Processing Times - Magic Hour API Docs

These values cover the rolling 30 days ending July 20, 2026. Customer-observed end-to-end processing time, including queueing.

Processing time varies with queue load, input duration, resolution, and model complexity. These values describe observed customer traffic and are not an SLA. Build timeout handling into every integration.

p50 (median) means half of completed jobs finished within this time.

Treat this page as historical when its ending date is more than 30 days old. A p50 value is useful for setting expectations, but it is not a safe timeout by itself; production integrations should allow for slower jobs and handle terminal errors explicitly.

Video endpoints

Endpoint	Median (p50)
`POST /v1/ai-talking-photo`	2m 54s
`POST /v1/ai-video-editor`	1m 25s
`POST /v1/animation`	9m 56s
`POST /v1/audio-to-video`	1m 57s
`POST /v1/auto-subtitle-generator`	45s
`POST /v1/character-replace`	7m 26s
`POST /v1/face-swap`	1m 36s
`POST /v1/image-to-video`	1m 14s
`POST /v1/lip-sync`	3m 49s
`POST /v1/text-to-video`	51s
`POST /v1/video-to-video`	12m 52s

Image endpoints

Endpoint	Median (p50)
`POST /v1/ai-clothes-changer`	13s
`POST /v1/ai-face-editor`	3s
`POST /v1/ai-gif-generator`	23s
`POST /v1/ai-headshot-generator`	14s
`POST /v1/ai-image-editor`	9s
`POST /v1/ai-image-generator`	5s
`POST /v1/ai-image-upscaler`	22s
`POST /v1/ai-meme-generator`	9s
`POST /v1/ai-qr-code-generator`	7s
`POST /v1/body-swap`	38s
`POST /v1/face-swap-photo`	4s
`POST /v1/head-swap`	18s
`POST /v1/image-background-remover`	4s
`POST /v1/photo-colorizer`	9s

Audio endpoints

Endpoint	Median (p50)
`POST /v1/ai-voice-generator`	21s
`POST /v1/ai-voice-cloner`	21s

Integration guidance

Use webhooks for long-running jobs instead of aggressive polling.
If polling, use the interval recommended in the integration guide and apply exponential backoff.
Set timeouts based on your product’s tolerance for delayed jobs.
Treat every latency figure as directional, not guaranteed.

Learn how to monitor jobs and handle timeouts →