WebSocket support has expanded to serve 15 million WebSocket connections per day, up from 300 million in the public beta, enabling applications like AI chat, streaming, and real-time multiplayer, and powering AI Gateway's real-time models.
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WebSocket support now serves 15 million WebSocket connections per day.: WebSocket support now serves 15 million WebSocket connections per day.
This enhancement is now billed at the same limits and pricing as other Function invocatio…: This enhancement is now billed at the same limits and pricing as other Function invocations.
Active CPU pricing only applies to the time spent processing messages.: Active CPU pricing only applies to the time spent processing messages.
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WebSocket support in Vercel Functions is now generally available.
Since the public beta launched in late June, Vercel CDN has served 300 million WebSocket connections, and now serves 15 million per day.
Customers use WebSockets for AI chat, streaming, and realtime multiplayer apps. WebSockets also power AI Gateway's realtime models.
WebSocket connections follow the same limits and pricing as other Function invocations. With Active CPU pricing, CPU is billed only for the time spent processing messages.
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