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Workers KV Instant uses Quicksilver for 100-times-faster p99 reads
The new KV mode uses Cloudflare’s Quicksilver global key-value store to provide immediate updates and 100-times-faster p99 reads, without waiting for TTL expiry. The design illustrates a latency trade-off for globally replicated configuration data.
- What
- Workers KV Instant is a mode of Workers KV powered by Quicksilver for globally available updates and faster reads.
- How
- It uses the Workers KV API; writes are pushed to edge locations, and the excerpt reports p99 reads under two milliseconds.
- Why it matters
- It can put frequently read configuration in an application's hot path with near-immediate global updates.
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