how Vercel Functions handle extended executions on both local and hosted environments.

Features

• Next.js App Router architecture.
• Function Timeout Tests to simulate long-running executions.
• Function Max Duration awareness for Vercel Pro and Enterprise plans.
• UI components showing live results and durations.
• Clear separation of short, long, and timeout scenarios.
• Educational use for debugging and platform understanding.

Technical Stack

• Framework: Next.js (App Router)
• Deployment Platform: Vercel
• Language: TypeScript
• UI: Minimal dark interface styled with TailwindCSS
• Testing Focus: Function execution time, limits, and behavior

Use Case

This boilerplate is perfect for developers who need to:

• Understand how Vercel enforces function runtime limits.
• Test timeout scenarios in local and deployed environments.
• Benchmark long-running operations.
• Explore best practices for splitting long tasks or using background jobs/queues.

🚀 Explore and understand your platform limits with this clear, hands-on example built with Next.js and Vercel.

References

• Vercel Functions Documentation
• Function Max Duration
• Vercel Pricing & Limits