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Vercel increases serverless function package size limit to 5GB for Node.js and Python

Shohei Maeda

5d ago· 2 min readenNews

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Vercel has announced a public beta for Large Functions support on Fluid compute, increasing the maximum package size for Node.js and Python deployments from 250MB to 5GB — a 20x increase. This enables developers to run backend workloads that previously couldn't fit within the smaller limit, including Python data and AI libraries, browser automation dependencies, image/video processing packages, and large generated clients. New projects are auto-enrolled, while existing projects can opt in via an environment variable.

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Twitter / XVercel increases serverless function package size limit to 5GB for Node.js and Pythonvercel.com

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Vercel Functions now support Node.js and Python deployments up to 5GB in package size on Fluid compute, a 20x increase over the previous 250MB limit.

This makes Vercel compatible with backend workloads that do not fit within the 250MB limit, such as Python data and AI libraries, large generated clients, browser automation dependencies, image and video processing packages, and routes with substantial shared application code.

New projects are automatically enrolled in the beta. Existing projects can opt in by adding VERCEL_SUPPORT_LARGE_FUNCTIONS=1 as an

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Run Node.js and Python Vercel Functions up to 5GB in package size on Fluid compute, a large increase over the previous limit, built for AI, data, and browser automation workloads.

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