Deployment step now 10% faster

UpdateSep 8, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The deployment step is now about 10% faster, saving one second on average. Large applications can save up to 12 seconds. Previously, Vercel uploaded a separate routing metadata file for each function path. That metadata is now combined into a single manifest and uploaded once. This improvement applies automatically to all builds. No changes are required.

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