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google-cloud-functions pub-sub timeout nodejs JavaScript

I'm not sure how to approach I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple... I'm working with a timeout scenario with my Google Cloud Function that is triggered by a Pub/Sub message. The function is supposed to process messages from a topic and perform a series of tasks, but it often fails with a `Function execution took too long` behavior. I've set the timeout to 540 seconds in the function configuration, but it still times out and returns an behavior after 60 seconds, which is the default timeout setting. Here's the Cloud Function code I’m using: ```javascript const { PubSub } = require('@google-cloud/pubsub'); exports.processPubSubMessage = async (message, context) => { const pubsubMessage = Buffer.from(message.data, 'base64').toString(); console.log('Processing message:', pubsubMessage); // Simulating a long-running task await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 65000)); // Simulating 65 seconds of processing console.log('Finished processing:', pubsubMessage); }; ``` I’ve also tried increasing the maximum timeout in the GCP console, but it seems to revert to the default after deploying. I’m using Node.js 14 runtime for this function. I verified that the changes are saved, and the deployment outputs do confirm the updated timeout, but it appears as if the function is disregarding this setting. I suspect this might be related to how Cloud Functions handle asynchronous operations or the specific runtime behavior. Is there a way to ensure the function respects the configured timeout, or is there a best practice I should be following for longer-running processes in Cloud Functions? Has anyone else encountered this? Could someone point me to the right documentation? This is for a service running on Ubuntu 22.04. Thanks for any help you can provide!