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Vercel and OpenAI: Not a Perfect Match. Vercel is great for starting small projects quickly and for free. However, using AI, like OpenAI, with Vercel can cause issues that only show up when you deploy. Fixing these errors can take up a lot of our precioussss time. Here’s a quick checklist before we start: Are enviromental variables set? Is database access allowed? Does CORS allow origin? The Solution To avoid Vercel's Gateway Timeout problems, split the OpenAI API call into two endpoints and one async function: Endpoint /request/initiate Function processRequestInBackground Endpoint /request/status/:hash Starting a Request The endpoint /request/initiate begins a…