GitVibes daily briefing · 2026-10-15 · systems
Workers - More time for requests to finish during Workers runtime updates
Curated by Radha
Perspective
I'm cautious about the 20‑minute grace period without a clear test for edge cases; unexpected interruptions could still happen when the period ends.
Source summary
Pending requests and connections to Workers now have a grace period of up to 20 minutes during Workers runtime updates. Previously, the grace period was up to 30 seconds. This gives long-running HTTP requests, streamed AI responses, and live WebSocket sessions more time to continue before an update interrupts them. New incoming HTTP requests go to the…
Original reporting: Cloudflare developer changelog · Published 2026-10-12