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Python Vercel Functions now have streaming enabled by default

is now enabled by default for all Vercel Functions using the , completing the rollout plan . Python functions can now send data to the client as it’s generated, rather than waiting for the entire response—particularly beneficial for use cases like AI applications and real-time updates.StreamingPython runtimeannounced last year The environment variable is no longer necessary, as streaming is now applied automatically in your new deployments.VERCEL_FORCE_PYTHON_STREAMING With streaming responses,

WAF - WAF Release - 2025-01-06

RulesetRule IDLegacy Rule IDDescriptionPrevious ActionNew ActionComments Cloudflare Specials3a321b10270b42549ac201009da08beb 100678Pandora FMS - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-11320LogBlockNew Detection Cloudflare Specials1fe510368b4a47dda90363c2ecdf3d02 100679 Palo Alto Networks - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-0012, CVE:CVE-2024-9474 LogBlockNew Detection Cloudflare Specialsb7ba636927b44ee288b9a697a40f2a35 100680Ivanti - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2024-37397LogBlockNew Detection

Composable Caching with Next.js

Learn more about the API design and benefits of 'use cache'

AI Gateway - AI Gateway adds DeepSeek as a Provider

AI Gateway now supports DeepSeek, including their cutting-edge DeepSeek-V3 model. With this addition, you have even more flexibility to manage and optimize your AI workloads using AI Gateway. Whether you're leveraging DeepSeek or other providers, like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Workers AI, AI Gateway empowers you to: Monitor: Gain actionable insights with analytics and logs. Control: Implement caching, rate limiting, and fallbacks. Optimize: Improve performance with feedback and evaluations. To get

Introducing smolagents: simple agents that write actions in code.

Workers - Faster Workers Builds with Build Caching and Watch Paths

Workers Builds, the integrated CI/CD system for Workers (currently in beta), now lets you cache artifacts across builds, speeding up build jobs by eliminating repeated work, such as downloading dependencies at the start of each build. Build Caching: Cache dependencies and build outputs between builds with a shared project-wide cache, ensuring faster builds for the entire team. Build Watch Paths: Define paths to include or exclude from the build process, ideal for monorepos to target only the fil

Why OpenAI’s structure must evolve to advance our mission

A stronger non-profit supported by the for-profit’s success.

Building the Black Friday-Cyber Monday live dashboard

This year, we built a to celebrate the success of our customers through the busy retail weekend. The dashboard gave a real-time look inside Vercel's infrastructure, showing live metrics for deployments, requests, blocked traffic, and more. Black Friday-Cyber Monday (BFCM) dashboard Building a data-heavy, real-time dashboard with a good user experience comes with challenges. Let's walk through how we overcame them. Read more