Introducing Workers KV Instant — powered by Quicksilver

What happened

100x faster reads than Workers KV KV Instant offers read latency (the delay between asking for something and getting it) that is over 100 times faster than classic mode, with reads resolving in under two milliseconds even at the 99th percentile of response time (p99), and 95th percentile (p95) times measured in microseconds. Workers KV Instant delivers sub-2ms p99 read latencies and 250ms global replication across Cloudflare’s 300+ edge locations.

KV Instant eliminates cold-read penalties and operates with the familiar Workers KV API (the interface one piece of software uses to talk to another). It’s great for quickly accessing data like static assets and user configuration that is written occasionally but read frequently. KV Instant mode provides the same API as Workers KV, but powers it using Quicksilver. KV Instant offers 100 times faster p99 reads and immediate updates, with no need to wait for a TTL to expire.

Key facts

• KV Instant mode — provides: the same API as Workers KV, but powers it using Quicksilver