New to Netlify: Background Functions, now available in Beta

Say "hello" to Background Functions, now available in Beta for Netlify customers on Pro plans and above.

Run long-running serverless functions asynchronously in the background Exciting update! Starting today Background Functions are now available to Netlify customers on Pro plans and above.    Background Functions allow you to run serverless functions in the background for up to 15 minutes. It's as easy as appending -background to the filename in your functions directory. Visit the docs to get started Or, check out the announcement blog post to read more Ideas for using background functions Background functions are perfect for any tasks that take a long time to complete or don't require an immediate client response, such as: Batch processing Scraping Interfacing with slow APIs Adding users to email lists Media processing Headless browser requests And more! Serverless functions on the Starter plan Your Starter plan includes access to Netlify Functions, which give you the ability to run AWS Lambda functions as synchronous endpoints with a 10-second maximum execution time. Even with the shorter time limit, these standard functions are super powerful for adding dynamic functionality without managing a server. Check out the Functions documentation to learn how to take advantage of Netlify Functions today.   Happy building!   - The Netlify Team   Netlify, 2343 3rd St. Suite 296, San Francisco, CA 94107 Unsubscribe Manage preferences