How do i use it to Overcome Timeouts in Node.js?

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How do i use it to Overcome Timeouts in Node.js? my application contains a time-consuming function, the response of which I don't require immediately, but I still want it to execute its tasks. How can I ensure that I receive the API response while allowing the function to execute in the background?

Can Inngest help me to do this? How can i do that for example if "performTask" function is at time-consuming function and I want to run it in the background and also make sure that the performTask API gives a response that performTask is started to run.

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

async function performTask() {
   // Long Task Function 
}

app.get('/performTask', async (req, res) => {
  try {
    performTask();
    res.status(200).json({ message: "Function is called and it will do its job" });
  } catch (error) {
    res.status(500).json({ message: 'Error occurred', error });
  }
});

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@djfarrelly @anafilipadealmeida @goodoldneon Can you guys please help me to do this?