Static site not being served

Hey everyone, I’m having an issue deploying a Vue/Vite app through self hosted Appwrite Sites and could use some help.

Setup:

• Appwrite is self-hosted with Traefik
• Repo: n0obscertified/voizle
• Root directory: video_chat
• Framework: Vue 3 + Vite
• Build command: npm run build
• Output directory: dist
• Custom domain: collab.voyzly.com

DNS, TLS, and Traefik appear to be working correctly. The domain resolves to the server, the SSL certificate is valid, and the request reaches Appwrite.

However, every request to / waits about 30 seconds and then returns:

HTTP 408 Synchronous function execution timed out. Use asynchronous execution instead, or ensure the execution duration doesn't exceed 30 seconds.

The Appwrite log shows:

http.method HEAD http.path / http.response.code 408 Appwrite\Extend\Exception: Synchronous function execution timed out.

The app is a normal static Vite SPA and does not use SSR. Its package scripts are:

"dev": "vite --host", "build": "vite build", "preview": "vite preview"

It seems like Appwrite may be treating the site as a function-backed or SSR deployment instead of serving the generated dist directory as a static site.

Has anyone seen this before? Is there a setting that controls static versus SSR/function execution for Sites, or something specific I need to change in the deployment configuration?

I can help with this. From what you described, it sounds like Appwrite is treating the deployment as a dynamic/SSR site instead of serving the static dist output, which is why requests are timing out and hitting the function execution limit. Quick question: when you created the Site, did you configure it as a static site, or is there a server entrypoint (like server.js or index.js) defined in the deployment?

Hi I actually found the solution above. , I wish it was as simple as toggling between an ssr and static site but it was not

we just merged a solution that seems to fix the exact problem here - https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/pull/13068