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google-cloud-functions firestore http timeout Python

I recently switched to I'm reviewing some code and After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I have a Google Cloud Function that's supposed to process incoming HTTP requests and interact with Firestore to save data. However, I'm working with 'Execution Timeout' errors consistently, even though I have set the timeout to 60 seconds. Here's the function code: ```python import json from google.cloud import firestore def process_request(request): data = request.get_json() db = firestore.Client() doc_ref = db.collection('my_collection').document(data['id']) doc_ref.set(data) return json.dumps({'status': 'success'}), 200 ``` My `requirements.txt` file looks like this: ``` google-cloud-firestore==2.5.0 Flask==2.0.1 ``` In the GCP console, I configured the function's timeout to 60 seconds, but I'm still getting this behavior. I also tried increasing the timeout to 120 seconds, but it didn't help. The Firestore operations are usually fast, so I'm unsure why the function is timing out. I've checked the logs and they show the following behavior message repeatedly: ``` behavior: Function execution failed: HTTP timeout exceeded ``` I’ve also added debugging print statements to see where it might be hanging, but the logs don’t show anything useful before the timeout. I suspect it might be related to how I'm initializing the Firestore client or how I'm handling the request. Any insight on configuring this properly or troubleshooting the timeout scenario would be greatly appreciated! I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. Any examples would be super helpful. For reference, this is a production application. What's the best practice here?