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Durable Objects, now in Open Beta

Mar 31, 2021Greg McKeon
Durable Objects, now in Open Beta
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This post announces the open beta of Durable Objects, a significant advancement for Cloudflare Workers. It introduces Durable Objects as a new paradigm for stateful serverless, providing coordination across multiple Workers and strongly consistent edge storage. The post details the core concepts, use cases (complex API features, real-time games), pricing comparisons with major cloud providers (AWS Lambda and DynamoDB), and highlights key benefits like built-in high availability and strong consistency at no extra cost. It also mentions recent feature additions like jurisdictional restrictions and Wrangler support.

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