How long can Convex Actions be run for?
Processing test images with AI can take a lot of time, especially if you are processing multiple images at a time. How long at most can I run actions for, if I process 10 images by gpt-4o-vision for instance, and it needs a lot of time? Is there a way to up this limit? Thank you!
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Thank you!
convex actions can run for 10 minutes at a time. however, if you're doing many expensive background operations, we stronly recommend you put them into a workpool with retries etc. https://www.convex.dev/components/workpool
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Workpools give critical tasks priority by organizing async operations into separate, customizable queues.
I'd enqueue every one of those 10 images as a separate job in the workpool and let the workpool manage it
An answer from Jamie himself! Thank you so much @Jamie!