Trying to deploy a background function on the Pro Plan

Hello,

I am on the pro plan free trial, and I fully intend to pay for the service after the trial.

My website uses a service that calls to an LLM API, and I needed a longer timeout than the default limit, so I made a background function.

I understand that this feature is turned off for trial accounts, but I would like to request the feature is enabled for my website. It is just a simple background function and I am using a real domain on my website.

Hey @paulgrspam, welcome to our Forums!

Coincidentally, we’ve just increased the default functions timeout for all Netlify websites, regardless of the plan you are on, from 10 seconds to 30 seconds. Would that help your use case?

Docs: Functions overview | Netlify Docs

My function makes a call to the claude api, and the response has an avageage return time of 25-35 seconds, so half the time my function times out.

I am hoping background function will solve the issue, but if not I may have to implement some type of job polling function.

Understood! I am going to send your request to our helpdesk so we can address the issue further. Thank you for your patience.