Supabase Edge Functions: Introducing Background Tasks, Ephemeral Storage, and WebSockets
Blog post from Supabase
The text introduces three new features: Background Tasks, Ephemeral File Storage, and WebSockets for Edge Functions. These features enable developers to execute long-running workloads, access temporary storage, and establish inbound and outbound WebSocket connections. Examples of real-world applications using these features are provided, such as processing a batch of files and uploading the results to Supabase Storage, extracting a zip file and uploading its content to Supabase Storage, and building an authenticated relay to OpenAI Realtime API. The text also mentions performance and stability improvements made to Edge Functions in recent months and hints at customizable compute limits as part of their upcoming roadmap for 2025.
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